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| Apr. 2 |
Romania |
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France to send battalion to Afghanistan The move will help NATO meet Canada's requirement that it send more troops to the volatile southern province of Kandahar
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Romania |
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NATO chief: Afghan troop increase likely Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffe: NATO leaders are likely to approve an increase in troop deployments to Afghanistan
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| Mar. 26 |
Paris |
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France offers more troops for Afghanistan President Sarkozy said that his government is willing to commit more troops to the war in Afghanistan, calling the fight there 'crucial' to NATO
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| Mar. 22 |
Paris |
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France to boost Afghan commitment President Sarkozy plans to announce that France will send 1,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
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| Mar.12 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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British airstrike kills Afghan civilians
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Socialists claim victory
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| Feb.29 |
Afghanistan |
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Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan
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| Feb.28 |
Afghanistan |
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Army considers Harry deployment Army heads are to decide whether the Prince can continue his deployment in Afghanistan after news broke of him on the front line against the...
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| Feb.7 |
Lithuania |
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NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis
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| Feb.6 |
Kabul |
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Rice and Miliband on Afghan trip US Secretary of State and UK Foreign Secretary have arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit
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| Jan.26 |
Kabul |
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Afghanistan vetoes Ashdown envoy role
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Prodi resigns after losing vote
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| Dec.25 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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Afghanistan expels top UN and EU officials  | One British, the other Irish based in Helmand province, had been holding meetings with different tribes and groups, including the Taliban | | |
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| Dec.22 |
Kabul |
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Italy's PM visits Afghanistan
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| Dec.13 |
Scotland |
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U.S. seeks help in Afghanistan
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| Dec.12 |
London |
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Afghan battle 'being won' - Brown Prime Minister has told MPs that forces are 'winning the battle against the insurgency' in Afghanistan
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| Dec.10 |
Afghanistan |
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Brown hails Afghan battle success
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EU-Africa leaders opening summit
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| Oct.24 |
Netherlands |
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NATO head commits to Afghanistan
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| Sep.24 |
Afghanistan |
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Missing Italians freed
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| Sep.23 |
Afghanistan |
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2 Italian military personnel missing
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| Sep.5 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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Bomb kills 2 British troops
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63 died from forest fires
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| Aug.24 |
Afghanistan |
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U.S. jet 'bombs British troops'| 3 soldiers have been killed by so-called friendly fire from American fighter planes | |
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| Aug.19 |
Afghanistan |
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Kidnapped German in Afghan video
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| Aug.18 |
Kabul |
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German woman kidnapped A woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of the capital. She works for an international aid organisation
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| Jul.21 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban: 2 German hostages killed The Afghan Foreign Ministry said one is still alive and the other died of a heart attack
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| Mar.14 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban hostage makes video appeal An Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo kidnapped in Afghanistan appealed to Italy's government to secure his release
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| Jan.26 |
Belgium |
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Nato 'to step up Afghan support' Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to step up their military and economic assistance
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Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package
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Saddam Hussein hanged
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| Nov.29 |
Latvia |
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NATO signals Afghan reinforcements NATO leaders meeting in Riga have agreed to step up operations in Afghanistan with more troops on the ground
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| Nov.28 |
Latvia |
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NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008 At a 2-day summit, Secretary-General de Hoop Scheffer insisted the alliance will prevail in its first mission outside Europe
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| Oct.25 |
Berlin |
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Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany| Chancellor Merkel called photos of soldiers in Afghanistan playing with a skull 'shocking and disgusting' | |
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| Sep.14 |
Poland |
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Poland to boost Nato Afghan force
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| Sep.9 |
Poland |
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Nato seeks Afghan troops boost
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| Sep.2 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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14 Britons die in NATO crash
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Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move
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| Aug.16 |
Afghanistan |
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Spanish troops die in crash Spain's defense minister does not rule out hostile fire as the possible cause of a helicopter crash that killed 17
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| Jun.9 |
Kabul |
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Italy hostage released in Kabul Clementina Cantoni, who works for Care International, has been freed nearly a month after being taken hostage
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| Apr.14 |
Afghanistan |
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Bin Laden offers Europe truce al-Arabiya has aired an audiotape in which Osama Bin Laden offers Europe a truce if it 'stops attacking Muslims'
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| Mar.31 |
Berlin |
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Afghanistan wins $8.2bn in aid International donors have pledged $4.4 billion in new aid to Afghanistan for 2005
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| Jun.6 |
Kabul |
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6 Peacekeepers killed in Kabul blast
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U.S. Launches War Against Iraq
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| Dec.21 |
Kabul |
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Helicopter crashes near Kabul airport
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| Jul.13 |
Germany |
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Report: Bin Laden alive
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| Mar.6 |
Kabul |
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5 peacekeepers die in blast
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| Jan.7 |
Kabul |
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Blair visits Afghanistan
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| Dec.5 |
Germany |
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Afghan factions sign power deal
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| Nov.27 |
Germany |
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Afghan conference starts
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| Nov.14 |
Afghanistan |
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Aid workers freed| 8 Western workers airlifted out of the country by a US military helicopter | |
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| Oct.2 |
United Kingdom |
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Blair issues Taliban ultimatum
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Intifada started by Sharon visit
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| Feb.6 |
England |
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Hijackers seize Afghan plane Hijackers reported to be demanding the release of a key opposition figure imprisoned by Taliban authorities
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