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Afghanistan, From Bombing to Drawdown
President Obama's announcement on the July start of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan comes nearly a decade after the U.S.-led military operation began.
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September 18, 2005 -- Afghanistan holds its first parliamentary elections, choosing 249 legislators and delegates to 34 provincial councils including, for the first time in Afghanistan, women. Nearly 600 women are among the six thousand candidates. The el
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July, 2006 -- Fighting between Taliban and al-Qaida fighters and Afghan government forces intensifies.
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May 13, 2007 -- The Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Dadullah, is killed in a U.S.-led operation in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province. He was widely regarded as one of the militant group's most capable and ruthless commanders.
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June 12, 2008 -- The international community pledges more than $20 billion in aid to Afghanistan at a donors' conference in Paris.