COVER STORY
Tracking Osama
As American forces hit the ground, the Taliban seemed to be in full retreat and the Northern Alliance and other opposition forces moved in. But are bin Laden and his acolytes really vanquished, and if so, can the victors learn to get along?

LETTER...
NOTEBOOK...
MILESTONES...
PACIFIC BEAT: Tuvalu says no; Rings rule in New Zealand...

THE WAR ON TERROR
CHANGING TIDE: A Taliban Retreat... Images from last week reveal the exaltation and anxiety of Afghans freed from the Taliban yoke-celebrating restored freedoms, exacting vengeance, and wondering what, and who, is next

AFTER OSAMA : Al-Qaeda's Future... Even if bin Laden is gone, the loyalists of his network may have the means to carry on his "holy war"
Paper Trail: Taliban documents shed light on the group's operations

DISPATCHES: Reports from the war zone
Kabul...
Mazar-i-Sharif...
Kunduz...

WHO WILL RULE? Filling a Vacuum... As rival warlords claim newly liberated areas, worries abound that the chaos that helped the Taliban to power will resurge

UNITED STATES
JUSTICE: How Military Tribunals Would Work... Do accused terrorists and their abettors deserve a fair trial?

FLIGHT 587: What Happened on the Doomed Plane... What at first seemed like terrorism now appears to have been a tragic accident

INNOVATORS
SAFETY FIRSTS: Don't Wear It on Your Sleeve... Six men and women whose imagination and technical know-how are helping make our lives more secure

THE ARTS
ART: Shrines of all kinds...
CINEMA: The guns, grudges and gore of Takeshi Kitano...
BOOKS: Suva meets South Auckland in No. 2

YOUR HEALTH : Attacking heart disease...
YOUR TECHNOLOGY: Introducing the tablet PC...
PEOPLE: W's niece counts the days; Imus vs. Stern...
ESSAY: Charles Krauthammer on war and justice...