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Afghanistan appeals for food aid Afghanistan is appealing to the international community to provide extra supplies of wheat to alleviate a shortage
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| 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. At least five people and a suicide bomber were killed. The de... | |
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| Jan.26 |
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Afghanistan vetoes Ashdown envoy role
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| Feb.6 |
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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
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| Feb.7 |
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 Karzai denies tensions with West President Hamid Karzai has played down tensions over the role of foreign countries operating in Afghanistan. He expressed gratitude to NATO
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| Mar.12 |
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 Car bomb attack kills six A car pulled up at airport road alongside an armoured vehicle used by coalition forces during rush hour and exploded
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| 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 claimed responsibility for the attack which happened at a Mujahideen Day ceremony to mark 16 years since the overthrow of the country's Soviet-backed rule
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| Apr.29 |
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Karzai was warned of assassination plot President was warned of a weekend assassination plot against him; failings by the security services allowed militants to launch the attack
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| May.24 |
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 Afghans appalled Marines not charged Afghan officials expressed outrage at the decision by the U.S. military not to charge Marines involved in a shooting that left 19 Afghan civilians...
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| May.31 |
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Remote-controlled bomb kills 1, injures 5
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| 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
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| Jul.5 |
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UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid
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| Jul.6 |
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Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike Afghan President has ordered an inquiry into allegations that 15 civilians were killed in a U.S. military strike targeting militants
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 Car blast kills 41, including Indian envoys A car bomb went off on a crowded street near the Indian Embassy, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 100
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| 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 | |
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| 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 Afghanistan. Speaking during his first trip to the country, Obama cal... | |
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| Aug.18 |
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Independence Day threats 'credible'
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| 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 Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived to support French troops a day after one of the deadliest attacks on France's forces abroad
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| Aug.24 |
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Karzai fires commanders over civil. Deaths Afghan President has fired two military commanders in the wake of a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan that killed 89 civilians
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| Sep.17 |
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 U.S. apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apologized for recent U.S. airstrikes that have killed civilians in Afghanistan
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| Oct.5 |
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Afgh. General: Politics needed to end war Minister of defense Abdul Rahim Wardak: Political and economic solutions are needed alongside military might to help end the fighting in Afghanistan
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| Nov.5 |
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 Karzai appeals to Obama over deaths The U.S. military was investigating claims a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan hit a wedding causing civilian deaths
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| Nov.26 |
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Karzai defends Taliban peace move Afghan President has defended his peace 'overtures' to some militants but emphasized the fight against terror groups like al Qaeda must continue
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Four killed in blast near U.S. Embassy A suicide car bomb blast, targeting a military convoy, killed four people and wounded 15 others
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| Dec.8 |
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Taliban 'noose' around Kabul International Council on Security and Development: The insurgency is widening its presence in Afghanistan and 'closing a noose around Kabul'
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| Dec.14 |
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 Bush hails Afghan 'hopeful gains'  US President is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit, his last before stepping down. He addressed US troops base before holding talks with Kar...
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