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| May.10 |
 Washington |
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 Hamid Karzai set for crucial US talks Afghanistan President has arrived in the US for four days of talks aimed at repairing rocky relations between Kabul and Washington
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| May.12 |
 Afghanistan |
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Fungus hits Afghan opium poppies UN Office on Drugs and Crime: A serious disease is affecting opium poppies. This year's opium production could be reduced by a quarter
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| May.17 |
Afghanistan |
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 Plane carrying 44 crashes  Map of Kunduz Afghanistan The plane was en route from Kunduz to Kabul
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Kabul |
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Suicide car bombing kills 18| A suicide car bomb exploded near a registration center for Afghan Army recruits. At least 30 people were killed or wounded | |
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| May.18 |
Afghanistan |
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Insurgents take aim at Bagram Air Base Map of Bagram Afghanistan| 7 insurgents were killed. 5 service members were wounded in the attack and a building suffered minor damage | |
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| May.21 |
Helmand |
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  UK troops 'under US command' About 8,000 British troops based in Helmand province are to come under the operational command of the US
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| May.22 |
Kabul |
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UK ministers 'united' on Afghanistan| Ministers have put on a united front after Defence Secretary Liam Fox suggested the focus in Afghanistan should move away from reconstruction | |
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Kandahar |
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Afghan insurgents hit Nato base Insurgents have attacked Kandahar airfield, Nato's main military base in southern Afghanistan
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| May.24 |
Afghanistan |
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 Afghan U.S. troops more than in Iraq For the first time since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan has surpassed the number in Iraq
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| May.28 |
Kabul |
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U.S.: Lapses led to Afghan deaths The U.S. military investigation into the February 21 incident 'cites several shortcomings in training, communication and decision-making'
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| May.29 |
 Canada |
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Canadian commander in Afghanistan out Brig. Gen. Daniel Menard has been relieved of duty following allegations of an inappropriate relationship
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| May.31 |
Kandahar |
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 U.S. Air strike kills senior Taliban leader| A precision air strike has killed one of the two most senior Taliban leaders in Kandahar province and several of his fighters | |
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 Al Qaeda says No. 3 man has died| Mustafa Abu Yazid, commander of Al Qaeda operations in Afghanistan, has died, according to a group that monitors Islamist Web sites | |
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