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| Jul.1 |
 Kabul |
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 Karzai orders bomb deaths probe  Afghan President has ordered an inquiry into air strikes in Helmand province by foreign forces amid disputes over civilian deaths
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| Jul.4 |
Kandahar |
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Canadians killed in Afghan attack The NATO's 6 soldiers killed in a roadside bombing in Kandahar province. They were all in the same vehicle
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| Jul.10 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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 Suicide blast kills 12 children A bomber killed 17 Afghan civilian in an attack aimed at Dutch NATO troops patrolling a crowded bazaar
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| Jul.15 |
Kabul |
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Pardon for child 'suicide bomber' A 14-year-old from Pakistan, caught while on a mission to blow up an Afghan provincial governor, was pardoned by President Karzai
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| Jul.19 |
Kabul |
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Fickle warlord Hekmatyar ends insurgency Rebel leader and Taliban and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has declared a ceasefire against the government
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| Jul.20 |
Afghanistan |
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  Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans| The militants threatened to kill a group of abducted Christians within 24 hours unless S. Korea withdraws its troops from Afghanistan | |
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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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| Jul.22 |
Afghanistan |
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  Taliban extend deadline for hostages The kidnappers of 23 Koreans extended the deadline for the S. Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours
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Kabul |
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Former king Zahir Shah dies| Zahir Shah has died at the age of 92 following a long illness. He was deposed in 1973 and went into exile, but returned in 2002 | |
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| Jul.23 |
Afghanistan |
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Deadline looms for hostages Taliban once again extended a deadline for the executions of S. Koreans kidnapped in Afghanistan for another 24 hours
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| Jul.25 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban kills South Korean hostage| One of 23 held hostage has been killed because Taliban demands hadn't been met | |
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South Korea |
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S Korea urges release of hostages | The government condemned the Taleban for the death of one of the hostages, while sending an envoy to negotiate for the others' release | |
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| Jul.26 |
Afghanistan |
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S Korean hostage pleads for help Yo Syun Ju, a South Korean woman, held hostage with 21 others has pleaded for help to secure their release
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Afghanistan |
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Afghans negotiate with Taliban Afghan clerics and tribal elders are negotiating for the release of 22 S. Koreans, who have been split into small groups
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| Jul.27 |
Afghanistan |
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Koreans 'alive' as deadline passes Afghan deputy interior minister: The remaining 22 South Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban are alive
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| Jul.28 |
Afghanistan |
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Afghan elders join Korean hostages talks Several Afghan elders and a former member of the Taliban joined the negotiations with the hardline militia over the fate of 22 hostages
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| Jul.29 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban: Hostages will die Monday Taliban spokesman said their fighters would kill 22 remaining South Korean hostages if the Afghan government did not release rebel prisoners
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 NATO |
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NATO mulls 'smaller Afghan bombs' NATO is considering the use of smaller bombs to try to curb the rising number of civilians killed during operations against the Taliban
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| Jul.30 |
Afghanistan |
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Taliban resumes talks on hostages The kidnappers and Afghan negotiators resumed talks to free 22 South Koreans who were still alive despite 2 rebel deadlines expiring
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Afghanistan |
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Taliban: Male hostage shot dead  Map of Ghazni Afghanistan A second South Korean hostage held captive has been killed, a spokesman for the militants said. The body was dropped off in the province of Ghazni
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