- 2007 in Afghanistan
Events from the year
2007 inAfghanistan Events
January
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January 11 : In the ongoingOperation Mountain Fury ,NATO forces kill as many as 150Taliban militants inAfghanistan 'sPaktika province . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6250953.stm | title = Nato 'kills 150 Taleban fighters' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
January 31 : A terror plot has been foiled in the UK, where nine people have been arrested inBirmingham under suspicion of planning thekidnap andfilmed execution of a British Muslim soldier. The alleged plot intended to pressure Prime MinisterTony Blair into withdrawing British troops fromAfghanistan andIraq .February
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February 14 : TheUnited States redeploys the 173rd Airborne Brigade toAfghanistan to prepare for an anticipated spring offensive by theTaliban . [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/afghanistan.troops/index.html?eref=rss_world | title = U.S. sending more troops to thwart Taliban offensive | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
February 14 : The foreign ministers ofChina ,India andRussia meet inNew Delhi, India to discuss greater cooperation between the threeAsia n countries on issues includingterrorism ,drug trafficking andAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6358693.stm | title = 'Big three' hold key Delhi talks | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
February 16 : Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari is charged inNew York, New York with financingterrorism and material support of terrorism for allegedly passing on money for a training camp inAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Terrorism-Charge.php | title = Businessman accused of trying to help fund terror training camps in Afghanistan | publisher = "IHT" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
February 16 : ThePresident of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with thePrime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi to discuss Italian contributions to the fight against theTaliban anddrug traffickers inAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6367319.stm | title = Afghan leader in key Rome talks | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
February 18 : Eight U.S. troops are killed and 14 wounded in a helicopter crash in south-easternAfghanistan , the U.S.-led coalition has said. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6372813.stm | title = US troops killed in chopper crash | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
February 18 : Police inPakistan detain 36 people, mainly Afghanrefugee s, over asuicide bombing inside aQuetta courtroom that killed a judge and 15 other people.*
February 22 :Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney arrives inAustralia to discuss issues including Iraq, Afghanistan and the detention of David Hicks with theAustralian government . Upon arrival he is greeted by violent demonstrations. [cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cheney-protesters-clash-with-cops/2007/02/22/1171733922521.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 | title = Cheney visit prompts protests | publisher = "Sydney Morning Herald" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
February 26 :Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney makes surprise visits toPakistan andAfghanistan to encouragePresident of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf andPresident of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to increase border security between the two countries and to take further action against theTaliban andal-Qaeda .*
February 26 :United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne announces the deployment of an additional 1,400 troops toAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6396001.stm | title = UK to boost Afghan force by 1,400 | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]March
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March 1 :Pakistan i authorities capture MullahObaidullah Akhund , a former Defense Minister of Afghanistan under the Taliban. [cite news | url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-03/2007-03-02-voa11.cfm?CFID=207542615&CFTOKEN=79232190 | title = Pakistan Arrests Senior Taleban Leader | publisher = "Voice of America" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 4 :
**U.S. troops open fire after asuicide bomb attack on a convoy and kill 8 or more civilians on the main road linkingJalalabad with thePakistan border. Local people protest at the soldiers' actions. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6416667.stm | title = US troops kill Afghan civilians | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**Taliban insurgency : Two British soldiers serving with theNATO International Security Assistance Force force are killed inHelmand province during clashes withTaliban forces. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6416661.stm | title = UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 6 :War in Afghanistan (2001–present) :NATO -led forces launchOperation Achilles against theTaliban inHelmand province . [cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/06/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-NATO-Offensive.php | title = NATO launches offensive against Taliban in Afghanistan | publisher = "IHT" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 10 : PresidentGeorge W. Bush approves 8,200 moreUnited States troops forIraq andAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/10/AR2007031001397.html | title = Additional Troop Increase Approved | publisher = "Washington Post" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 13 : Spanish police arrestBrian David Anderson , a Canadian citizen, inMadrid , on behalf of the U.S. government, for allegedly engaging in fraud and funding a terrorist camp inAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2007/03/13/20070313-A6-08.html | title = Canadian man charged with helping fund terrorism | publisher = "The Columbus Dispatch" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 19 :Daniele Mastrogiacomo , an Italianjournalist working for "La Repubblica ," is set free by theTaliban . He had been kidnapped in the Afghan province of Helmand onMarch 6 . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6422671.stm | title = Taleban 'seize Italian reporter' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
March 23 :
**ATaliban attack on aconvoy carrying supplies to foreign troops in southernAfghanistan kills 17 Afghan security guards and drivers. [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1880439.htm | title = Taliban attacks convoy in Afghanistan, kills 17 | publisher = "ABC Australia Online" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**US Marines accused of shooting and killingcivilian s after asuicide bombing inAfghanistan are under investigation and their unit has been shipped out of the country.*
March 27 :United States District Court JudgeThomas Hogan dismisses a case of allegedtorture against formerUnited States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld brought by nine former prisoners inIraq andAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/03/judge_says_rums.html | title = Judge says Rumsfeld can't be sued over alleged torture | publisher = "USA Today" | accessdate=2008-03-02]April
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April 3 : The 14th annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) begins inNew Delhi ,India , andAfghanistan becomes its 8th member. [cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/03/news/summit.php | title = South Asian leaders gather in New Delhi for summit | publisher = "IHT" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-04/2007-04-03-voa7.cfm?CFID=267249638&CFTOKEN=37467785 | title = South Asia Summit Opens With Self-Criticism | publisher = "VOA" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/04/stories/2007040408811200.htm | title = SAARC has a bright future through cooperation, says Li | publisher = "Hindu" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 8 :
**Pope Benedict laments the violence in Darfur, theDemocratic Republic of Congo ,Zimbabwe ,Somalia ,Afghanistan , and theMiddle East , stating, "nothing positive is happening in Iraq" in hisEaster homily .
**SevenNATO soldier s die as a result ofcar bombing s in southernAfghanistan as it conducts an offensive against theTaliban .
**TheTaliban claims it has killed an Afghan reporter abducted withDaniele Mastrogiacomo because thegovernment of Afghanistan refused to meet ransom demands. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6537097.stm | title = Taleban kill Afghanistan reporter | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 10 :Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces that 300 soldiers from theAustralian Special Air Service Regiment will be sent toOrūzgān Province ,Afghanistan to combat theTaliban . [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1893214.htm | title = More troops heading to Afghanistan | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 11 : TheUnited States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the Defense Ministers of theUnited Kingdom ,Australia ,Canada , theNetherlands andDenmark as well as officials fromEstonia andRomania to discuss progress inAfghanistan in expectation of aTaliban offensive. Two Canadian soldiers are killed when a roadside bomb explodes. [cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/world/asia/12gates.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin | title = Allies Meet to Discuss Afghan War, as Taliban Offensive Looms | publisher = "New York Times" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 11 : TheUnited States extends thetour of duty for troops inIraq andAfghanistan from a year to 15 months. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6546925.stm | title = US extends troops' tour of duty | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 14 : Asuicide bomber kills 8 people in theKhost Province ofAfghanistan .*
April 16 : At least ten Afghanpolice die in asuicide bombing inKunduz in northeastern Afghanistan. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6558599.stm | title = Ten police dead in Afghan blast | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 17 : FourNepal eseUnited Nations workers and their driver are killed in a roadside bombing inKandahar ,Afghanistan . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6562779.stm | title = 'Five killed' in Kandahar bombing | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 19 : AnAmnesty International report claims that the attacks on Afghancivilian s by theTaliban are widespread and systematic. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6568561.stm | title = Taleban 'war crimes' on Afghans | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 24 :Kevin Tillman , brother of formerAmerican football playerPat Tillman , who was killed byfriendly fire inAfghanistan , accuses theU.S. military of manipulating his death duringtestimony to theU.S. Congress . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6588611.stm | title = US army 'exploited Tillman death' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
April 30 : The US-led Coalition claims to have killed scores ofTaliban forces inAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP153443.htm | title = RPT-Scores of Taliban said killed by US-led Afghan force | publisher = "Reuters Alertnet" | accessdate=2008-03-02]May
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May 2 : Gunmen inAfghanistan killAbdul Sabur Farid , a member of the House of Elders and former Prime Minister. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6618127.stm | title = Ex-Afghan prime minister killed | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 6 : Eight Afghan police are killed inFarah Province in a clash with theTaliban in which at least 17 insurgents are killed or injured. [cite news | url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP215680.htm | title = Eight Afghan police killed in Taliban clash | publisher = "Reuters Alertnet" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 15 : Lt. Gen.Douglas Lute has been chosen to be President Bush's "war czar ," overseeing the wars inIraq andAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3176644&page=1 | title = Bush Taps New 'War Czar' | publisher = "ABC News" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 19 : Three German soldiers are killed with four civilians in asuicide bombing inKunduz in northernAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/19/worldupdates/2007-05-19T121153Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-298992-1&sec=Worldupdates | title = German soldiers killed in bombing in Afghanistan | publisher = "Malaysian Star" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 20 : Asuicide bomb er kills at least 10 people and injures 32 people in Gardez, the capital ofAfghanistan 'sPaktia Province . [cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/world/asia/21afghan.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin | title = Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 10 at Market in Afghanistan | publisher = "New York Times" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 24 : TheUnited States House of Representatives approves a $US100 billion bill to fund the US war effort inIraq andAfghanistan without a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1932885.htm | title = Congress approves Iraq war funding | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
May 30 : ACH-47 Chinook helicopter on aNATO mission inHelmand Province , southernAfghanistan , is shot down killing all seven service personnel (5 American, 1Canadian and 1 British) aboard.Taliban fighters claim responsibility for the attack. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/afghan.copter/index.html | title = 7 killed as U.S. copter crashes in Afghanistan | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]June
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June 4 : A military judge dismissesterrorism -related charges against a Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with killing aUnited States Army soldier inAfghanistan .*
June 10 :President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai escapes an apparent assassination attempt.*
June 12 : Afghan officials claim that seven members of the Afghan police were killed by Coalition air forces in afriendly fire incident. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL27685620070612?feedType=RSS&pageNumber=2 | title = Afghans say 7 police killed in U.S.-led strike | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
June 17 : Air strikes inAfghanistan on a suspectedAl Qaeda headquarters kill several militants as well as civilians including children. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSISL23856820070618 | title = U.S.-led air raid kills seven Afghan children | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6762549.stm | title = Children die in Afghan air raid | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
June 17 : At least 35 people die inKabul ,Afghanistan , as the result of a bombing of apolice bus. [cite news | url=http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=378270&catid=17 | title = Suicide Bomb Kills 35 In Afghanistan | publisher = "Newswire" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1953540.htm | title = Bomb blast in Kabul kills over 35: police | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]July
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July 2 :Corporal Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata of theSpecial Air Service of New Zealand is awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery under fire inAfghanistan in2004 . [cite news | urlhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/02/1967390.htm | title = NZ SAS man awarded Victoria Cross | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 4 : War in Afghanistan: Six Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in thePanjwaii district. [cite news | url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070704/afghan_soldiers_070704/20070704?hub=TopStories | title = Six soldiers killed by massive roadside bomb | publisher = "CTV" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 7 : The Government ofAfghanistan states that it will investigate claims thatUnited States andNATO air strikes caused heavy civilian casualties inFarah Province andKunar Province . [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL26807920070707 | title = Afghans check reports of heavy civilian casualties | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 12 : Six Afghan policemen are killed by animprovised explosive device in theKhost Province . Another IED kills two civilians in thePaktika Province . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6294332.stm | title = Afghanistan hit by twin attacks | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 14 :Waziristan conflict (July 2007-present) : At least 24Pakistan i soldiers are killed by asuicide attack by militants on aconvoy inWaziristan near theAfghanistan border. [cite news | url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2007/07/14/4339736.html | title = Suicide bomber kills 24 troops in Pakistan | publisher = "Edmonton Sun" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 20 :Taliban insurgents stop a bus inAfghanistan and kidnap some of the passengers includingSouth Korea ns. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL13294820070720?feedType=RSS | title = Taliban kidnap 23 Koreans from Afghan bus: officials | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 21 : TheTaliban threatens to kill 18South Korea ns taken hostage inAfghanistan , prompting the government inSeoul to confirm an earlier plan to withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year. Separately, the Taliban claims that it has executed two German hostages. [cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290260,00.html | title = Taliban Denies German Hostage Died of Heart Attack, Other Still Alive | publisher = "Fox News" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP14402720070721?feedType=RSS | title = Afghan Taliban say kill one German hostage | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL14081120070721?feedType=RSS | title = Taliban say kill 2nd German hostage in Afghanistan | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02] However, the Afghan government disputes the claim, stating that one died of a heart attack and the other is still alive. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/afghan.kidnappings/index.html | title = Afghanistan disputes report that Taliban killed 2 hostages | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 23 : War in Afghanistan: Approximately 60Taliban and sixNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops die in two days of heavy fighting. [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/24/1986241.htm | title = Taliban, NATO troops dead in Afghan clashes | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 23 : Former King of AfghanistanMohammed Zahir Shah dies after prolonged illness.*
July 25 : 8 of the 23 South Koreans held hostage by theTaliban inAfghanistan are released, while one of the hostages is executed. The Taliban gives further warning that the remaining hostages will be killed. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/afghanistan.hostages/index.html | title = Taliban: One South Korean dead; more to follow if demands not met | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 26 : War in Afghanistan:United States -led troops kill more than 50 insurgents in theHelmand province ofAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL22442220070726?feedType=RSS | title = More than 50 Taliban killed in Afghan south: U.S. | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 27 : War in Afghanistan: Three soldiers in theNATO -ledInternational Security Assistance Force are killed. [cite news | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/28/content_6441176.htm | title = 3 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan | publisher = "Xinhua" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 28 : War in Afghanistan: A British soldier is killed by arocket attack in theHelmand Province . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6920366.stm | title = UK soldier dies in rocket attack | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
July 30 : An Afghan governor asks theTaliban to extend Monday's deadline for the lives of 22South Korea ns, after militants warned the Afghan government to release 23 of its captured fighters or else hostages will die. The Taliban later executes a hostage. [cite news | url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2007/07/30/116526/Afghan-official.htm | title = Afghan official ask Taliban for 2 more days of talks for kidnapped South Koreans | publisher = "The China Post" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6923008.stm | title = Taleban 'kill S Korean hostage' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]August
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August 4 : Ten pro-Taliban militants and fourPakistan Army soldier s are killed in a clash in NorthWaziristan near theAfghanistan border. In another incident, a suicide car bomber kills six inParachinar ,North West Frontier Province in Pakistan. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6930835.stm | title = 'Troops killed' in Pakistan clash | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 5 : ThePresident of the United States George W. Bush meets with thePresident of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai atCamp David to discuss the security ofAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-05-voa9.cfm?CFID=277731304&CFTOKEN=39091769 | title = Bush, Karzai Meet at Camp David | publisher = "Voice of America" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 7 : TheTaliban attacksFirebase Anaconda inUruzgan province but is repulsed by a joint force of Afghan fighters andUnited States Army forces with 20 militants killed. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/taliban.afghan.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories | title = Taliban stages brazen attack on U.S. base | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 7 :Bangladesh security officials arrest 24 suspected militants atZia International Airport en route toKabul ,Afghanistan . [cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/24_suspected_militants_arrested_in_Bangladesh/articleshow/2261404.cms | title = 24 suspected militants arrested in Bangladesh | publisher = "Times of India" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 9 : ThePresident of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf pulls out of a meeting with thePresident of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and tribal leaders inKabul over fighting theTaliban . [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/musharraf.karzai/index.html?eref=rss_topstories | title = Musharraf skips Karzai meeting | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6938033.stm | title = Unity call as Afghan jirga opens | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02] He is also resisting pressure to institute astate of emergency , insisting that the planned parliamentary election in October must proceed as scheduled.*
August 11 :
**TheTaliban attacksFirebase Anaconda inUruzgan province for the third time in a week suffering casualties. The Taliban also launches unsuccessful attacks in Helmand andKandahar provinces. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/afghanistan.attack/index.html?eref=rss_topstories | title = Coalition base in Afghanistan attacked twice in one day | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**TheTaliban claims to have released two South Korean hostages but local and national officials cannot confirm the claims. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL29642420070812?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews | title = Conflicting claims on Taliban-held Korean hostages | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 12 : A clash betweenTaliban militants and Afghan security forces inKandahar province results in nine militants dead with five police dying in abomb . [cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/13/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php | title = Afghanistan clash kills 9 Taliban, 5 police | publisher = "International Herald Tribune" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 14 : A Polish soldier is killed byTaliban nearGardez ,Afghanistan . It is the first Polish casualty in the War in Afghanistan. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6947030.stm | title = First Pole killed in Afghanistan | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 14 : ThePresident of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visitsAfghanistan on the first leg of aCentral Asia n tour before visiting theShanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting inBishkek . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6945323.stm | title = Iran leader denies arms supplies | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 15 :
**Three Germans are killed by a bomb attack nearKabul . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6947315.stm | title = Germans die in Afghan road blast | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**United States andAfghan forces start a new offensive inTora Bora . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6948829.stm | title = Afghan clashes 'hit Taleban hard' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 17 : A dozenTaliban die in an attemptedambush of a joint patrol of Afghan police and Coalition troops in Helmand province.*
August 18 :
**Asuicide bomber kills at least 15 people in the southern Kandahar province. [cite news | url=http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-18-voa2.cfm?CFID=207560662&CFTOKEN=44905185 | title = Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Southern Afghanistan | publisher = "Voice of America" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**A female Germanaid worker is taken captive at gunpoint inKabul . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6952990.stm | title = German woman kidnapped in Kabul | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 19 : A German woman taken hostage yesterday inKabul ,Afghanistan is found during a police raid on a house. Multiple abductors arrested. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6954288.stm | title = Kidnapped German freed in Kabul | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 22 :
**TwoCanadian Army soldiers are killed and aRadio Canada journalist injured in an explosion.
**A Germanengineer kidnapped by theTaliban pleads for help on Afghan television.*
August 24 : ThreeBritish Army soldiers die inAfghanistan in a suspectedfriendly fire incident. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6962071.stm | title = 'Friendly fire' kills UK soldiers | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 24 : At least fourPakistan Army soldiers die in asuicide bomber attack on a militaryconvoy nearMiranshah , the main city ofNorth Waziristan near the Afghan border. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6961640.stm | title = Troops killed in Pakistan attack | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 30 :2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan : TheTaliban releases the remainingSouth Korea n hostages. [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/31/2020633.htm | title = S Korean hostages' families 'sorry for trouble caused' | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 30 :Waziristan War : Scores of Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the Afghanistan border, amid claims from pro-Taleban militants that they have kidnapped the troops. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6971179.stm | title = Missing Pakistan troops 'found' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
August 31 :
**At least two people are killed and ten others injured by asuicide bomb at theKabul International Airport inAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6971708.stm | title = One killed in Kabul airport blast | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-31-voa43.cfm?CFID=277737128&CFTOKEN=79181766 | title = 10 Civilians Killed in Attack on US Base in Afghanistan | publisher = "Voice of America" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**At least ten civilians are killed and several more injured inKunar province asTaliban rockets aimed at a US military base hit a nearby village. [cite news | url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-31-voa43.cfm?CFID=204083886&CFTOKEN=79455993 | title = 10 Civilians Killed in Attack on US Base in Afghanistan | publisher = "Voice of America" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**Nearly two dozen Afghan militants die in heavy fighting inHelmand province. [cite news | url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGpIWA_LUlbWY1DqiARUs8EzHsTg | title = Nearly 50 militants killed in Afghanistan: coalition | publisher = "Google News" | accessdate=2008-03-02]eptember
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September 2 : War in Afghanistan: Scores ofTaliban are killed in heavy fighting in theKandahar andArghandab regions ofAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/03/2021895.htm | title = Scores of Taliban claimed dead in Kandahar battles | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 2 :2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan : The 19 freedhostage s return toSouth Korea . [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSEO26854720070902?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews | title = Apologetic South Korean hostages return home | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 5 : War in Afghanistan: Afghan and U.S led coalition forces kill 20 insurgents while two Afghan policeman die in a bomb attack.*
September 9 : ThePresident of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai is forced to cut short a speech inKabul after gunfire is heard outside. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL13902320070909?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews | title = Afghanistan's Karzai urges Taliban talks after scare | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 11 : ThePrime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper rules out sending further troops toAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/11/2029944.htm | title = Canadian PM rules out Afghan deployment boost | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 12 : Airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire kills more than 45Taliban insurgents on the first day ofRamadan .*
September 15 : The "Washington Post " reports that theNATO -led Coalition Force inAfghanistan intercepted a shipment ofIran ian arms intended for theTaliban . [cite news | url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/15/report_iran_arms_to_taliban_intercepted/7850/ | title = Report: Iran arms to Taliban intercepted | publisher = "UPI" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 19 : War in Afghanistan: Coalition forces led by theBritish Army launch a major offensive inHelmand province. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7002103.stm | title = Major Afghan offensive launched | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 20 :Al Qaeda 's Deputy LeaderAyman al-Zawahri claims that theUnited States is being defeated inIraq ,Afghanistan ,Somalia andNorth Africa .*
September 21 :
**NATO 's alliance forces say that its warplanes killed an unspecified number of civilians during a battle withTaliban forces. [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/21/2040023.htm | title = Afghan civilians killed in air strike: NATO | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**Asuicide bomber attacks aconvoy of soldiers killing a French soldier and several Afghans. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7005993.stm | title = Major clash in south Afghanistan | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
September 26 : TheUnited States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asks for $190 billion to cover the cost of thewar in Iraq and war in Afghanistan during 2008.*
September 27 : Four employees of theInternational Red Cross , including two foreigners, are abducted inAfghanistan 'sWardak province . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7015637.stm | title = Afghanistan ICRC workers seized | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]October
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October 2 : War in Afghanistan: Asuicide bomber blows himself up near a bus carrying policemen killing at least 11 inKabul . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7023271.stm | title = Kabul hit by another suicide bomb | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
October 6 : War in Afghanistan: Asuicide bomb attack on aUnited States convoy inKabul kills a U.S. soldier and five civilians. [cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL18819320071006?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews | title = Kabul suicide bomb kills U.S. soldier | publisher = "Reuters" | accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7031232.stm | title = Convoy bombed in Afghan capital | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
October 7 : War in Afghanistan: Sixteen militants fighting under wanted Uzbek warlordTahir Yuldash are killed in easternAfghanistan .*
October 8 :Australia suffers its first combat casualty inAfghanistan following the explosion of a bomb in the southern province of Orūzgān.*
October 9 : The United States Supreme Court dismisses the case of the German citizenKhalid El-Masri who accuses the CIA of abducting him to a secret prison inAfghanistan where he claims he was tortured. The US government had argued that a public trial would reveal state secrets. [cite news | url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2815568,00.html | title = US Supreme Court Denies El-Masri Appeal on CIA Rendition | publisher = "Deutsche Welle" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
October 10 :Taliban frees one German and four Afghanhostages kidnapped in mid-July .*
October 12 : ThePrime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper appoints a five-member advisory committee onAfghanistan to be chaired byJohn Manley of the oppositionLiberal Party of Canada . [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/13/2058777.htm | title = Canadian PM appoints Opp minister to head Afghanistan committee | publisher = "ABC News Australia" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
October 22 : ThePresident of the United States George W. Bush asks theUnited States Congress for $189.3 billion to fund the wars inIraq andAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/23/2066933.htm?section=justin | title = Bush wants another $US189b for wars | publisher = "ABC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
October 22 : Georgia andSlovakia offer to send troops to support theAustralia n/Dutch taskforce in the south of theAfghanistan as the Dutch government is under pressure to reduce troops. [cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/georgia-slovakia-offer-to-fill-afghan-gap/2007/10/20/1192301098204.html | title = Georgia, Slovakia offer to fill Afghan gap | publisher = "The Age" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
October 27 :
**United States led coalition forces kill 80Taliban fighters outsideMusa Qala inHelmand province . [cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,305688,00.html | title = U.S.: 80 Taliban Killed in Southern Afghanistan | publisher = "Fox News" | accessdate=2008-03-02]
**Asuicide bomber explodes a bomb outside aUnited States base in easternAfghanistan killing four Afghan soldiers and a civilian. [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghanistan.violence.ap/index.html | title = Coalition: 80 Taliban killed | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]November
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November 6 : At least 35 people are killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide bombing in northernAfghanistan , officials say. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7081012.stm | title = Afghan suicide blast 'kills 40 | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 7 : French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy pledges friendship betweenFrance and theUnited States and a renewed alliance on the war inAfghanistan and againstIran 's nuclear program in a speech to a joint meeting of theU.S. Congress . [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/07/sarkozy.congress/ | title = Bush, Sarkozy to Musharraf: Hold elections, step down from military | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 10 : Six American forces serving underNATO 's International Security Assistance Force are killed in aninsurgent ambush while patrolling in easternAfghanistan . [cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/afghanistan.nato.clashes/index.html | title = 6 U.S. troops die in Afghan ambush | publisher = "CNN" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 12 : War in Afghanistan: TheUnited States Army kills 15 insurgents and three civilians in theHelmand Province . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7090393.stm | title = Afghan civilians die in US raid | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 17 : War in Afghanistan: TwoNATO Canadian soldiers and aninterpreter are killed by aroadside bomb inPanjawi ,Kandahar province. Three more soldiers are wounded. [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7099873.stm | title = Afghan bomb kills Nato Canadians | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 19 : Asuicide bomber kills seven people in theNimruz Province ofAfghanistan , including the son ofgovernor Ghulam Dastageer . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7101179.stm | title = Afghan suicide attack kills seven | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]*
November 24 : At least six people, most of them children, are killed by asuicide bomber inPaghman ,Afghanistan . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7110593.stm | title = Children killed in Afghan bombing | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]December
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December 5 : A suicide bomber rams a car into a minibus containing Afghan soldiers on a highway south ofKabul . Thirteen, including six Afghan soldiers, are killed in the incident.*
December 9 :Taliban fighters inAfghanistan have pulled back to take up new positions defending the town ofMusa Qala during a battle with theAfghan National Army and theInternational Security Assistance Force . [cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7134973.stm | title = Soldiers 'seize Taleban leaders' | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-02]Deaths
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May 3 :Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani , 54/55, legislator and Prime Minister (1992),assassination bygunshot .
*May 12 : Mullah Dadullah, 41,Taliban military commander, shot.
*June 6 :Zakia Zaki , 35, director of Radio Peace, shot.
*July 23 :Mohammed Zahir Shah , 92, last king.
*November 6 :Hajji Muhammad Arif Zarif ,politician andbusinessman , bomb blast injuries.
*November 6 :Sayed Mustafa Kazemi , c.45, politician, former commerce minister, bomb blast injuries.
*December 30 : Abdul Razzak, 68, Guantanamo Baydetainee ,cancer .References
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