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| Jan.25 |
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US to boost Afghan troops and aid |
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NATO to reinforce Afghan brigade |
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| Jan.26 |
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Nato 'to step up Afghan support' Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to step up their military and economic assistance
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| Feb.2 |
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Taleban forces retake town of Musa Qala |
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| Feb.17 |
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Coalition copter crashes |
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| Mar.2 |
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Taliban: Suicide army ready |
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| Mar.14 |
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Taliban hostage makes video appeal
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| Mar.27 |
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Prodi backed in key Afghan vote |
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| Apr.5 |
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French aid workers missing |
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| Apr.8 |
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NATO troops killed
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| Apr.9 |
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Australia to double Afghan force |
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| Apr.11 |
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US extends troops' tour of duty
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NATO allies to discuss Afghan shortfalls |
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Civilian deaths become criminal probe |
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| Apr.12 |
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U.S. to boost Afghan training force |
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| Apr.14 |
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Suicide attack kills 8 |
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| Apr.18 |
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Taliban 'war crimes' on Afghans |
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| Apr.19 |
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24 Taliban killed |
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| Apr.21 |
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Taliban uses boy to behead 'spy' |
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| Apr.25 |
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Second blast kills Afghan soldiers |
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Taliban: Bin Laden plans Iraq strikes
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| Apr.28 |
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Taliban release French aid worker |
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| Apr.29 |
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Troops kill 'scores of Taleban' |
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| Apr.30 |
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NATO-led troops move into Helmand |
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| May.3 |
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UK soldier killed |
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| May.9 |
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NATO raid 'kills 21 civilians'
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| May.11 |
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Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive |
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| May.12 |
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Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah killed
The Taliban's top military commander in Afghanistan has been killed in fighting with Afghan and Western forces in the south of the country
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| May.17 |
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Bomb blasts kill 10 in Kandahar |
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| May.21 |
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Afghanistan on Bush-NATO agenda |
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| May.30 |
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7 killed as U.S. copter crashes |
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Coalition: Taliban have Iran arms |
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| Jun.2 |
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'60 die' as boat sinks |
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| Jun.7 |
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30 Taliban suspects dead, wounded |
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| Jun.10 |
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Karzai survives assassination attempt |
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| Jun.11 |
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US strike 'kills Afghan police' |
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| Jun.16 |
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Afghan police hit by suicide bomb, 35 killed The bomb went off close to police HQ in the city centre at rush hour. Most of the dead are police recruits
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| Jun.17 |
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Children die in Afghan air raid |
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| Jun.20 |
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Taliban 'targeting Kabul' |
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| Jun.21 |
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Karzai: Taliban 'not a long-term threat' |
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| Jun.22 |
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NATO strike 'kills 25 civilians'| Taliban militants stormed police posts, prompting heavy fighting and air strikes that reportedly left 25 civilians and 20 militants dead | | |
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| Jun.23 |
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Karzai blasts NATO over deaths |
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NATO concedes Afghan shortfalls |
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| Jun.25 |
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Afghan opium production 'soars' |
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| Jun.30 |
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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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| Jul.1 |
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Karzai orders bomb deaths probe
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| Jul.4 |
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Canadians killed in Afghan attack |
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| Jul.10 |
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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 |
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Pardon for child 'suicide bomber' |
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| Jul.19 |
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Fickle warlord Hekmatyar ends insurgency
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| Jul.20 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Taliban extend deadline for hostages
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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 |
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Deadline looms for hostages
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| Jul.25 |
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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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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 |
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S Korean hostage pleads for help
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Afghans negotiate with Taliban |
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| Jul.27 |
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Koreans 'alive' as deadline passes |
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| Jul.28 |
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Afghan elders join Korean hostages talks |
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| Jul.29 |
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Taliban: Hostages will die Monday
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NATO mulls 'smaller Afghan bombs' |
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| Jul.30 |
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Taliban resumes talks on hostages
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Taliban: Male hostage shot dead 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 ...
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| Aug.6 |
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Bush and Karzai vow 'an end to Taliban'
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| Aug.10 |
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Coalition in 13-hour Taliban fight |
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S. Korean negotiators meet Taliban |
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| Aug.11 |
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Taliban: 2 hostages to be released
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Musharraf 'to join Afghan jirga'
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| Aug.12 |
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4 soldiers killed in fighting |
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| Aug.13 |
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Two female Korean hostages freed Kim Kyung Ja and Kim Jina were now in Ghazni's provincial capital, 25 days after they were seized
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| Aug.15 |
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Troops strike in Afghan mountains |
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| Aug.17 |
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Insurgents killed in fighting |
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| Aug.18 |
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German woman kidnapped A woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of the capital. She works for an international aid organisation
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| Aug.19 |
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Kidnapped German in Afghan video
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Kidnapped German woman freed Christina Meier was freed during a police raid on a house, and a number of her suspected abductors were arrested
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| Aug.24 |
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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.27 |
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Afghan opium at record high |
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| Aug.28 |
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Taliban: Korean hostages to be released
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Coalition forces kill 100 insurgents |
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| Aug.29 |
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Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages
The hostages were released into the care of officials of the Red Cross at 3 separate locations in central Afghanistan close to the city of G...
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| Aug.30 |
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Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban| Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials | |
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| Aug.31 |
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Bomber targets airport |
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| Sep.1 |
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Freed Koreans return home The 19 church workers freed from captivity in Afghanistan have arrived home in Seoul, after being held by the Taleban for 6 weeks
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| Sep.3 |
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Taliban 'getting Chinese weapons' |
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| Sep.5 |
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At least 20 insurgents killed |
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Bomb kills 2 British troops |
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| Sep.8 |
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Afghan bombers 'foreigners' - UN |
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| Sep.10 |
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Motorbike suicide bomber kills 28 |
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| Sep.23 |
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2 Italian military personnel missing
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| Sep.24 |
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Missing Italians freed |
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| Sep.26 |
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Scores killed in fighting
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| Sep.27 |
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170 militants dead Afghan and coalition troops have killed about 170 insurgents in 3 days of intense fighting concentrated
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NATO warns of gains by Taliban |
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| Sep.28 |
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'Many killed' in bus blast
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| Oct.1 |
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U.S. offers rewards for 'bad guys' |
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Ten 'casualties' in attack
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| Oct.8 |
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Afghanistan executes 15 convicts |
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| Oct.11 |
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Plan puts Marines' focus on Afghanistan
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Afghanistan shuts security firms |
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| Oct.24 |
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NATO head commits to Afghanistan |
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| Oct.27 |
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Coalition: 80 Taliban killed
U.S.-led coalition forces killed Taliban fighters during a 6-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in Helmand province
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| Nov.1 |
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Children die in raid |
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| Nov.5 |
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Air Force grounds F-15s in Afghanistan |
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| Nov.6 |
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64 dead in suicide attack| At least 6 members of the parliament were killed in the blast in the province of Baghlan in northern Afghanistan. Later blast death toll reaches 75. Schoolchildren were also among the dead. President Ka... | |
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| Nov.9 |
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Blast death toll reaches 75 |
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| Nov.10 |
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US troops killed in ambush
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| Nov.28 |
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Airstrike 'kills road crew' |
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| Dec.4 |
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Thirteen killed by car bomb |
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| Dec.7 |
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Pressure kept up on Taliban town
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| Dec.10 |
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Brown hails Afghan battle success
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| Dec.12 |
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Afghan battle 'being won' - Brown
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| Dec.13 |
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U.S. seeks help in Afghanistan |
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| Dec.15 |
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'Many' Musa Qala civilians died |
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| Dec.22 |
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Australia vows Afghan commitment |
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Italy's PM visits Afghanistan |
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| Dec.25 |
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Afghanistan expels top UN and EU officials 
| One British, the other Irish based in Helmand province, had been holding meetings with different tribes and groups, including the Taliban | | |
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Urgent talks on Afghan expulsions
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| Dec.31 |
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23 Afghan police, soldiers killed |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.25 |
US to boost Afghan troops and aid |
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| Jan.25 |
NATO to reinforce Afghan brigade |
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| Jan.26 |
Nato 'to step up Afghan support' Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to step up their military and economic assistance
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| Feb.2 |
Taleban forces retake town of Musa Qala |
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| Feb.17 |
Coalition copter crashes |
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| Mar.2 |
Taliban: Suicide army ready |
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| Mar.27 |
Prodi backed in key Afghan vote |
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| Apr.8 |
NATO troops killed
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| Apr.9 |
Australia to double Afghan force |
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| Apr.11 |
US extends troops' tour of duty
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| Apr.11 |
NATO allies to discuss Afghan shortfalls |
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| Apr.11 |
Civilian deaths become criminal probe |
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| Apr.12 |
U.S. to boost Afghan training force |
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| Apr.18 |
Taliban 'war crimes' on Afghans |
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| Apr.19 |
24 Taliban killed |
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| Apr.21 |
Taliban uses boy to behead 'spy' |
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| Apr.25 |
Second blast kills Afghan soldiers |
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| Apr.29 |
Troops kill 'scores of Taleban' |
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| Apr.30 |
NATO-led troops move into Helmand |
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| May.3 |
UK soldier killed |
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| May.9 |
NATO raid 'kills 21 civilians'
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| May.11 |
Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive |
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| May.12 |
Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah killed
The Taliban's top military commander in Afghanistan has been killed in fighting with Afghan and Western forces in the south of the country
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| May.21 |
Afghanistan on Bush-NATO agenda |
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| May.30 |
7 killed as U.S. copter crashes |
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| May.30 |
Coalition: Taliban have Iran arms |
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| Jun.7 |
30 Taliban suspects dead, wounded |
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| Jun.11 |
US strike 'kills Afghan police' |
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| Jun.16 |
Afghan police hit by suicide bomb, 35 killed The bomb went off close to police HQ in the city centre at rush hour. Most of the dead are police recruits
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| Jun.17 |
Children die in Afghan air raid |
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| Jun.20 |
Taliban 'targeting Kabul' |
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| Jun.21 |
Karzai: Taliban 'not a long-term threat' |
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| Jun.22 |
NATO strike 'kills 25 civilians'| Taliban militants stormed police posts, prompting heavy fighting and air strikes that reportedly left 25 civilians and 20 militants dead | | |
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| Jun.23 |
Karzai blasts NATO over deaths |
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| Jun.23 |
NATO concedes Afghan shortfalls |
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| Jun.30 |
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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| Jul.1 |
Karzai orders bomb deaths probe
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| Jul.4 |
Canadians killed in Afghan attack |
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| Jul.19 |
Fickle warlord Hekmatyar ends insurgency
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| Jul.29 |
NATO mulls 'smaller Afghan bombs' |
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| Aug.10 |
Coalition in 13-hour Taliban fight |
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| Aug.12 |
4 soldiers killed in fighting |
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| Aug.15 |
Troops strike in Afghan mountains |
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| Aug.17 |
Insurgents killed in fighting |
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| Aug.24 |
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.28 |
Coalition forces kill 100 insurgents |
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| Sep.3 |
Taliban 'getting Chinese weapons' |
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| Sep.5 |
At least 20 insurgents killed |
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| Sep.5 |
Bomb kills 2 British troops |
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| Sep.23 |
2 Italian military personnel missing
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| Sep.24 |
Missing Italians freed |
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| Sep.26 |
Scores killed in fighting
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| Sep.27 |
170 militants dead Afghan and coalition troops have killed about 170 insurgents in 3 days of intense fighting concentrated
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| Sep.27 |
NATO warns of gains by Taliban |
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| Oct.1 |
U.S. offers rewards for 'bad guys' |
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| Oct.11 |
Plan puts Marines' focus on Afghanistan
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| Oct.11 |
Afghanistan shuts security firms |
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| Oct.24 |
NATO head commits to Afghanistan |
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| Oct.27 |
Coalition: 80 Taliban killed
U.S.-led coalition forces killed Taliban fighters during a 6-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in Helmand province
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| Nov.1 |
Children die in raid |
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| Nov.5 |
Air Force grounds F-15s in Afghanistan |
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| Nov.10 |
US troops killed in ambush
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| Nov.28 |
Airstrike 'kills road crew' |
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| Dec.4 |
Thirteen killed by car bomb |
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| Dec.7 |
Pressure kept up on Taliban town
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| Dec.10 |
Brown hails Afghan battle success
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| Dec.12 |
Afghan battle 'being won' - Brown
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| Dec.13 |
U.S. seeks help in Afghanistan |
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| Dec.15 |
'Many' Musa Qala civilians died |
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| Dec.31 |
23 Afghan police, soldiers killed |
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| 2007 |
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| Feb.17 |
Coalition copter crashes |
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| Apr.5 |
French aid workers missing |
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| Jun.2 |
'60 die' as boat sinks |
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.14 |
Taliban hostage makes video appeal
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| Apr.11 |
Civilian deaths become criminal probe |
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| Apr.14 |
Suicide attack kills 8 |
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| Apr.21 |
Taliban uses boy to behead 'spy' |
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| Apr.25 |
Taliban: Bin Laden plans Iraq strikes
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| Apr.28 |
Taliban release French aid worker |
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| May.11 |
Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive |
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| May.17 |
Bomb blasts kill 10 in Kandahar |
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| Jun.10 |
Karzai survives assassination attempt |
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| Jun.16 |
Afghan police hit by suicide bomb, 35 killed The bomb went off close to police HQ in the city centre at rush hour. Most of the dead are police recruits
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| Jun.25 |
Afghan opium production 'soars' |
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| Jul.10 |
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 |
Pardon for child 'suicide bomber' |
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| Jul.20 |
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 |
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 |
Taliban extend deadline for hostages
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| Jul.23 |
Deadline looms for hostages
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| Jul.25 |
Taliban kills South Korean hostage One of 23 held hostage has been killed because Taliban demands hadn't been met
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| Jul.26 |
S Korean hostage pleads for help
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| Jul.27 |
Koreans 'alive' as deadline passes |
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| Jul.28 |
Afghan elders join Korean hostages talks |
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| Jul.29 |
Taliban: Hostages will die Monday
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| Jul.30 |
Taliban resumes talks on hostages
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| Jul.30 |
Taliban: Male hostage shot dead 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 ...
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| Aug.11 |
Taliban: 2 hostages to be released
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| Aug.13 |
Two female Korean hostages freed Kim Kyung Ja and Kim Jina were now in Ghazni's provincial capital, 25 days after they were seized
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| Aug.18 |
German woman kidnapped A woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of the capital. She works for an international aid organisation
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| Aug.19 |
Kidnapped German in Afghan video
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| Aug.19 |
Kidnapped German woman freed Christina Meier was freed during a police raid on a house, and a number of her suspected abductors were arrested
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| Aug.27 |
Afghan opium at record high |
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| Aug.28 |
Taliban: Korean hostages to be released
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| Aug.29 |
Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages
The hostages were released into the care of officials of the Red Cross at 3 separate locations in central Afghanistan close to the city of G...
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| Aug.30 |
Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban| Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials | |
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| Aug.31 |
Bomber targets airport |
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| Sep.1 |
Freed Koreans return home The 19 church workers freed from captivity in Afghanistan have arrived home in Seoul, after being held by the Taleban for 6 weeks
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| Sep.8 |
Afghan bombers 'foreigners' - UN |
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| Sep.10 |
Motorbike suicide bomber kills 28 |
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| Sep.28 |
'Many killed' in bus blast
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| Oct.1 |
Ten 'casualties' in attack
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| Oct.8 |
Afghanistan executes 15 convicts |
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| Nov.6 |
64 dead in suicide attack| At least 6 members of the parliament were killed in the blast in the province of Baghlan in northern Afghanistan. Later blast death toll reaches 75. Schoolchildren were also among the dead. President Ka... | |
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| Nov.9 |
Blast death toll reaches 75 |
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|
| 2007 |
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| Jan.25 |
US to boost Afghan troops and aid |
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| Jan.26 |
Nato 'to step up Afghan support' Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to step up their military and economic assistance
|
| Mar.27 |
Prodi backed in key Afghan vote |
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| Apr.11 |
NATO allies to discuss Afghan shortfalls |
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| May.21 |
Afghanistan on Bush-NATO agenda |
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| Jun.21 |
Karzai: Taliban 'not a long-term threat' |
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| Jun.23 |
Karzai blasts NATO over deaths |
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| Jul.1 |
Karzai orders bomb deaths probe
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| Jul.22 |
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.25 |
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 |
Afghans negotiate with Taliban |
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| Jul.28 |
Afghan elders join Korean hostages talks |
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| Jul.30 |
Taliban resumes talks on hostages
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| Aug.6 |
Bush and Karzai vow 'an end to Taliban'
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| Aug.10 |
S. Korean negotiators meet Taliban |
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| Aug.11 |
Musharraf 'to join Afghan jirga'
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| Oct.11 |
Afghanistan shuts security firms |
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| Dec.10 |
Brown hails Afghan battle success
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| Dec.13 |
U.S. seeks help in Afghanistan |
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| Dec.22 |
Australia vows Afghan commitment |
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| Dec.22 |
Italy's PM visits Afghanistan |
|
| Dec.25 |
Afghanistan expels top UN and EU officials 
| One British, the other Irish based in Helmand province, had been holding meetings with different tribes and groups, including the Taliban | | |
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| Dec.25 |
Urgent talks on Afghan expulsions