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| Jan.3 |
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Taleban prisoners released 260 prisoners freed from Kabul prison. Each given 500,000 afghanis ($20) by the Red Cross
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'Omar handover' is negotiating
| Jan.5 |
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Taleban envoy detained by US
| Jan.7 |
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Blair visits Afghanistan UK Prime Minister has become the first world leader to visit Afghanistan and to meet Karzai since the fall of the Taleban
| Jan.8 |
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3 Taleban ministers surrender
| Jan.16 |
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Powell boost for new Afghan leader
| Jan.20 |
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Donors pledge Afghan aid An international conference to coordinate aid for Afghanistan is trying to find $10bn
| Jan.24 |
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Annan arrives to back Afghan leaders
| Jan.27 |
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US raids siege hospital
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| Feb.7 |
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Geneva Conventions apply to Taliban
| Feb.8 |
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Taleban foreign minister surrenders US forces are questioning Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, the highest-ranking Taleban official so far to be taken into custody
| Feb.9 |
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Karzai frees 300 Taleban soldiers
| Feb.14 |
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Kabul mob kills minister Pilgrims have beaten to death Civil Aviation Minister A. Rahman after rumours that he had cancelled a flight to Saudi Arabia
| Feb.15 |
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3 arrested over minister killing
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| Mar.2 |
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Caves hit with pressure bombs
| Mar.4 |
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US helicopter shot down. 7 killed 10 US soldiers were wounded. MH-47 special operations Chinook helicopter crash-landed after being hit and was then attacked
| Mar.6 |
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5 peacekeepers die in blast 3 Danish and 2 German soldiers have died in an explosion while destroying anti-aircraft missiles at an ammunition dump
| Mar.7 |
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Fierce battle for al-Qaeda stronghold The United States military is pouring fresh troops, attack helicopters into an area of eastern Afghanistan
| Mar.8 |
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Mountain battle rages on |
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Bad weather slows battle |
| Mar.10 |
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US scales down offensive |
| Mar.12 |
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Shah-e-Kot Valley battle 'over' |
| Mar.15 |
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Allies searching caves |
| Mar.16 |
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Bush sends books to Afghanistan |
| Mar.18 |
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Operation Anaconda 'over' |
| Mar.19 |
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Refugees flood home |
| Mar.20 |
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Al-Qaeda suspects to get more rights |
| Mar.25 |
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Earthquakes kill at least 100
| Mar.26 |
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Quake kills 2,000 Series of earthquakes struck remote northern province of Baghlan. Up to 20,000 had been left homeless | |
| Mar.27 |
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Hunt for quake survivors |
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Afghanistan mourns quake victims |
| Mar.29 |
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Quake aid efforts hit bad weather |
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| Apr.2 |
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UK marines arrive |
| Apr.3 |
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New scheme for repatriation |
| Apr.4 |
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Mass arrests of Kabul 'plotters' |
| Apr.6 |
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Kabul plays down 'coup attempt' |
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Rockets fired at Kabul peacekeepers |
| Apr.8 |
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Pashtuns 'targeted in violence' |
| Apr.9 |
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US soldier killed in grenade attack |
| Apr.12 |
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Dozens killed in quake |
| Apr.15 |
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4 US troops die in blast |
| Apr.17 |
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Afghan king heads home |
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Kabul joy as ex-king returns 87-year-old Zahir Shah has returned from Italy accompanied by Karzai amid tight security after almost 30 years of exile
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US bomb kills Canadians troops |
| Apr.19 |
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Aid plea as refugees pour back |
| Apr.27 |
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Fierce clash as Rumsfeld visits
| Apr.28 |
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Karzai urges Afghans to come home |
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| May.2 |
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New war grave revealed |
| May.11 |
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Marines destroy al-Qaeda arms dump |
| May.13 |
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EU 'horror' at jail conditions |
| May.16 |
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Marines in fire fight |
| May.17 |
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Virus: 20 more cases |
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Troops scour mountains |
| May.19 |
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US soldier killed |
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| Jun.8 |
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45 refugees killed in bus crash |
| Jun.9 |
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Last-minute delay to loya jirga |
| Jun.10 |
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Ex-king to open loya jirga |
| Jun.11 |
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Former king opened loya jirga Mohammed Zahir Shah has told a traditional gathering that he wants to adopt a democratic system based on Islam | |
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Loya jirga completed its first session |
| Jun.12 |
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Brawl, walkouts mar loya jirga |
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US aircraft crashes
| Jun.13 |
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Karzai nominated as head of state |
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Karzai elected head of state Karzai received more than 80% of the votes of loya jirga. His closest rival was a woman
| Jun.15 |
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Agencies threaten pullout |
| Jun.19 |
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Karzai names key Cabinet ministers |
| Jun.24 |
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Karzai swears in cabinet
| Jun.28 |
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Fatal explosions believed accidental
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Rocket attack behind ammo depot blast |
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| Jul.1 |
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U.S. bomb hits wedding party At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 injured when a plane dropped a bomb as celebrants fired into the air | |
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Probe into wedding party bombing |
| Jul.2 |
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Bush offers condolences to Afghans |
| Jul.4 |
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Protest over wedding party bombing |
| Jul.6 |
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Vice president shot dead Gunmen have shot dead Haji Abdul Qadir and his driver outside the gates of a government ministry | |
| Jul.7 |
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Hunt begins for assassins
| Jul.13 |
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Report: Bin Laden alive Osama is in between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the head of BND foreign intelligence network said in a newspaper interview
| Jul.15 |
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Wedding incident still mistery |
| Jul.18 |
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U.S. breaks up Afghan firefight |
| Jul.21 |
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US condemned for Afghan blunders |
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Afghan refugees to be deported |
| Jul.22 |
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U.S. called in to help guard Afghan head |
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Pentagon refutes wedding bomb report |
| Jul.26 |
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Pentagon denies report of U.S. casualties |
| Jul.29 |
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Assassination plot averted
| Jul.30 |
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bin Laden bodyguard captured |
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| Aug.1 |
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Remote-controlled robot searches caves |
| Aug.2 |
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Ethnic fighting erupts |
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Karzai denies U.S. air raid cover-up |
| Aug.8 |
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U.S. soldier shot in ambush |
| Aug.9 |
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26 killed in explosion in Jalalabad A powerful blast rocked a building belonging to a construction company. Explosion had gone off in a parked car
| Aug.16 |
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Weapons caches found |
| Aug.18 |
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FM Abdullah certain bin Laden is alive |
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Tapes on bin Laden's network
| Aug.19 |
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1998 Tape: bin Laden's declares war
| Aug.21 |
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U.N.: Massacre probe up to Afghans |
| Aug.22 |
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Minister attacks aid abuse
| Aug.25 |
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U.S. general backs probe of mass graves Gen. Franks supports an investigation into allegations that Taliban prisoners suffocated and were dumped into mass graves
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Blast causes minor damage in Kabul |
| Aug.26 |
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Coalition mission nets Taliban weapons |
| Aug.29 |
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Mass graves raise questions Ther are questions about what happened to prisoners after they were captured by Northern Alliance
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| Sep.2 |
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'Secret Army' vows revenge |
| Sep.5 |
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Karzai escapes assassin Kandahar governor wounded; gunman wore army uniform the new Afghan army. A bodyguard and shooter were killed | |
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Explosions in Kabul kill at least 15 Most of the casualties were caused by a massive secondary blast outside the Ministry of Information and Culture
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Karzai attacker 'from Taleban area' |
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Karzai orders security review President says there will be urgent discussions about his security following the attempt on his life
| Sep.6 |
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U.S. blames civilian deaths on ground fire The investigation into airstrikes at wedding party blames anti-aircraft fire from the ground that provoked gunship to respond
| Sep.7 |
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Taliban blamed in Karzai attack |
| Sep.10 |
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Bin Laden's 9/11 reaction revealed |
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U.S. forces capture al Qaeda financier |
| Sep.12 |
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Taleban leader 'will free Afghanistan' |
| Sep.20 |
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U.S. base attacked |
| Sep.28 |
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Blast injures 2 near U.S. Embassy |
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| Oct.2 |
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U.S. troops destroy giant weapons cache |
| Oct.18 |
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Coalition find weapons, WTC poster
| Oct.29 |
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Freed detainees describe treatment
| Oct.31 |
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Pregnancy death rate soars
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| Nov.11 |
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Campus protests turn violent
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| Dec.12 |
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Suicide squads trained to hit Afghanistan
| Dec.21 |
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Helicopter crashes near Kabul airport An International Security Assistance Force helicopter has crashed killing 5 German peacekeepers and 2 children
| Dec.26 |
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CIA using 'stress and duress' interrogation
| Dec.28 |
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2 Afghan soldiers killed in blast
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2002 |
| Jan.3 |
Taleban prisoners released 260 prisoners freed from Kabul prison. Each given 500,000 afghanis ($20) by the Red Cross
| Jan.3 |
'Omar handover' is negotiating
| Jan.5 |
Taleban envoy detained by US
| Jan.8 |
3 Taleban ministers surrender
| Jan.27 |
US raids siege hospital
| Feb.9 |
Karzai frees 300 Taleban soldiers
| Mar.2 |
Caves hit with pressure bombs
| Mar.4 |
US helicopter shot down. 7 killed 10 US soldiers were wounded. MH-47 special operations Chinook helicopter crash-landed after being hit and was then attacked
| Mar.6 |
5 peacekeepers die in blast 3 Danish and 2 German soldiers have died in an explosion while destroying anti-aircraft missiles at an ammunition dump
| Mar.7 |
Fierce battle for al-Qaeda stronghold The United States military is pouring fresh troops, attack helicopters into an area of eastern Afghanistan
| Mar.8 |
Mountain battle rages on |
| Mar.8 |
Bad weather slows battle |
| Mar.10 |
US scales down offensive |
| Mar.12 |
Shah-e-Kot Valley battle 'over' |
| Mar.15 |
Allies searching caves |
| Mar.18 |
Operation Anaconda 'over' |
| Apr.2 |
UK marines arrive |
| Apr.6 |
Kabul plays down 'coup attempt' |
| Apr.6 |
Rockets fired at Kabul peacekeepers |
| Apr.9 |
US soldier killed in grenade attack |
| Apr.15 |
4 US troops die in blast |
| Apr.17 |
US bomb kills Canadians troops |
| Apr.27 |
Fierce clash as Rumsfeld visits
| May.2 |
New war grave revealed |
| May.11 |
Marines destroy al-Qaeda arms dump |
| May.16 |
Marines in fire fight |
| May.17 |
Virus: 20 more cases |
| May.17 |
Troops scour mountains |
| May.19 |
US soldier killed |
| Jun.12 |
US aircraft crashes
| Jul.1 |
U.S. bomb hits wedding party At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 injured when a plane dropped a bomb as celebrants fired into the air | |
| Jul.1 |
Probe into wedding party bombing |
| Jul.15 |
Wedding incident still mistery |
| Jul.18 |
U.S. breaks up Afghan firefight |
| Jul.21 |
US condemned for Afghan blunders |
| Jul.22 |
U.S. called in to help guard Afghan head |
| Jul.22 |
Pentagon refutes wedding bomb report |
| Jul.26 |
Pentagon denies report of U.S. casualties |
| Aug.1 |
Remote-controlled robot searches caves |
| Aug.2 |
Ethnic fighting erupts |
| Aug.8 |
U.S. soldier shot in ambush |
| Aug.16 |
Weapons caches found |
| Aug.21 |
U.N.: Massacre probe up to Afghans |
| Aug.25 |
U.S. general backs probe of mass graves Gen. Franks supports an investigation into allegations that Taliban prisoners suffocated and were dumped into mass graves
| Aug.26 |
Coalition mission nets Taliban weapons |
| Aug.29 |
Mass graves raise questions Ther are questions about what happened to prisoners after they were captured by Northern Alliance
| Sep.2 |
'Secret Army' vows revenge |
| Sep.5 |
Karzai orders security review President says there will be urgent discussions about his security following the attempt on his life
| Sep.6 |
U.S. blames civilian deaths on ground fire The investigation into airstrikes at wedding party blames anti-aircraft fire from the ground that provoked gunship to respond
| Sep.10 |
U.S. forces capture al Qaeda financier |
| Sep.20 |
U.S. base attacked |
| Oct.2 |
U.S. troops destroy giant weapons cache |
| Dec.21 |
Helicopter crashes near Kabul airport An International Security Assistance Force helicopter has crashed killing 5 German peacekeepers and 2 children
| Dec.26 |
CIA using 'stress and duress' interrogation
| Dec.28 |
2 Afghan soldiers killed in blast
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2002 |
| Mar.4 |
US helicopter shot down. 7 killed 10 US soldiers were wounded. MH-47 special operations Chinook helicopter crash-landed after being hit and was then attacked
| Mar.6 |
5 peacekeepers die in blast 3 Danish and 2 German soldiers have died in an explosion while destroying anti-aircraft missiles at an ammunition dump
| Mar.25 |
Earthquakes kill at least 100
| Mar.26 |
Quake kills 2,000 Series of earthquakes struck remote northern province of Baghlan. Up to 20,000 had been left homeless | |
| Mar.27 |
Hunt for quake survivors |
| Mar.27 |
Afghanistan mourns quake victims |
| Mar.29 |
Quake aid efforts hit bad weather |
| Apr.12 |
Dozens killed in quake |
| Apr.15 |
4 US troops die in blast |
| Apr.19 |
Aid plea as refugees pour back |
| May.17 |
Virus: 20 more cases |
| Jun.8 |
45 refugees killed in bus crash |
| Jun.12 |
US aircraft crashes
| Jun.28 |
Fatal explosions believed accidental
| Aug.9 |
26 killed in explosion in Jalalabad A powerful blast rocked a building belonging to a construction company. Explosion had gone off in a parked car
| Oct.31 |
Pregnancy death rate soars
| Dec.21 |
Helicopter crashes near Kabul airport An International Security Assistance Force helicopter has crashed killing 5 German peacekeepers and 2 children
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2002 |
| Feb.7 |
Geneva Conventions apply to Taliban
| Feb.8 |
Taleban foreign minister surrenders US forces are questioning Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, the highest-ranking Taleban official so far to be taken into custody
| Feb.14 |
Kabul mob kills minister Pilgrims have beaten to death Civil Aviation Minister A. Rahman after rumours that he had cancelled a flight to Saudi Arabia
| Feb.15 |
3 arrested over minister killing
| Mar.20 |
Al-Qaeda suspects to get more rights |
| Apr.4 |
Mass arrests of Kabul 'plotters' |
| Apr.8 |
Pashtuns 'targeted in violence' |
| May.13 |
EU 'horror' at jail conditions |
| Jun.28 |
Rocket attack behind ammo depot blast |
| Jul.6 |
Vice president shot dead Gunmen have shot dead Haji Abdul Qadir and his driver outside the gates of a government ministry | |
| Jul.7 |
Hunt begins for assassins
| Jul.13 |
Report: Bin Laden alive Osama is in between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the head of BND foreign intelligence network said in a newspaper interview
| Jul.29 |
Assassination plot averted
| Jul.30 |
bin Laden bodyguard captured |
| Aug.18 |
FM Abdullah certain bin Laden is alive |
| Aug.18 |
Tapes on bin Laden's network
| Aug.19 |
1998 Tape: bin Laden's declares war
| Aug.21 |
U.N.: Massacre probe up to Afghans |
| Aug.25 |
U.S. general backs probe of mass graves Gen. Franks supports an investigation into allegations that Taliban prisoners suffocated and were dumped into mass graves
| Aug.25 |
Blast causes minor damage in Kabul |
| Sep.5 |
Karzai escapes assassin Kandahar governor wounded; gunman wore army uniform the new Afghan army. A bodyguard and shooter were killed | |
| Sep.5 |
Explosions in Kabul kill at least 15 Most of the casualties were caused by a massive secondary blast outside the Ministry of Information and Culture
| Sep.5 |
Karzai attacker 'from Taleban area' |
| Sep.7 |
Taliban blamed in Karzai attack |
| Sep.10 |
Bin Laden's 9/11 reaction revealed |
| Sep.12 |
Taleban leader 'will free Afghanistan' |
| Sep.28 |
Blast injures 2 near U.S. Embassy |
| Oct.18 |
Coalition find weapons, WTC poster
| Oct.29 |
Freed detainees describe treatment
| Dec.12 |
Suicide squads trained to hit Afghanistan
|
|
2002 |
| Jan.7 |
Blair visits Afghanistan UK Prime Minister has become the first world leader to visit Afghanistan and to meet Karzai since the fall of the Taleban
| Jan.16 |
Powell boost for new Afghan leader
| Jan.20 |
Donors pledge Afghan aid An international conference to coordinate aid for Afghanistan is trying to find $10bn
| Jan.24 |
Annan arrives to back Afghan leaders
| Mar.16 |
Bush sends books to Afghanistan |
| Mar.19 |
Refugees flood home |
| Apr.3 |
New scheme for repatriation |
| Apr.17 |
Afghan king heads home |
| Apr.17 |
Kabul joy as ex-king returns 87-year-old Zahir Shah has returned from Italy accompanied by Karzai amid tight security after almost 30 years of exile
| Apr.27 |
Fierce clash as Rumsfeld visits
| Apr.28 |
Karzai urges Afghans to come home |
| Jun.9 |
Last-minute delay to loya jirga |
| Jun.10 |
Ex-king to open loya jirga |
| Jun.11 |
Former king opened loya jirga Mohammed Zahir Shah has told a traditional gathering that he wants to adopt a democratic system based on Islam | |
| Jun.11 |
Loya jirga completed its first session |
| Jun.12 |
Brawl, walkouts mar loya jirga |
| Jun.13 |
Karzai nominated as head of state |
| Jun.13 |
Karzai elected head of state Karzai received more than 80% of the votes of loya jirga. His closest rival was a woman
| Jun.15 |
Agencies threaten pullout |
| Jun.19 |
Karzai names key Cabinet ministers |
| Jun.24 |
Karzai swears in cabinet
| Jul.2 |
Bush offers condolences to Afghans |
| Jul.4 |
Protest over wedding party bombing |
| Jul.21 |
Afghan refugees to be deported |
| Aug.2 |
Karzai denies U.S. air raid cover-up |
| Aug.22 |
Minister attacks aid abuse
| Nov.11 |
Campus protests turn violent