December 15-31, 2001:

Dec. 17, 2001 (about) – The battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan, ends with the last cave complex being taken by the U.S. Significant Islamist partisans including al-Qaeda figures and Osama bin Laden, however, seem to have escaped; in any event, they are not captured. Bin Laden, whose voice reportedly was heard on audiotape as recently as December 14, is thought to have escaped through the mountains into Pakistan. There is more than one indication that the White House and its political ...   more »