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Taleban starting to wreck Buddhas Opposition leader said that Taleban has started to destroy 2 centuries-old Buddhas, despite worldwide pleas
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| Aug.6 |
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Arrested for spreading Christianity
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| Sep.10 |
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Massoud attacked Anti-Taliban leader suffered in an assassination attempt. U.S. officials say Massoud was killed. His brother claims he's alive | |
| Sep.16 |
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Pakistan seeks Bin Laden handover
| Sep.20 |
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Clerics ask Bin Laden to leave The resolution is represent a compromise agreed at a meeting in Kabul. The U.S. has dismissed as inadequate
| Sep.21 |
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Protests turn violent
| Sep.22 |
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Taliban: Plane shot down
| Sep.28 |
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Special forces deploy US and UK commandos have been operating within Afghanistan performing scouting and reconnaissance missions
| Sep.29 |
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Afghan opposition backs former king Mohammed Zahir Shah is holding talks in Rome with Northern Alliance to plan a new government
| Sep.30 |
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Bin Laden 'hidden by Taleban'
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| Oct.2 |
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Blair issues Taliban ultimatum
| Oct.5 |
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Taliban offers aid workers deal
| Oct.6 |
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Bush warns Taleban
| Oct.7 |
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US begins military strike Loud explosions and anti-aircraft fire in Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad
Cruise missiles, bombers and submarines had been used in the attack on broad range of targets. Osama Bin Laden was seen on video making a defiant statement
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| Oct.9 |
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US claims air supremacy The United States now are able to carry out operations around the clock. 85% of targets had been damaged or destroyed
| Oct.11 |
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US planes pound Kabul
| Oct.13 |
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Bomb went astray
| Oct.19 |
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100 US Rangers clash with Taleban Elite US ground forces fighting in southern Afghanistan. Helicopter gunships also involved
| Oct.21 |
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US attacks Taleban front line
| Oct.26 |
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Taleban opponent executed Taleban say they have executed opposition commander Abdul Haq, one of the guerrilla commanders
| Oct.27 |
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US jets bombard Taleban front line Most sustained bombing raids so far on positions north of Kabul
| Oct.29 |
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US bombs Bin Laden hide-outs
| Oct.30 |
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Afghans warned over cluster bombs |
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Allies pound Kandahar
| Oct.31 |
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Attacks rattle Kandahar |
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U.S. carpet-bombs Taliban Navy jets and heavy bombers pounded battle lines between Taliban and Northern Alliance
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| Nov.1 |
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Bin Laden calls Pakistanis to arms
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Bombing to go on during Ramadan
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UN warns of aid catastrophe |
| Nov.2 |
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Taleban hunt Karzai |
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US elite troops helicopter crashes Helicopter was forced down by bad weather and a team of US special forces had to be rescued
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B-52s slam Taliban frontline |
| Nov.3 |
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Bin Laden hits out at UN infidels |
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Taliban town taken by N. Alliance |
| Nov.5 |
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More troops aid bombing raids |
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Alliance preparing multi-pronged attack |
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Taliban troops killed |
| Nov.6 |
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Pentagon deny helicopter crash |
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N. Alliance capture town of Kisindeh |
| Nov.8 |
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Alliance gaining ground on Mazar |
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Heavy bombing on Kandahar |
| Nov.9 |
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Opposition claims Mazar-e-Sharif
| Nov.10 |
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Bush: N. Alliance stay out of Kabul |
| Nov.11 |
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N. Alliance take several towns |
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Northern Alliance moves on Kabul |
| Nov.12 |
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Opposition claims Heart |
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Opposition edge Kabul |
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Alliance moves in abandoned Kabul Taliban have withdrawn most of their troops from the capital moving along a road to the south | |
| Nov.13 |
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UN invited to organize government |
| Nov.14 |
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Jalalabad seized
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Aid workers freed 8 Western workers airlifted out of the country by a US military helicopter | |
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Post-Taliban government discussing |
| Nov.15 |
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US raids kill terror group leaders
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Omar issues new threat |
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N. Alliance under U.S. pressure |
| Nov.16 |
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Taliban evacuate Kandahar |
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US kills Bin Laden deputy Air strikes near Kabul had killed Mohammed Atef, a key planner behind the 11 September attacks
| Nov.17 |
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Rabbani returns to Kabul |
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Taliban still in control of Kandahar |
| Nov.18 |
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Taliban offer to surrender Konduz
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Northern Alliance willing to meet king |
| Nov.19 |
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4 journalists killed
Map of Jalalabad Afghanistan Gunmen stopped an unguarded convoy on the way from Jalalabad to Kabul. 4 bodies had been found
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Senior Taliban official switches sides |
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Taleban in Kunduz 'near surrender' |
| Nov.20 |
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N. Alliance agrees to talks in Europe
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120,000 children face famine |
| Nov.21 |
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Taliban vow to fight on in Kandahar |
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Taliban to stop fighting in Konduz |
| Nov.22 |
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Konduz fight rages |
| Nov.23 |
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Alliance ready to push south |
| Nov.24 |
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Top Taliban commander surrenders |
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Northern Alliance entered Kunduz |
| Nov.25 |
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Carnage in prison revolt |
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Alliance claimed half of Konduz |
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Kunduz falls to opposition General Daoud says city has finally fallen to his forces. There had been sporadic fighting.
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Marines on ground near Kandahar |
| Nov.26 |
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US Marines hunt Bin Laden |
| Nov.27 |
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Afghan conference starts
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U.S. strikes leadership compound |
| Nov.28 |
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CIA officer killed
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Alliance opposes multi-national force |
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Mixed signals on force plan |
| Nov.29 |
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U.S. keeps pressure on Kandahar |
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Afghan factions edge closer to deal |
| Nov.30 |
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Airstrikes slam Kandahar |
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| Dec.1 |
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U.S. airstrikes kill villagers |
| Dec.2 |
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Name of interim Afghan PM proposed |
| Dec.3 |
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Agreement on Afghan government |
| Dec.4 |
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Raid wounds top bin Laden aide |
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Anti-Taliban fighters battle al Qaeda |
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Karzai to head Afghanistan |
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Anti-Talibans rush to Tora Bora |
| Dec.5 |
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Afghan factions sign power deal
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3 US soldiers killed by B-52 bomb |
| Dec.6 |
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Kandahar fell The Taliban lost last major stronghold. Opposition forces entered the city. There are reports of looting
| Dec.7 |
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Confusion over Omar fate |
| Dec.8 |
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Afghans urged to hunt down fugitives |
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Factions discuss Kandahar leadership |
| Dec.9 |
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US planes pound Bin Laden hideout |
| Dec.10 |
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Afghans gaining on al Qaeda |
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Key tunnel taken at caves |
| Dec.11 |
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Gains against al Qaeda in mountains |
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al Qaeda surrender deadline passes |
| Dec.12 |
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Freedom in exchange for bin Laden |
| Dec.13 |
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Bin Laden surrounded in caves |
| Dec.14 |
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US troops storm al-Qaeda caves |
| Dec.15 |
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Bin Laden heard in Tora Bora U.S. forces have heard Osama giving orders over a short-range radio
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Chemical war camp found |
| Dec.16 |
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Last al-Qaeda stronghold falls Tribal fighters have taken the al-Qaeda positions in the caves of Tora Bora. Whereabouts of Bin Laden unknown
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Allies in hot pursuit of al-Qaeda |
| Dec.17 |
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Prisoners: bin Laden in Afghanistan |
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Humiliation for al-Qaeda fighters |
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Taliban may have arranged escapes |
| Dec.18 |
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Karzai ready for foreign troops
| Dec.20 |
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Green light for Afghan force
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British troops spearhead Afghan force
| Dec.21 |
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Swearing-in of interim government Ceremony attended by representatives from every province. 30-member government is to be headed by Hamid Karzai
| Dec.22 |
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Karzai appealed for billions of dollars
| Dec.24 |
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Warlord Dostum is given top job
| Dec.26 |
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New Bin Laden TV broadcast Osama has accused the West of loathing Islam in a message broadcast by Jazeera