by: Todd Wheatley (08-14-12)
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1838-1842 1st Anglo-Afghan War (British)
1878-1880 2nd Anglo-Afghan War
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1979-1989 USSR occupation
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9-27-96
Taliban capture Kabul - take over control of country
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09-11-01 ***
Deadly terrorist attack on New York and Washington D.C. - brave
air passengers foil additional attack, but airline crashed in
Pennsylvania
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10-07-01
U.S. leads airstrike on Afghanistan
11-13-01
Taliban fighters leave Kabul
KEY_> Afghanistan
12-01-01
U.N. Security Council creates ISAF ( International Security
Assistance Force ) to be deployed to Afghanistan
12-05-01
H. Karzai becomes head of interim government by agreement in Bonn,
Germany
12-07-01
Kandahar falls - Osama Bin Laden and M. Omar escape
Key_> Afghanistan
2001
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2002
03-01-02
Operation Anaconda
key_> Afghanistan
04-18-02
President Bush announces plan rebuilding Afghanistan
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ACID ATTACK on woman teaching in Kabul (1st of many)
May.02 UN extends ISAF
06-11-02
Loya jirga elects H. Karzai head of interim government
2002
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2003
05-01-03
Defense Secretary D. Rumsfeld announces end of major combat in
Afghanistan (ironically President Bush performs a tailhook
landing on the USS Lincoln - to announce "Mission Accomplished"
in Iraq on this date)
05-09-02
U.S. DRONE strike kills warlord in Afghanistan
08-11-03
NATO takes command of ISAF in Kabul
11-06-02
U.S. DRONE strike kills terrorist in Yemen - 1st use of drones to
kill terrorists outside of Afghanistan
2003
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2004
01-04-04
Afghanistan constitution ratified by council of elders
10-09-04
H. Karzai becomes President of Afghanistan through popular
election
10-29-04
Osama Bin Laden televised threatening West
2004
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2005
09-18-05
Afghanistan parliamentary elections
2005
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2006
01-13-06
Predator DRONE mission fails to kill its target, Al-Qaeda number
two man A. al-Zawahiri , in Pakistan , but the strike does kill
several woman and children along with 4 operatives
01-31-06
More than $10b pledged for financial aide for Afghanistan
May.06 Anti-U.S. protests in Kabul
Jun-Jul.06 Operation Mountain Thrust
09-05-06
Pakistan military offensive on Taliban - internal peace agreement
is signed to keep the militants from cross-border raids into
Afghanistan
10-05-06
NATO assumes command of ISAF over the whole of Afghanistan
2006
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2007
Jan.07 Taliban in Pakistan attacked in deadly airstrike by
Pakistani military
Mar.07 Operation Achilles
May.07 Mullah Omar - senior taliban military commander killed
Oct.07 Local Taliban takes over " Swat Valley " , Pakistan
Nov.07 Deadly suicide attack in Kabul
Dec.07 Leading opposition leader in Pakistan , B. Bhutto , is
assassinated
2007
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2008
06-03-08
General D. McKiernan assumes command of ISAF
06-12-08
Nearly $20b of financial aide pledged in Paris Conference
key_> Afghanistan
07-06-08
Airstrike killing civilians sparks protest
07-07-08
Deadly attack by suicide bomber hit Indian Embassy in Kabul
08-24-08
P. Musharraf , long-time president of Pakistan , resigns --
AA. Zardari , widower of B. Bhutto , becomes president
09-04-08
President Bush gives OK for troops to cross into Pakistan - a
raid into South Waziristan kills a number of civilians
09-20-08
Deadly attack on Marriot Hotel in Islamabad , Pakistan
Sep.08 Insurgency attacks intensify - worst in years
Sep.08 President enacts a "Quiet Surge"
11-17-08
Taliban rejects peace talks
12-05-08
H. Karzai and Pakistani President AA. Zardai agree to joint
strategy on Al-Qaeda
2008
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2009
Jan.09 Incoming president Obama to keep R. Gates as Secretary of
Defense
02-17-09
President Obama sends 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Feb.09 17,000 more NATO troops sent to Afghanistan
03-27-09
President Obama announce new strategy to defeat Al-Qaeda in
Afghanistan and Pakistan -
** R. Holbrooke appointed as special representative to the region
04-06-09
NATO Conference in Strasbourg , France - troop increase agreed
upon
key_> Afghanistan
05-07-09
Presidents from U.S. , Afghan , and Pakistan meet
06-15-09
General S. McChrystal assumes command of ISAF after General
D. McKiernan was sacked over new strategy
Jul.09 Major offensive in Helmand province
08-20-09
Afghanistan presidential election
11-01-09
A. Abdullah withdraws from runoff with H. Karzai in contested
presidential election
Key_> Afghanistan
12-01-09
President Obama orders an additional troop surge (30,000) to
Afghanistan
12-31-09
Al-Qaeda double agent kills 7 CIA operatives in Afghanistan in
suicide bomb attack
2009
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2010
02-22-10
NATO airstrike kills civilians (see 03-26-11 & 08-06-11)
Feb.10 Operation Moshtarak - Helmand Province
06-02-10
Afghanistan peace jirga
06-23-10
General D. Patraeus assumes command of ISAF after General
S. McChrystal was sacked by President Obama over his comments in a
Rolling Stones interview
Jul.10 Wiki-leaks Afghan War diary released
08-02-10
The Netherlands announce troop withdrawal - 1st NATO country to
end combat mission
09-11-10
Florida pastor , T. Jones , cancels 9/11 protest - Quran burning
11-07-10
Canada set to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
11-13-10
U.S. - NATO announce transition strategy
key_> Afghanistan
11-20-10
NATO Summit in Lisbon , Portugal
** President Obama announces goal of ending combat in Afghanistan
by 2014
2010
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2011
04-01-11
Quran burning by Florida pastor T. Jones prompts widespread
protest in Afghanistan
05-02-11
Osama Bin Laden killed in SEAL raid - Pakistan
06-18-11
General J. Allen assumes command of ISAF after General D. Patraeus
nominated for head of CIA
08-27-11
CIA DRONE strike kills AA. al-Rahman , Al-Qaeda next in line after
death of Bin Laden
09-06-11
General D. Patraeus becomes head of CIA replacing outgoing
L. Panetta
09-20-11
B. Rabbni , head Afghanistan peace negotiator, killed by suicide
bomber in his Kabul home
09-30-11
DRONE strike kills U.S. citizen living in Yemen / A. al-Aulaqi
(see Awlaki )
11-19-11
Loya jirga announces willingness to allow U.S.(troops) security
force to remain beyond 2014
11-29-11
Pakistan cuts supply route over NATO bombing raid that killed 24
Pakistani soldiers
2011
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2012
01-03-12
Taliban to open office in Doha , Qatar - a move towards peace
talks with the U.S.
05-17-12
NATO Summit in Chicago
05-18-12
French president F. Hollande announces troop withdrawal by end of
2012
key_> NATO - France
06-02-12
Pakistan re-opens NATO supply route
06-12-12
General J. Terry assumes command of ISAF
07-09-12
YOUtube video of young woman being executed by Taliban in
Afghanistan goes viral
07-31-12
France gives base to Afghan army in preparation for pullout
08-14-12
Multiple suicide bomb attacks **