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| Apr.2 |
 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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  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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| Apr.17 |
 Pakistan |
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 UN warns Pakistan on refugee plan| Refugee agency (UNHCR): Pakistan needs to revise a plan to repatriate 2.4 million Afghan refugees by the end of 2009 | |
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| Apr.19 |
 Afghanistan |
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Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage| Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin appeared on a video, saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months ago | |
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| Apr.26 |
Kabul |
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 President flees ceremony attack  Hamid Karzai and other quickly scrambled toward safety when the sound of gunfire and explosions interrupted a military ceremony
| Security forces whisked Karzai away from the scene and hundreds of people fled as shots rang out. He and other dignitaries were safe. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which happened at a Mujahideen Day ceremony to mark 16 years since the overthrow of the country's Soviet-backed rule
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| Apr.29 |
Kabul |
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 Karzai was warned of assassination plot| President was warned of a weekend assassination plot against him; failings by the security services allowed militants to launch the attack | |
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Main Event: President flees ceremony attack
