2007 in Afghanistan

Events from the year 2007 in Afghanistan

Events

January

*January 11: In the ongoing Operation Mountain Fury, NATO forces kill as many as 150 Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Paktika 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 in Birmingham under suspicion of planning the kidnap and filmed execution of a British Muslim soldier. The alleged plot intended to pressure Prime Minister Tony Blair into withdrawing British troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.

February

*February 14: The United States redeploys the 173rd Airborne Brigade to Afghanistan to prepare for an anticipated spring offensive by the Taliban. [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 of China, India and Russia meet in New Delhi, India to discuss greater cooperation between the three Asian countries on issues including terrorism, drug trafficking and Afghanistan. [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 in New York, New York with financing terrorism and material support of terrorism for allegedly passing on money for a training camp in Afghanistan. [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: The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with the Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi to discuss Italian contributions to the fight against the Taliban and drug traffickers in Afghanistan. [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-eastern Afghanistan, 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 in Pakistan detain 36 people, mainly Afghan refugees, over a suicide bombing inside a Quetta courtroom that killed a judge and 15 other people.

*February 22: Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney arrives in Australia to discuss issues including Iraq, Afghanistan and the detention of David Hicks with the Australian 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 to Pakistan and Afghanistan to encourage President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to increase border security between the two countries and to take further action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

*February 26: United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne announces the deployment of an additional 1,400 troops to Afghanistan. [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

*March 1: Pakistani authorities capture Mullah Obaidullah 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 a suicide bomb attack on a convoy and kill 8 or more civilians on the main road linking Jalalabad with the Pakistan 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 the NATO International Security Assistance Force force are killed in Helmand province during clashes with Taliban 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 launch Operation Achilles against the Taliban in Helmand 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: President George W. Bush approves 8,200 more United States troops for Iraq and Afghanistan. [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 arrest Brian David Anderson, a Canadian citizen, in Madrid, on behalf of the U.S. government, for allegedly engaging in fraud and funding a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. [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 Italian journalist working for "La Repubblica," is set free by the Taliban. He had been kidnapped in the Afghan province of Helmand on March 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:
**A Taliban attack on a convoy carrying supplies to foreign troops in southern Afghanistan 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 killing civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan are under investigation and their unit has been shipped out of the country.

*March 27: United States District Court Judge Thomas Hogan dismisses a case of alleged torture against former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld brought by nine former prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. [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

*April 3: The 14th annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) begins in New Delhi, India, and Afghanistan 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, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, stating, "nothing positive is happening in Iraq" in his Easter homily.
**Seven NATO soldiers die as a result of car bombings in southern Afghanistan as it conducts an offensive against the Taliban.
**The Taliban claims it has killed an Afghan reporter abducted with Daniele Mastrogiacomo because the government 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 the Australian Special Air Service Regiment will be sent to Orūzgān Province, Afghanistan to combat the Taliban. [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: The United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the Defense Ministers of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as officials from Estonia and Romania to discuss progress in Afghanistan in expectation of a Taliban 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: The United States extends the tour of duty for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan 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: A suicide bomber kills 8 people in the Khost Province of Afghanistan.

*April 16: At least ten Afghan police die in a suicide bombing in Kunduz 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: Four Nepalese United Nations workers and their driver are killed in a roadside bombing in Kandahar, 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: An Amnesty International report claims that the attacks on Afghan civilians by the Taliban 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 former American football player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, accuses the U.S. military of manipulating his death during testimony to the U.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 of Taliban forces in Afghanistan. [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

*May 2: Gunmen in Afghanistan kill Abdul 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 in Farah Province in a clash with the Taliban 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 in Iraq and Afghanistan. [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 a suicide bombing in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. [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: A suicide bomber kills at least 10 people and injures 32 people in Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan's Paktia 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: The United States House of Representatives approves a $US100 billion bill to fund the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan 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: A CH-47 Chinook helicopter on a NATO mission in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, is shot down killing all seven service personnel (5 American, 1 Canadian 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

*June 4: A military judge dismisses terrorism-related charges against a Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with killing a United States Army soldier in Afghanistan.

*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 a friendly 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 in Afghanistan on a suspected Al 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 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as the result of a bombing of a police 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

*July 2: Corporal Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata of the Special Air Service of New Zealand is awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery under fire in Afghanistan in 2004. [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 the Panjwaii 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 of Afghanistan states that it will investigate claims that United States and NATO air strikes caused heavy civilian casualties in Farah Province and Kunar 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 an improvised explosive device in the Khost Province. Another IED kills two civilians in the Paktika 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 24 Pakistani soldiers are killed by a suicide attack by militants on a convoy in Waziristan near the Afghanistan 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 in Afghanistan and kidnap some of the passengers including South Koreans. [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: The Taliban threatens to kill 18 South Koreans taken hostage in Afghanistan, prompting the government in Seoul 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 60 Taliban and six North 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 Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah dies after prolonged illness.

*July 25: 8 of the 23 South Koreans held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan 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 the Helmand province of Afghanistan. [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 the NATO-led International 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 a rocket attack in the Helmand 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 the Taliban to extend Monday's deadline for the lives of 22 South Koreans, 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

*August 4: Ten pro-Taliban militants and four Pakistan Army soldiers are killed in a clash in North Waziristan near the Afghanistan border. In another incident, a suicide car bomber kills six in Parachinar, 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: The President of the United States George W. Bush meets with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai at Camp David to discuss the security of Afghanistan. [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: The Taliban attacks Firebase Anaconda in Uruzgan province but is repulsed by a joint force of Afghan fighters and United 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 at Zia International Airport en route to Kabul, 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: The President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf pulls out of a meeting with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and tribal leaders in Kabul over fighting the Taliban. [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 a state of emergency, insisting that the planned parliamentary election in October must proceed as scheduled.

*August 11:
**The Taliban attacks Firebase Anaconda in Uruzgan province for the third time in a week suffering casualties. The Taliban also launches unsuccessful attacks in Helmand and Kandahar 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]
**The Taliban 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 between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kandahar province results in nine militants dead with five police dying in a bomb. [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 by Taliban near Gardez, 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: The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Afghanistan on the first leg of a Central Asian tour before visiting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Bishkek. [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 near Kabul. [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 and Afghan forces start a new offensive in Tora 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 dozen Taliban die in an attempted ambush of a joint patrol of Afghan police and Coalition troops in Helmand province.

*August 18:
**A suicide 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 German aid worker is taken captive at gunpoint in Kabul. [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 in Kabul, 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:
**Two Canadian Army soldiers are killed and a Radio Canada journalist injured in an explosion.
**A German engineer kidnapped by the Taliban pleads for help on Afghan television.

*August 24: Three British Army soldiers die in Afghanistan in a suspected friendly 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 four Pakistan Army soldiers die in a suicide bomber attack on a military convoy near Miranshah, the main city of North 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: The Taliban releases the remaining South Korean 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 a suicide bomb at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. [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 in Kunar province as Taliban 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 in Helmand 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

*September 2: War in Afghanistan: Scores of Taliban are killed in heavy fighting in the Kandahar and Arghandab regions of Afghanistan. [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 freed hostages return to South 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: The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai is forced to cut short a speech in Kabul 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: The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper rules out sending further troops to Afghanistan. [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 45 Taliban insurgents on the first day of Ramadan.

*September 15: The "Washington Post" reports that the NATO-led Coalition Force in Afghanistan intercepted a shipment of Iranian arms intended for the Taliban. [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 the British Army launch a major offensive in Helmand 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 Leader Ayman al-Zawahri claims that the United States is being defeated in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and North Africa.

*September 21:
**NATO's alliance forces say that its warplanes killed an unspecified number of civilians during a battle with Taliban 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]
**A suicide bomber attacks a convoy 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: The United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asks for $190 billion to cover the cost of the war in Iraq and war in Afghanistan during 2008.

*September 27: Four employees of the International Red Cross, including two foreigners, are abducted in Afghanistan's Wardak 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

*October 2: War in Afghanistan: A suicide bomber blows himself up near a bus carrying policemen killing at least 11 in Kabul. [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: A suicide bomb attack on a United States convoy in Kabul 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 warlord Tahir Yuldash are killed in eastern Afghanistan.

*October 8: Australia suffers its first combat casualty in Afghanistan 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 citizen Khalid El-Masri who accuses the CIA of abducting him to a secret prison in Afghanistan 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 Afghan hostages kidnapped in mid-July.

*October 12: The Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper appoints a five-member advisory committee on Afghanistan to be chaired by John Manley of the opposition Liberal 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: The President of the United States George W. Bush asks the United States Congress for $189.3 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [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 and Slovakia offer to send troops to support the Australian/Dutch taskforce in the south of the Afghanistan 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 80 Taliban fighters outside Musa Qala in Helmand 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]
**A suicide bomber explodes a bomb outside a United States base in eastern Afghanistan 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

*November 6: At least 35 people are killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan, 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 President Nicolas Sarkozy pledges friendship between France and the United States and a renewed alliance on the war in Afghanistan and against Iran's nuclear program in a speech to a joint meeting of the U.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 under NATO's International Security Assistance Force are killed in an insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern Afghanistan. [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: The United States Army kills 15 insurgents and three civilians in the Helmand 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: Two NATO Canadian soldiers and an interpreter are killed by a roadside bomb in Panjawi, 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: A suicide bomber kills seven people in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan, including the son of governor 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 a suicide bomber in Paghman, 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

*December 5: A suicide bomber rams a car into a minibus containing Afghan soldiers on a highway south of Kabul. Thirteen, including six Afghan soldiers, are killed in the incident.

*December 9: Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have pulled back to take up new positions defending the town of Musa Qala during a battle with the Afghan National Army and the International 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

*May 3: Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani, 54/55, legislator and Prime Minister (1992), assassination by gunshot.
*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 and businessman, bomb blast injuries.
*November 6: Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, c.45, politician, former commerce minister, bomb blast injuries.
*December 30: Abdul Razzak, 68, Guantanamo Bay detainee, cancer.

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