Just after joining CNN, Gupta became part of the team covering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

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Pakistan supported the Taliban until the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that prompted the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.

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U.S. and NATO forces are battling a resurgent Taliban and its al Qaeda allies in Afghanistan nearly seven years after al Qaeda's 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

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On Thursday the EU approved tough new anti-terrorist measures in the wake of the attacks on New York and Washington.

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The administration insists the program was authorized when Congress approved military action against al Qaeda after the terrorist network's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

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Odum said leaks about U.S. intelligence over the past 10 to 15 years may have allowed people such as Osama bin Laden -- the Saudi multimillionaire and suspected terrorist who the Bush administration believes may be behind the attacks on Washington and New York -- to learn a great deal about how to evade it.

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The US Marine Corps in Okinawa went on maximum alert following the suspected terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Kyodo news agency said quoting a US military official.

BBC: Security alerts spread from US

The United States is preparing possible military operations against Afghanistan because the Taliban have refused to hand over accused terrorist Osama bin Laden, whom President Bush has called the prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.

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