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Kandahar
Helmand
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 NATO's Afghan mission 'in jeopardy' Canadian forces will remain beyond Feb. 2009 only if another NATO nation sends an additional 1,000 combat troops to Kandahar province
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Women hold rare protest About 500 Afghan women, many wearing burqas, gathered in a rare mass protest against the kidnapping of an American aid worker
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| Jan.31 |
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Blast kills top Afghan official   Map of Helmand Afghanistan The deputy governor of Helmand province has been killed in a bomb attack on a mosque
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| Feb.5 |
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More opium likely in Afghan south The amount of opium poppy cultivated in volatile provinces will increase this year, according to an annual UN assessment
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| Feb.16 |
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At least 80 people killed in blast Map of Kandahar Afghanistan| A suspected bomb attack has killed dozens of people in Kandahar, as people were watching a dog-fighting competition | |
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| Mar.12 |
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 British airstrike kills Afghan civilians The British troops were responsible for an airstrike that killed two women and two children. Insurgents fired upon the troops
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| Mar.13 |
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 Parlament extends Afghan mission House of Commons voted to extend the country's mission in Afghanistan until 2011, with the stipulation that NATO send reinforcements
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| May.27 |
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12 dead as violence erupts A roadside bomb struck a minibus in southwestern Afghanistan, killing eight civilians and wounding one
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| Jun.8 |
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Journalist for BBC killed Abdul Samad Rohani , an Afghan journalist working for the BBC was found dead, a day after he was abducted
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| 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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| 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 Taliban fighters blew up the main gate. A state of emergency has been declared in the city
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| Jun.18 |
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Dozens die as battle rages 2 Afghan soldiers and at least 23 militants were killed during a military operation to push out Taliban rebels from several villages
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| Jun.19 |
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Suicide attacker kills 10 A bomber detonated his explosives as a convoy of foreign troops was passing through Gereshk district, killing 10 civilians
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| Jun.26 |
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'Several insurgents' killed in fighting A coalition convoy was attacked in a roadside bombing, and airstrikes killed 'several insurgents
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| Jul.25 |
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 UK, Danish soldiers killed 6 other soldiers were injured in the fighting, which occurred in one of the major battlegrounds
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| Aug.11 |
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  U.S. air strike kills 25 militants, 8 civilians Map of Oruzgan Afghanistan| An air strike by the United States kills 25 Taliban militants and 8 civilians in Oruzgan Provinc | |
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| Aug.14 |
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Blast kills 3 coalition troops The troops were on a foot patrol when the incident occurred
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| Sep.2 |
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UK troops in huge turbine mission Two thousand British troops have successfully transported a huge hydroelectric power turbine through Taliban territory
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| Oct.4 |
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Afghan victory hopes played down Brig Mark Carleton-Smith, the UK's commander in Helmand, has said Britain should not expect a 'decisive military victory' in Afghanistan
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| 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 The U.S. military was investigating claims a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan hit a wedding causing civilian deaths
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| Nov.12 |
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Two schoolgirls blinded in acid attack 2 men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school, blinding at least two of them
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| 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 | |
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