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| Feb.6 |
U.S. Congress |
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R. Gates: Afghanistan may split up NATO US Defence Secretary has warned the future of NATO is at risk due to differences over Afghanistan and that it may become a 2-tier alliance
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| Jan.25 |
Switzerland |
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Karzai: You can call me U.S. puppet He warned in Davos, that unless more is done to tackle growing extremism in Pakistan, Afghanistan could once again fall into terrorist hands
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| Jan.9 |
Washington |
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3,000 Marines may be sent to Afghanistan The Pentagon may send 3,000 Marines to beef up U.S. combat capabilities in advance of an expected spring offensive by the Taliban
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| Dec.13 |
Scotland |
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U.S. seeks help in Afghanistan
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U.S.: Iran's nuclear weapons work halted
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| Nov.10 |
Afghanistan |
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US troops killed in ambush 6 US soldiers and 3 Afghan troops have been killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan in Nuristan province
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| Nov.5 |
Afghanistan |
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Air Force grounds F-15s in Afghanistan
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| Oct.11 |
Baghdad |
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Plan puts Marines' focus on Afghanistan Gen. James Conway: The Marine Corps would like to reduce its forces in Iraq and move them to Afghanistan
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| Oct.1 |
Afghanistan |
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U.S. offers rewards for 'bad guys'
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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.15 |
Afghanistan |
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Troops strike in Afghan mountains
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| Aug.12 |
Afghanistan |
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4 soldiers killed in fighting
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World markets fall after US losses
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| Aug.6 |
Washington |
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Bush and Karzai vow 'an end to Taliban' US President and the Afghan leader have vowed to put an end to the Taleban in Afghanistan. Karzai said the Taliban were a defeated force
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| Jun.30 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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US probes Afghan civilian deaths| The coalition says a number of civilians appear to have died in air strikes in the southern province of Helmand | |
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| Jun.11 |
Afghanistan |
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US strike 'kills Afghan police' Seven Afghan police officers are killed by US forces in an apparent friendly fire incident
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| May.30 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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7 killed as U.S. copter crashes
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Congress backs Iraq funding bill
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| May.21 |
Texas |
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Afghanistan on Bush-NATO agenda
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| Apr.12 |
Canada |
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U.S. to boost Afghan training force
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| Apr.11 |
Washington |
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US extends troops' tour of duty US troops will now serve up to 15 months in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of the usual 12-month under new rules
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Afghanistan |
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Civilian deaths become criminal probe
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| Mar.22 |
Washington |
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U.S. blasts Italy's hostage exchange
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| Mar.19 |
Kabul |
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Bomb targets U.S. Embassy convoy
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Mohammed says responsible for 9/11
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| Sep.27 |
Washington |
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Bush meets with anti-terror allies U.S. President appealed Karzai and Musharraf to put aside their increasingly public differences
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| Sep.10 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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Nato kills 94 'Taleban fighters' Operation Medusa: Nato and Afghan forces are in intense overnight clashes in southern Afghanistan
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| May.21 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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'80 die' in air strike Aircraft from the coalition have struck a village in an area of Kandahar province
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast
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| Jun.30 |
Afghanistan |
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16 bodies recovered from crash site Coalition forces have recovered all bodies of the servicemen killed in a helicopter crash near the Pakistan border
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| May.15 |
Washington |
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Newsweek backs off Quran story| The report that U.S. interrogators desecrated copies of the Quran blamed for sparking violent riots in Afghanistan | | |
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| Dec.6 |
Afghanistan |
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US bombing kills Afghan children US forces have admitted mistakenly killing 9 children when they bombed Taleban fighters
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| Jul.1 |
Afghanistan |
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U.S. bomb hits wedding party| At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 injured when a plane dropped a bomb as celebrants fired into the air | |
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| Mar.7 |
Afghanistan |
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Fierce battle for al-Qaeda stronghold The United States military is pouring fresh troops, attack helicopters into an area of eastern Afghanistan
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| Nov.16 |
Kabul |
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US kills Bin Laden deputy Air strikes near Kabul had killed Mohammed Atef, a key planner behind the 11 September attacks
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Jet crashes, killing 260
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| Nov.2 |
Afghanistan |
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US elite troops helicopter crashes Helicopter was forced down by bad weather and a team of US special forces had to be rescued
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| Oct.27 |
Afghanistan |
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US jets bombard Taleban front line Most sustained bombing raids so far on positions north of Kabul
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| Oct.7 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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US begins military strike Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1585000/images/_1585197_afghan_targets2_300.gif Loud explosions and anti-aircraft fire in Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad
| Cruise missiles, bombers and submarines had been used in the attack on broad range of targets. Osama Bin Laden was seen on video making a defiant statement
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| Sep.20 |
Kabul |
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Clerics ask Bin Laden to leave The resolution is represent a compromise agreed at a meeting in Kabul. The U.S. has dismissed as inadequate
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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