Eight years ago, Wednesday, U.S. forces went on the offensive against the Taliban, in Afghanistan…the first front in the war on terror after the 9/11 attacks. Wednesday, President Barack Obama will meet with his national security team in a broad review of Afghan policy, with big decisions ahead. ABC News’ T.J. Winick has more.

Do you remember where you were at and how you felt after the tragedies on September 11, 2001? A WJBF News Channel 6 photojournalist went out on September 13, 2001 and captured this sound and images of the mood of the community.

As the nation remembers the 9/11 terrorist attacks eight years ago, a lot of people may be wondering whether we’re any safer than we were just before those attacks. Law Enforcement officials in South Carolina say we are safer now. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says any request for additional U.S. troops or funds for the war in Afghanistan would only come after officials study a new assessment of the conditions there by Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Al-Qaida’s umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the bombings of government ministries in Baghdad last week that killed more than 100 people and left hundreds wounded

The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday.

The suspected cohort of a 23-year-old man charged with aiding terror groups is expected to take the witness stand. Syed Haris Ahmed was convicted in June of plotting to aid overseas terrorists. Prosecutors will call him to the stand Wednesday to testify against Ehsanul Sadequee, who faces similar charges.

The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency’s secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.

President Barack Obama says some of the terror suspects held at Guantanamo will be brought to prisons in the United States, despite fierce opposition in Congress. Speaking at the National Archives, Obama said U.S. prison facilities are tough enough to house even the most dangerous inmates. He criticized what he said is an effort to politicize the issue, and said he won’t do anything to endanger the American people.

President Barack Obama has opened the possibility of prosecuting Bush-era lawyers who authorized torturing terror suspects and suggested Congress might order a full investigation. Less than a week after declaring it was time to move on, the President is now describing what might be done next to investigate. ABC News’ Clayton Sandell has the story.

An alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent has appeared in a U.S. criminal court for the first time in more than five years. Ali al-Marri on Tuesday answered affirmatively when a federal magistrate asked the 43-year-old Qatar native whether he understood the charges against him.

Five men charged with the Sept. 11 attacks say they “are terrorists to the bone” in their most detailed response to U.S. war crimes charges.

Pakistan’s top civilian security official says the Mumbai attacks were partly planned in Pakistan and that several of the known suspects are being held.

President George W. Bush says that while there has been lots of debate about his policies, there can be no argument that America has been kept safe since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Officials from the Bush Administration says it warned India before last week’s deadly attacks. The U.S. told Indian officials terrorists appeared to be plotting an attack on Mumbai. Many watched across the nation this past week as the terror unfolded including some in the two-state. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud for the story.