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 2008
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| Jan.4 |
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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 Afghanistan has made it clear it does not want British general Paddy Ashdown to be the new UN envoy to the country
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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 A bomb targeting a mini-bus carrying Afghan army personnel went off, killing a civilian woman
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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 Kai Eide, the envoy to Afghanistan, is set to outline a new plan on spending foreign aid, amid concerns that millions of dollars have been w...
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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' Authorities tightened security for Independence Day celebration amid 'credible intelligence' that attacks were planned against civilian
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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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