2001 in Afghanistan
- October 7: (9 p.m. local time): the United States, supported by Britain, begins its attack on Afghanistan, launching bombs and cruise missiles against Taliban military and communications facilities and suspected terrorist training camps. Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat were hit.
- October 9: A cruise missile kills four U.N. demining employees and injured four others in a building several miles east of Kabul.
- October 26: Abdul Haq killed.
- November 6 - Zari, Keshendeh and Aq-Kupruk fall to the Northern Alliance1
- November 8 - Pakistan, being the only nation that still had diplomatic ties to the Taliban, asked Afghanistan's rulers to close their consulate in the city of Karachi.
- November 9: Battle of Mazari Sharif.
- November 10 - The Taliban and Northern Alliance fighters both claimed that the strategic northern Afghan city of Mazari Sharif was taken by Northern Alliance fighters.
- November 11: Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton, and Volker Handloik are ambushed and killed.
- November 12 - Taliban forces abandon Kabul ahead of advancing Northern Alliance troops.
