  World News
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 2004
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Convention hits stalemate |
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| Jan.4 |
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Loya jirga agrees constitution| The document gives the president sweeping powers. It awards parliament the power to appoint of ministers | |
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| Jan.6 |
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Powerful bomb kills at least 10 |
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| Jan.7 |
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Volence leaves 27 dead |
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| Jan.19 |
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11 villagers 'killed by US'
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| Jan.26 |
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Constitution becomes law President Karzai has signed new constitution into law, a document that gives him sweeping powers
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| Jan.27 |
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NATO to ramp up Afghanistan forces
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| Jan.28 |
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U.S. eyes spring offensive in Afghanistan
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| Jan.29 |
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7 U.S. troops killed in explosion
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| Feb.2 |
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Guantanamo youngest inmates home
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| Feb.8 |
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Forum targets heroin trade
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| Feb.18 |
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Taliban threatens elections
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| Feb.25 |
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5 Aid workers die in ambush
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| Mar.5 |
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New tactics in bin Laden hunt
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| Mar.15 |
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Two dozen freed from Guantanamo
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| Mar.16 |
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Powell on trip amid offensive
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| Mar.21 |
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Government minister killed in Heart Civil aviation minister Mirwais Sadiq was killed after an assassination attempt against his father, warlord Ismail Khan
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| Mar.26 |
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US beefs up forces in Afghanistan
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| Mar.27 |
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Elections to be delayed
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| Mar.31 |
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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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Kabul 'needs aid in war on drugs'
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| Apr.14 |
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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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| Apr.23 |
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Former NFL player Pat Tillman killed |
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| Apr.25 |
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Karzai 'grenade attempt foiled'
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| May.6 |
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 bin Laden tape offers gold for Bremer A message from al Qaeda leader offers 22 pounds of gold to anyone who kills Bremer or top U.S. military officers
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| Jun.7 |
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U.S. soldier killed by bomb
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| Jun.9 |
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11 Chinese gunned down
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| Jun.14 |
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Karzai tips worsening violence
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| Jun.16 |
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Bomb attack kills 4
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| Jun.26 |
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 Women killed in bus attack 2 women have been killed in a bomb attack on a minibus carrying election workers
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| Jul.29 |
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Report: Afghanistan could implode A British parliamentary committee has warned that Afghanistan is likely to 'implode, with terrible consequences'
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| Aug.3 |
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Battle leaves 50 dead
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| Aug.5 |
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 Activity reported at al Qaeda camps Intelligence indicates some training camps have been reactivated along Pakistan's border with southeastern Afghanistan
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| Aug.29 |
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 Blasts Kill at Least 17, Taliban Hits Kabul A car bomb killed at least two U.S. nationals, three Nepalis, and two Afghans
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| Sep.9 |
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 Al-Zawahiri: U.S. faltering in Afghanistan Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant is saying southern and eastern Afghanistan are controlled by the mujahedeen
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| Sep.15 |
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US vigilantes convicted in Kabul 3 Americans have been jailed for up to 10 years for torturing Afghans and running a private jai
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| Oct.8 |
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First votes cast in poll
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Glitch hits first poll
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| Oct.9 |
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 Karzai rivals demand new vote| All but 2 of the candidates laid down charges of voter fraud and vowed to discount any results | |
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| Oct.10 |
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Monitor: No reason to nullify poll Millions of voters, including veiled women, braved threats of Taliban to cram polling stations
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Poll dispute eases
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| Oct.11 |
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Probe into vote announced
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| Oct.13 |
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Karzai rival ends election boycott A top rival to frontrunner is making it likely that the poll's result will be recognized by all despite voting irregularities
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| Oct.14 |
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Probe of deaths names 28 U.S. soldiers
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| Oct.16 |
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Karzai well ahead in tally
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| Oct.23 |
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 Suicide bomber hits Kabul street A bomber has struck famous shopping district, Chicken Street, injuring 7 people, including 3 international peacekeepers
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| Oct.24 |
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 Karzai wins Afghan majority| Interim leader has won a majority of estimated votes cast in landmark presidential elections | |
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| Oct.28 |
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Foreign poll staff held in Kabul 3 foreign election workers were taken at gunpoint and kidnapped
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| Oct.31 |
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Video shows UN hostages 3 UN workers held hostage by militants have appeared in a video shown by Arabic TV
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| Nov.3 |
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Karzai declared poll winner| Incumbent has been declared the winner of first direct presidential election | |
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| Nov.22 |
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U.N. hostages 'released unharmed' 3 workers have been released unharmed and are well after more than 3 weeks in captivity
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| Nov.29 |
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US plane missing
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| Dec.7 |
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Karzai Sworn in as President Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, promising to bring peace to the nation
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| Dec.17 |
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8 die in jailbreak bid 2 inmates and 5 prison guards have been killed in an attempted jailbreak in Kabul
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