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| Jan.4 |
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Afghanistan appeals for food aid |
| Jan.8 |
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'Bribes' free top Taliban leader |
| Jan.9 |
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South Asia hit by food shortages |
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3,000 Marines may be sent to Afghanistan |
| Jan.14 |
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Taliban attack luxury hotel
The Taliban say 4 of their fighters have attacked the luxury Serena hotel, popular with foreign visitors
| Jan.23 |
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Death sentence for Afghan reporter |
| Jan.25 |
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Karzai: You can call me U.S. puppet |
| Jan.26 |
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Afghanistan vetoes Ashdown envoy role |
| Jan.29 |
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NATO's Afghan mission 'in jeopardy' |
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Women hold rare protest |
| Jan.31 |
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Blast kills top Afghan official |
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| Feb.4 |
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Report urges Afghan farmer boost |
| Feb.5 |
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More opium likely in Afghan south |
| Feb.6 |
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R. Gates: Afghanistan may split up NATO
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Rice and Miliband on Afghan trip US Secretary of State and UK Foreign Secretary have arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit
| Feb.7 |
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Karzai denies tensions with West
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NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis |
| Feb.16 |
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At least 80 people killed in blast
A suspected bomb attack has killed dozens of people in Kandahar, as people were watching a dog-fighting competition
| Feb.28 |
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Army considers Harry deployment
| Feb.29 |
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Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan
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| Mar.12 |
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British airstrike kills Afghan civilians |
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Car bomb attack kills six
| Mar.13 |
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Parlament extends Afghan mission |
| Mar.22 |
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France to boost Afghan commitment |
| Mar.24 |
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Donors accused of failing Afghans
| Mar.26 |
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France offers more troops for Afghanistan
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| Apr.2 |
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NATO chief: Afghan troop increase likely |
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France to send battalion to Afghanistan
| Apr.17 |
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UN warns Pakistan on refugee plan |
| Apr.19 |
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Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage
| Apr.26 |
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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 clai... | |
| Apr.29 |
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Karzai was warned of assassination plot
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| May.16 |
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Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed |
| May.22 |
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3 dead in 'Quran shooting' protest |
| May.24 |
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Afghans appalled Marines not charged
| May.27 |
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12 dead as violence erupts |
| May.31 |
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Afghan forces kill 100 militants |
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Remote-controlled bomb kills 1, injures 5 |
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| Jun.8 |
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Journalist for BBC killed |
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British toll in Afghanistan climbs to 100
| Jun.9 |
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PM hails fallen troops in Afghanistan |
| Jun.10 |
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First Hungarian soldier dies in Afghanistan |
| Jun.11 |
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Afghans seize 'largest drug haul' Afghan police working with British special forces have uncovered a drugs stash of 237 tonnes of hashish, world's biggest seizure of drugs
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US defends Afghan border strike
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Key Afghan donor meeting |
| Jun.12 |
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Karzai appeals for Afghanistan aid |
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Donors pledge $17B to Afghanistan World donors sought to bolster Afghanistan's fragile leadership as the need to help secure and feed the country concerns about pervasive cor...
| Jun.13 |
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Taliban jail raid frees hundreds
Map of Kandahar Afghanistan About 340 Militants attacked a main prison in Kandahar province, blowing its entrance open and allowing a large number of inmates to escape. Afghan security forces hunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail after Tal... | |
| Jun.15 |
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Karzai issues warning to Pakistan Afghan President warned his troops would take their battle against Taliban across the border into Pakistan to prevent them launching attacks
| Jun.18 |
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Dozens die as battle rages
| Jun.19 |
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Suicide attacker kills 10 |
| Jun.26 |
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'Several insurgents' killed in fighting |
| Jun.27 |
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Allied death toll reaches 7-year high |
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Pentagon: Taliban 'resilient' in Afghanistan |
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| Jul.1 |
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Foreign forces' worst Afghan toll
| Jul.5 |
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Airstrikes kill civilians
The U.S. attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians were kill...
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UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid |
| Jul.6 |
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Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike
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Car blast kills 41, including Indian envoys
| Jul.11 |
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US 'killed 47 civilians' |
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Insurgents tried to incite border battle
| Jul.13 |
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At least 8 US soldiers have been killed
It is one of the biggest single losses in a day for the coalition since the start of military operations there
| Jul.16 |
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NATO forces abandon outpost
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US considers more troops for Afghanistan |
| Jul.17 |
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US bombing 'kills dozens' |
| Jul.19 |
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Obama opens foreign tour US Democratic presidential contender, who flew to Kabul as part of a US congressional team, is at the start of a high-profile international tour | |
| Jul.20 |
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Obama meets with Afghan president Sen. Barack Obama said that U.S. needs to focus on Afghanistan in its battle against terrorism and that troop levels must increase in Afghan...
| Jul.23 |
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U.S.: More troops to Afghanistan unlikely |
| Jul.25 |
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UK, Danish soldiers killed |
| Jul.31 |
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Unrest sparks aid warning |
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| Aug.11 |
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U.S. air strike kills 25 militants, 8 civilians
An air strike by the United States kills 25 Taliban militants and 8 civilians in Oruzgan Provinc
| Aug.13 |
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4 aid workers killed The Taliban gunmen opened fire on an aid group's vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, killing four International Rescue Committee workers
| Aug.14 |
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Blast kills 3 coalition troops |
| Aug.18 |
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Independence Day threats 'credible' |
| Aug.19 |
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10 French soldiers killed in fighting 100 insurgents attacked a patrol near the Afghan capital. 21 other soldiers were wounded in the fighting in the Sarobi area in Kabul province
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Sarkozy arrives in Kabul
| Aug.20 |
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Afghanistan win first ever Olympic medal |
| Aug.21 |
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NATO denies airstrike killed French troops |
| Aug.24 |
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Karzai fires commanders over civil. Deaths |
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| Sep.2 |
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UK troops in huge turbine mission |
| Sep.4 |
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Pakistan, Afghanistan deplore U.S. attack |
| Sep.7 |
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General wants review of civilian killings |
| Sep.9 |
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Bush reshuffles war-zone troops US President has ordered the withdrawal of about 8,000 troops from Iraq by February and the dispatch of additional forces to Afghanistan
| Sep.10 |
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US to focus on Pakistani border
| Sep.17 |
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U.S. apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths |
| Sep.19 |
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Pentagon reviewing Afghanistan strategy |
| Sep.25 |
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Pakistan 'fires on Nato aircraft' |
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Shots fired in US-Pakistan clash |
| Sep.26 |
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U.S. envoy urges better coordination |
| Sep.29 |
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Pakistanis flee into Afghanistan |
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| Oct.4 |
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Afghan victory hopes played down |
| Oct.5 |
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Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks w. Taliban In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group
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Afgh. General: Politics needed to end war
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Earthquake rattles Afghanistan |
| Oct.6 |
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Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace |
| Oct.8 |
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US probe: airstrike killed 33 civilians A military probe has found that an airstrike in western Afghanistan killed at least 33 civilians last month; 5 to 7 civilian deaths initially reported
| Oct.10 |
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NATO agrees Afghan drug role
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U.S. would support talks with Taliban Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. would be prepared to reconcile with the Taliban if the Afghan government pursued talks
| Oct.19 |
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Taliban executed 30 of 50 people Afghan officials claim that the Taliban has executed as many as 30 of 50 people captured on a bus in Kandahar Province
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| Nov.5 |
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Karzai appeals to Obama over deaths |
| Nov.7 |
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U.S. study likely to say Afghanistan 'dire' |
| Nov.9 |
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Governor: U.S. forces killed guards |
| Nov.12 |
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Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack
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Suicide bomber attacks U.S. convoy |
| Nov.13 |
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'Extra UK troops' for Afghanistan |
| Nov.17 |
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Taliban not ready to renounce violence
| Nov.18 |
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Taliban reject peace overture |
| Nov.25 |
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10 Taliban arrested in acid attack on girls The militants confessed and said they were paid 100,000 Pakistani rupees ($1,265) to carry out the acts
| Nov.26 |
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Karzai defends Taliban peace move
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Four killed in blast near U.S. Embassy |
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| Dec.8 |
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Taliban 'noose' around Kabul |
| Dec.11 |
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U.S. to send more troops to Afghanistan
| Dec.12 |
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Karzai tours U.S. aircraft carrier |
| Dec.14 |
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Bush hails Afghan 'hopeful gains' |
| Dec.18 |
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Report: Afghan police need to refocus
| Dec.19 |
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US to send 3,000 more troops to Afgh-an Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed a deployment order to move an additional 3,000 troops next year as a part of a combat aviation brigade | |
| Dec.22 |
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Taliban 'narco-terrorist' gets life sentence |
| Dec.25 |
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U.S. to arm local Afghans to fight Taliban |
| Dec.29 |
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Four dead in bomb attacks |
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Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies |
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2008 |
| Jan.9 |
3,000 Marines may be sent to Afghanistan |
| Jan.29 |
NATO's Afghan mission 'in jeopardy' |
| Feb.6 |
R. Gates: Afghanistan may split up NATO
| Feb.7 |
NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis |
| Feb.28 |
Army considers Harry deployment
| Feb.29 |
Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan
| Mar.12 |
British airstrike kills Afghan civilians |
| Mar.13 |
Parlament extends Afghan mission |
| Mar.22 |
France to boost Afghan commitment |
| Mar.26 |
France offers more troops for Afghanistan
| Apr.2 |
NATO chief: Afghan troop increase likely |
| Apr.2 |
France to send battalion to Afghanistan
| May.24 |
Afghans appalled Marines not charged
| May.27 |
12 dead as violence erupts |
| May.31 |
Afghan forces kill 100 militants |
| Jun.8 |
British toll in Afghanistan climbs to 100
| Jun.9 |
PM hails fallen troops in Afghanistan |
| Jun.10 |
First Hungarian soldier dies in Afghanistan |
| Jun.11 |
US defends Afghan border strike
| Jun.18 |
Dozens die as battle rages
| Jun.26 |
'Several insurgents' killed in fighting |
| Jun.27 |
Allied death toll reaches 7-year high |
| Jun.27 |
Pentagon: Taliban 'resilient' in Afghanistan |
| Jul.1 |
Foreign forces' worst Afghan toll
| Jul.5 |
Airstrikes kill civilians
The U.S. attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians were kill...
| Jul.6 |
Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike
| Jul.11 |
US 'killed 47 civilians' |
| Jul.11 |
Insurgents tried to incite border battle
| Jul.13 |
At least 8 US soldiers have been killed
It is one of the biggest single losses in a day for the coalition since the start of military operations there
| Jul.16 |
NATO forces abandon outpost
| Jul.16 |
US considers more troops for Afghanistan |
| Jul.17 |
US bombing 'kills dozens' |
| Jul.23 |
U.S.: More troops to Afghanistan unlikely |
| Jul.25 |
UK, Danish soldiers killed |
| Jul.31 |
Unrest sparks aid warning |
| Aug.11 |
U.S. air strike kills 25 militants, 8 civilians
An air strike by the United States kills 25 Taliban militants and 8 civilians in Oruzgan Provinc
| Aug.14 |
Blast kills 3 coalition troops |
| Aug.19 |
10 French soldiers killed in fighting 100 insurgents attacked a patrol near the Afghan capital. 21 other soldiers were wounded in the fighting in the Sarobi area in Kabul province
| Aug.21 |
NATO denies airstrike killed French troops |
| Aug.24 |
Karzai fires commanders over civil. Deaths |
| Sep.2 |
UK troops in huge turbine mission |
| Sep.7 |
General wants review of civilian killings |
| Sep.9 |
Bush reshuffles war-zone troops US President has ordered the withdrawal of about 8,000 troops from Iraq by February and the dispatch of additional forces to Afghanistan
| Sep.10 |
US to focus on Pakistani border
| Sep.17 |
U.S. apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths |
| Sep.19 |
Pentagon reviewing Afghanistan strategy |
| Sep.25 |
Pakistan 'fires on Nato aircraft' |
| Sep.25 |
Shots fired in US-Pakistan clash |
| Sep.29 |
Pakistanis flee into Afghanistan |
| Oct.4 |
Afghan victory hopes played down |
| Oct.5 |
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks w. Taliban In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group
| Oct.5 |
Afgh. General: Politics needed to end war
| Oct.6 |
Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace |
| Oct.8 |
US probe: airstrike killed 33 civilians A military probe has found that an airstrike in western Afghanistan killed at least 33 civilians last month; 5 to 7 civilian deaths initially reported
| Oct.10 |
NATO agrees Afghan drug role
| Oct.10 |
U.S. would support talks with Taliban Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. would be prepared to reconcile with the Taliban if the Afghan government pursued talks
| Nov.7 |
U.S. study likely to say Afghanistan 'dire' |
| Nov.9 |
Governor: U.S. forces killed guards |
| Nov.12 |
Suicide bomber attacks U.S. convoy |
| Nov.13 |
'Extra UK troops' for Afghanistan |
| Nov.17 |
Taliban not ready to renounce violence
| Nov.18 |
Taliban reject peace overture |
| Nov.26 |
Karzai defends Taliban peace move
| Dec.8 |
Taliban 'noose' around Kabul |
| Dec.11 |
U.S. to send more troops to Afghanistan
| Dec.12 |
Karzai tours U.S. aircraft carrier |
| Dec.19 |
US to send 3,000 more troops to Afgh-an Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed a deployment order to move an additional 3,000 troops next year as a part of a combat aviation brigade | |
| Dec.25 |
U.S. to arm local Afghans to fight Taliban |
| Dec.29 |
Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies |
|
|
2008 |
| Jan.4 |
Afghanistan appeals for food aid |
| Jan.9 |
South Asia hit by food shortages |
| Oct.5 |
Earthquake rattles Afghanistan |
|
|
2008 |
| Aug.20 |
Afghanistan win first ever Olympic medal |
|
|
2008 |
| Feb.4 |
Report urges Afghan farmer boost |
|
|
2008 |
| Jan.8 |
'Bribes' free top Taliban leader |
| Jan.14 |
Taliban attack luxury hotel
The Taliban say 4 of their fighters have attacked the luxury Serena hotel, popular with foreign visitors
| Jan.23 |
Death sentence for Afghan reporter |
| Jan.31 |
Blast kills top Afghan official |
| Feb.4 |
Report urges Afghan farmer boost |
| Feb.5 |
More opium likely in Afghan south |
| Feb.16 |
At least 80 people killed in blast
A suspected bomb attack has killed dozens of people in Kandahar, as people were watching a dog-fighting competition
| Mar.12 |
Car bomb attack kills six
| Apr.19 |
Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage
| Apr.26 |
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 clai... | |
| Apr.29 |
Karzai was warned of assassination plot
| May.16 |
Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed |
| May.31 |
Remote-controlled bomb kills 1, injures 5 |
| Jun.8 |
Journalist for BBC killed |
| Jun.11 |
Afghans seize 'largest drug haul' Afghan police working with British special forces have uncovered a drugs stash of 237 tonnes of hashish, world's biggest seizure of drugs
| Jun.13 |
Taliban jail raid frees hundreds
Map of Kandahar Afghanistan About 340 Militants attacked a main prison in Kandahar province, blowing its entrance open and allowing a large number of inmates to escape. Afghan security forces hunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail after Tal... | |
| Jun.19 |
Suicide attacker kills 10 |
| Jul.6 |
Car blast kills 41, including Indian envoys
| Aug.13 |
4 aid workers killed The Taliban gunmen opened fire on an aid group's vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, killing four International Rescue Committee workers
| Aug.18 |
Independence Day threats 'credible' |
| Oct.10 |
NATO agrees Afghan drug role
| Oct.19 |
Taliban executed 30 of 50 people Afghan officials claim that the Taliban has executed as many as 30 of 50 people captured on a bus in Kandahar Province
| Nov.12 |
Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack
| Nov.12 |
Suicide bomber attacks U.S. convoy |
| Nov.25 |
10 Taliban arrested in acid attack on girls The militants confessed and said they were paid 100,000 Pakistani rupees ($1,265) to carry out the acts
| Nov.26 |
Four killed in blast near U.S. Embassy |
| Dec.22 |
Taliban 'narco-terrorist' gets life sentence |
| Dec.29 |
Four dead in bomb attacks |
|
|
2008 |
| Jan.4 |
Afghanistan appeals for food aid |
| Jan.23 |
Death sentence for Afghan reporter |
| Jan.25 |
Karzai: You can call me U.S. puppet |
| Jan.26 |
Afghanistan vetoes Ashdown envoy role |
| Jan.29 |
Women hold rare protest |
| Feb.6 |
Rice and Miliband on Afghan trip US Secretary of State and UK Foreign Secretary have arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit
| Feb.7 |
Karzai denies tensions with West
| Feb.7 |
NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis |
| Feb.28 |
Army considers Harry deployment
| Feb.29 |
Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan
| Mar.13 |
Parlament extends Afghan mission |
| Mar.24 |
Donors accused of failing Afghans
| Apr.2 |
France to send battalion to Afghanistan
| Apr.17 |
UN warns Pakistan on refugee plan |
| Apr.19 |
Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage
| May.16 |
Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed |
| May.22 |
3 dead in 'Quran shooting' protest |
| May.24 |
Afghans appalled Marines not charged
| Jun.8 |
Journalist for BBC killed |
| Jun.11 |
Key Afghan donor meeting |
| Jun.12 |
Karzai appeals for Afghanistan aid |
| Jun.12 |
Donors pledge $17B to Afghanistan World donors sought to bolster Afghanistan's fragile leadership as the need to help secure and feed the country concerns about pervasive cor...
| Jun.15 |
Karzai issues warning to Pakistan Afghan President warned his troops would take their battle against Taliban across the border into Pakistan to prevent them launching attacks
| Jul.5 |
UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid |
| Jul.6 |
Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike
| Jul.19 |
Obama opens foreign tour US Democratic presidential contender, who flew to Kabul as part of a US congressional team, is at the start of a high-profile international tour | |
| Jul.20 |
Obama meets with Afghan president Sen. Barack Obama said that U.S. needs to focus on Afghanistan in its battle against terrorism and that troop levels must increase in Afghan...
| Jul.31 |
Unrest sparks aid warning |
| Aug.13 |
4 aid workers killed The Taliban gunmen opened fire on an aid group's vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, killing four International Rescue Committee workers
| Aug.19 |
Sarkozy arrives in Kabul
| Aug.24 |
Karzai fires commanders over civil. Deaths |
| Sep.4 |
Pakistan, Afghanistan deplore U.S. attack |
| Sep.26 |
U.S. envoy urges better coordination |
| Oct.5 |
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks w. Taliban In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group
| Oct.5 |
Afgh. General: Politics needed to end war
| Oct.6 |
Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace |
| Oct.10 |
U.S. would support talks with Taliban Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. would be prepared to reconcile with the Taliban if the Afghan government pursued talks
| Nov.5 |
Karzai appeals to Obama over deaths |
| Nov.7 |
U.S. study likely to say Afghanistan 'dire' |
| Nov.13 |
'Extra UK troops' for Afghanistan |
| Nov.18 |
Taliban reject peace overture |
| Nov.26 |
Karzai defends Taliban peace move
| Dec.12 |
Karzai tours U.S. aircraft carrier |
| Dec.14 |
Bush hails Afghan 'hopeful gains' |
| Dec.18 |
Report: Afghan police need to refocus
| Dec.29 |
Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies |