Taliban forces abandon their stronghold of Kandahar in the south of Afghanistan, the last city they had occupied, completing their fall from power.

Zacarias Moussaaoui's mother Aicha el-Wafi with a photograph of her son, the day after his indictment. © AP Photo/Christophe Ena The Department of Justice announces that it has indicted Zacarias Moussaoui on charges of conspiring with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to commit the terrorist acts that took place on September 11. The indictment lists six counts against Moussaoui, four of which carry the death penalty, and alleges that Moussaoui underwent the same preparation as the 19 men suspected of hijacking the four jet airliners.

Hamid Karzai is sworn in as the new leader of Afghanistan.