CHRONOLOGY-Key events in Afghanistan in recent years
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Afghanistan holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first time in its history that Afghans will directly choose a leader. Here is a chronology of the main events in Afghanistan
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide car attack killed at least five people in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, police and a hospital doctor said, the latest deaths in the bloodiest year since the Taliban was overthrown in 2001.
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Afghans arrange votes in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2004. The Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body decided on Monday to suspend vote counting and start to investigate into the voting process.
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As of Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at least 406 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Dec. 29, 2007, at 10 a.m. EST.
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As of August 5, 2006, at least 262 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
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A list of major terrorist incidents blamed mostly on Chechen militants since 1995:
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As of July 8, 2006, at least 254 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- Three years after the US invasion, Paktia Province and the rest of southeastern Afghanistan illustrate the mixed results of an intervention that ousted the Taliban regime but has yet to capture Osama bin Laden or forge a stable, centralized state to keep out terrorists for good.
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As of Friday, June 22, 2007, at least 337 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 16, 2007.
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As of Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at least 297 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007.
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KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered on Wednesday the release of more than 350 Taliban prisoners who were captured when the Islamic regime was toppled nearly three years ago, officials and report said.
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As of Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at least 345 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 7, 2007.
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As of Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at least 297 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007.
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Here are some key moments in Tony Blair's years as prime minister:
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(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai defeated a raft of candidates to win his historic election. In Iraq, more than 200 political parties have registered for next month&#39;s elections.
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KABUL: Seven people including two US soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan in the past two days. In the first incident, two US soldiers were killed and three were wounded by a roadside
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- They arrived in December 2002 to do what had never been done : bring remote, unruly Paktia province under the control of a central Afghan government.