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Topic: Afghanistan timeline August 2004

	Afghanistan timeline August 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghan intelligence agents arrested a bus driver with several guns and ammunition in his vehicle.
		In response to the killings of two relief workers on August 4, the UNHCR announced it was scaling operations down in southeastern Afghanistan.
		In Logar province, Afghanistan, a bomb hit a vehicle carrying a mayor and a judge, killing three of the judge's children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan_timeline_August_2004 (1016 words)

	Afghanistan timeline 1986-1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the fifth consecutive year, UN-sponsored talks are held in Geneva between Afghanistan and Pakistan with the object of ending the military presence in Kabul.
		At year's end some of the fiercest fighting of the war is reported from the garrison town of Khost, eastern Afghanistan, where Soviet-backed government forces are attempting to end a guerrilla siege of the town.
		The government of Afghanistan reveals that high-level negotiations between the Soviet Union and guerrilla leaders are beginning in Saudi Arabia.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan_timeline_1986-1990 (2956 words)

	Afghanistan timeline August 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the Shajoi region of Zabul province, Afghanistan, a police checkpoint near a camp for Indian and Afghan highway workers were attacked by armed men on motorcycles.
		In Kandahar, Afghanistan, An explosion occurred in the house of Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
		In Paktika province, Afghanistan, U.S military planes, called in by U.S. ground troops patrolling the border, opened fire on what were believed to be attackers fleeing towards the border, two Pakistani guards and wounding a third.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/afghanistan_timeline_august_2003 (2815 words)

	Timeline Afghanistan
		In southern Afghanistan a Taliban rebel posing as a traveler shot dead four policemen at a remote checkpoint after eating dinner with them and sleeping in their quarters.
		2006 Jun 25, In Afghanistan a coalition soldier was fatally wounded during combat operations in the Pech district of Kunar province.
		In eastern Afghanistan 5 laborers were ambushed and fatally shot on their way to a US military base.
	timelines.ws /countries/AFGHAN_B_2005.HTML (14525 words)

	afghanistan timeline january 2004
		In Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, a guard and an employee were injured when a bomb exploded in front of the office of the Agency for Technical Coooperation and Development.
		In Kandahar, Afghanistan, two Afghan National Army soldiers were wounded (one losing a leg) by a bomb that exploded on the roof of a building less than an eighth of a mile from the January 6 incident that killed over a dozen people.
		In Kandahar, Afghanistan, at least sixteen people were killed (six of which were children) and 58 people were wounded when a time bomb hidden in an apple cart exploded 100 yards away from an Afghan military base.
	www.fact-library.com /afghanistan_timeline_january_2004.html (1312 words)

	Encyclopedia: Afghanistan timeline August 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In Wardak province, Afghanistan, a group of about a dozen Canadian specialists, Led by Col. Mark Hodgson, visited three Kabul-area villages (Qalae Bakhtiar Khan, Qalae Muslim, Qalae Badur Khan) largely ignored by the hundreds of aid organization.
		In the northern town of Balkh, Afghanistan, two Afghan workers for the Save the Children Fund were injured when armed men opened fire on their vehicle.
		After a rocket was fired near one of its compounds on August 10, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that it was suspending operations in Afghanistan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Afghanistan-timeline-August-2003 (2692 words)

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		Afghanistan timeline 1901-1910 - __NOTOC__ The amir Abdor Rahman Khan dies at...
		Afghanistan timeline March 16-31, 2003 - 50 reservists of the from in...
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	www.geodatabase.de /?Af (2947 words)

	The Ultimate August 2003 - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town of Shkin) near the Pakistani border.
		Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman comments that the issue of Taliban crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan will be discussed during Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri 's visit to Kabul.
		Afghanistan celebrates its Independence Day amid one of the bloodiest weeks in a year, with heavily armed guerrillas killing at least nine policemen in the latest in a string of ambushes.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/August_2003 (7617 words)

	Afghanistan timeline August 2003 Definition / Afghanistan timeline August 2003 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In Zabul provinceZabul province, Afghanistan is the only Afghan province in which the Taliban have named (in the post-U.S. invasion of Afghanistan era) their own governor and officials to rival those appointed by the government in Kabul....
		In the Shajoi region of Zabul province, Afghanistan, a police checkpoint near a camp for Indian and Afghan highway workers were attacked by armed men on motorcyclesA motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine.
		In Kabul, Afghanistan, Commander Qalam of Gulbuddin HekmatyarGulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1947 in Imam Saheb, Kunduz province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan warlord.
	www.elresearch.com /Afghanistan_timeline_August_2003 (617 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Afghanistan
		Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan capture 10 suspected Taliban fighters, while escorting a convoy to Gumbad, north of Kandahar.
		Rahman was accused in Afghanistan of converting to Christianity, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence and suspicion that he may be mentally ill. Many clerics in Afghanistan had called for him to be put to death.
		Abdul Rahman, 41, is jailed in Afghanistan and faces the death penalty unless he agrees to convert back to Islam, said the judge at the Shariah court.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/afghanistan/timeline.html (4401 words)

	World History Timeline - 2004
		In 2004, Californians voted in favor of a $3 billion bond measure to fund stem-cell research over the next 10 years.
		The state of Florida took quite a hit during the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, with four hurricanes hitting the Sunshine State during August and September.
		Hamid Karzai was elected president of Afghanistan on October 9, 2004 during the country's first presidential elections.
	www.history.com /wt.do?year=2004 (1720 words)

	Afghanistan timeline August 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		The Czech Defense Ministry announced that some of the Czech troops currently stationed in Kuwait will be deployed in Afghanistan at the request of allies.
		This page was last modified 16:41, 12 September 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan_timeline_August_2002 (123 words)

	CBS News \| Letter From Afghanistan \| August 24, 2004 15:50:13
		That day is burned into my memory forever, as tens of thousands of people thronged around us, grabbing, touching, cheering their first taste of life, free from the reign of terror that dominated the social fabric here for six long years under the Taliban.
		How many of the women who’ve registered to vote will actually be allowed by their men folk to go to polls remains an open question, but the fact is that millions have officially put their names down and carry their cards as a sign they want to have a say in their country’s future.
		So building a stable, peaceful country and an economy that is not dependent on crime, (the illegal opium trade makes up half Afghanistan’s economy) means Karzai will have to come through on his promise to crack down on anyone who is not prepared to hand over their weapons.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/08/23/world/main637790.shtml (1727 words)

	UN Involvement in Afghanistan - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		Despite these initiatives, Afghanistan remains a “failed state.” The authority of President Hamid Karzai, victor in the presidential election of October 2004, barely extends beyond Kabul’s suburbs and warlords are once again in control of most of the country.
		While Afghanistan faces its deadliest phase of violence since 2001, a UN Security Council mission report warns that growing insurgency, corruption, impunity, increased opium trade and weak governance cause “despondency and disillusionment” among Afghans.
		The absence of a strong central government in Afghanistan has rendered the voluntary disarmament of various groups in conflicts problematic, as they are reluctant to give up power amid instability and lawlessness in order to protect their own interests.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/afgindx.htm (2956 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Afghanistan
		Afghanistan's recent history is a story of war and civil unrest.
		In late 2001, major leaders from the Afghan opposition groups and diaspora met in Bonn, Germany, and agreed on a plan for the formulation of a new government structure that resulted in the inauguration of Hamid KARZAI as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) on 22 December 2001.
		Afghanistan's economic outlook has improved significantly over the past two years because of the infusion of over $2 billion in international assistance, dramatic improvements in agricultural production, and the end of a four-year drought in most of the country.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/af.html (1590 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Afghanistan timeline August 2003
		A group of rebel fighters attacked U.S. -led coalition forces near the village of Shkin, Paktika province, Afghanistan.
		Rocket launchers, rifles and grenades were found during the raid.
		U.S. -led coalition forces in Khost province, Afghanistan, killed 16 guerrillas.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Afghanistan_timeline_August_2003 (2935 words)

	CBS News \| Rumsfeld Drops In On Afghanistan \| August 12, 2004 09:23:39
		Before flying to the Afghan capital, he said that U.S.-led coalition forces are preparing a coordinated effort to attack the narcotics trade in the country, recognizing that drug income could be used to fund insurgents and terrorists in the country.
		United Nations surveys estimate Afghanistan accounted for three quarters of the world's opium last year, and the trade brought in $2.3 billion, more than half of the nation's gross domestic product.
		Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Afghanistan as the country is preparing for its first Democratic election to be held in October, Lara Logan reports.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/08/12/world/main635506.shtml (712 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Country profiles \| Timeline: Afghanistan
		Karzai picks members of his administration which is to serve until 2004.
		2004 September - Rocket fired at helicopter carrying President Karzai misses its target; it is the most serious attempt on his life since September 2002.
		2004 October-November - Presidential elections: Hamid Karzai is declared the winner, with 55% of the vote.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1162108.stm (1438 words)

	The Ultimate August 2004 - American History Information Guide and Reference
		California Governor and former Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger extols the United States as a greater source of good in the world than the UN: "If you believe this country, not the United Nations, is the best hope of democracy in the world, then you are a Republican," he shouts, at the Republican National Convention.
		The 2004 Summer Olympics are closed by IOC President Jacques Rogge.
		Mohammed M. Hossain and Yassin M. Aref, leaders of the Masjid as-Salam mosque in Albany, New York, are arrested for their part in an alleged plot (actually an FBI sting operation) to use an RPG-7 to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat in New York City.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/August_2004 (5634 words)

	May-August 2004
		In April [2004], the department had said that 1,593 people were wounded in 2003, a sharp decline from the previous year.
		2004 - Inquisition Review / Vatican City - June 16th, 2004: "Torture, burning at the stake and other punishment for the faithful condemned as witches or heretics by church tribunals during the Inquisition was not as widespread as commonly believed, the Vatican said Tuesday [06/15/04].
		In a 5-2 ruling, the court upheld an earlier decision by a lower-court judge, dismissing the governor's arguments that the legislature was intruding on the separation of powers among branches of government by ordering him to testify.
	mirrorh.com /timeline5804.html (19383 words)

	Timeline of Detainee Abuse Allegations and Responses (Human Rights Watch, 7-5-2004)
		Human Rights Watch writes to Rumsfeld to express concern about incidents in which U.S. forces stationed in Iraq detained innocent, close relatives of wanted suspects in order to compel the suspects to surrender, which amounts to hostage-taking, classified as a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
		Human Rights Watch writes to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld expressing concern about the treatment of detainees in Iraq and urges the administration to publicly clarify the status of the detainees and to make public the numbers of detainees being held.
		Reuters reports that, “U.S. forces investigation allegations of mistreatment of Iraqi detainees at a prison west of Baghdad have suspended 17 soldiers including a battalion commander and a company commander,” pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of abuse of detainees.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2004/05/07/usint8556.htm (1653 words)

	Afghanistan: pipelines, poppies, al-Qaeda and control of Eurasia
		According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
		Opium production complicates the task of restoring central government authority in Afghanistan because it enables the warlords to run small armies and gives them an extra financial incentive to retain their autonomy.
		Afghanistan produces 75% of the world's opium, says the UN During the 1990s, five or six provinces in Afghanistan were cultivating opium poppy.
	www.oilempire.us /afghanistan.html (3451 words)

	August 2002
		A timeline of events in the news for August, 2002.
		Three members of Manchester rock band Oasis have been injured in a head-on car crash[?] in Indianapolis while on tour in the U.S.A. None were seriously injured.
		The object in my hand was folded bonds for me to think of anything but the satisfaction of my.
	www.termsdefined.net /au/august-2002.html (1442 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		In Nangahar province, Afghanistan*, security forces arrested two men, Afghan Hesmatullah and Pakistani Shahzada Gul, distributing Taliban leaflets calling for a holy war against United States U.S. -led coalition forces and the government.
		The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan* e-mailed United States U.S. citizens in Kabul, informing them to limit their movements, take strict security measures and avoid "potential target areas" such as government offices, military bases and upscale restaurants frequented primarily by foreigners.
		In Kabul, Afghanistan*, authorities charged Reza Khan (Taliban) Reza Khan of murder, rape and highway robbery involving four foreign journalists on November 19, 2001.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Afghanistan_timeline_August_2004.html (1060 words)

	Windfalls of War - The Center for Public Integrity
		Since our initial release on Oct. 31, 2003, we have striven to keep abreast of all contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq and published a series of ongoing stories on the state of contracting work in the region.
		WASHINGTON, November 3, 2004 — Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity show that the Army Corps of Engineers ignored sharp objections by its top procurement official concerning Halliburton contracts in Iraq and the Balkans.
		In 2003, when the company had record revenue of $16.3 billion, Halliburton received contracts from the Department of Defense worth $4.3 billion, while in the previous five years it obtained less than $2.5 billion from the military, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity.
	www.publicintegrity.org /wow/default.aspx (554 words)

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