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541 events in this timeline

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  1. 2002-07-06 July 6, 2002: Afghan Vice President Assassinated
  2. 2002-07-09 May 30-July 9, 2002: Pat Tillman Story Heavily Covered in European Press
  3. 2002-08-15 August 15, 2002: US General Believes Troops Will Remain in Afghanistan for Long Time
  4. 2002-09-10 September 10-11, 2002: Al-Qaeda Safe Houses Shut Down in Karachi, Pakistan
  5. 2002-11-18 November 18, 2002: US Said to Be Ignoring Accurate Information on Bin Laden’s Whereabouts
  6. 2002-12-08 December 8, 2002-March 2003: Innocent British Residents Interrogated and Abused in Afghanistan because They Refuse to Act as Informants
  7. 2002-12-09 December 9, 2002: Special Forces in Afghanistan Back Away from Risky Operations
  8. 2002-12-18 December 18, 2002: Rumsfeld Declares Taliban, Al-Qaeda ‘Gone’ from Afghanistan
  9. 2003-02-27 February 27, 2003: ABC, Pentagon Air ‘Reality TV’ Series about Afghanistan Fighting
  10. 2003-03-19 March 19, 2003: NSC Counterterrorism Director Resigns over Diversion of Resources Away from War on Terror to Iraq
  11. 2003-04-22 April 22, 2003: Afghan President Gives Pakistani President List of Taliban Leaders Living in Pakistan, No Action Is Taken on It
  12. 2003-05-01 May 1, 2003: Rumsfeld Prematurely Declares an End to War in Afghanistan
  13. 2003-07-16 July 16, 2003: Tillman Brothers Receive Sports Award, but Refuse to Attend Ceremony
  14. 2003-11-06 November 6, 2003: Afghani Civilian Beaten to Death by US Captors
  15. 2004-01-22 January 22, 2004-2005: Trusted Courier Ahmed Moves to Abbottabad, Pakistan, Buys Land and Builds Hideout for Bin Laden
  16. 2004-01-23 (2002-January 23, 2004): Pakistan Refuses to Arrest Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul, Who Is Linked to Militant Group Supported by ISI
  17. 2004-03-13 March 13, 2004: United States Central Command Announces Launch of New Afghanistan War Offensive: Operation Mountain Storm
  18. 2004-03-15 March 15, 2004: Radio Free Europe Publicizes Operation Mountain Storm’s Use of ‘Unconventional ’ Strategy
  19. 2004-03-15 March 15, 2004: Top Analyst in Afghanistan Wonders Why US Military Publicizing Operation Mountain Storm
  20. 2004-03-20 March 20, 2004: Meeting with Key Resistance Planner Suggests Counter-Strategy against Operation Mountain Storm ‘Already Paying Off’
  21. 2004-03-22 March 22, 2004: Richard Clarke Sees Halfhearted Effort in Afghanistan War because of Iraq War
  22. 2004-04-22 April 22, 2004: Chain of Command Orders Tillman Platoon Split
  23. 2004-04-22 6:18 pm April 22, 2004: Kevin Tillman’s Convoy Changes Route
  24. 2004-04-22 6:34 p.m. April 22, 2004: Half of Pat Tillman’s Ranger Platoon Falls under Canyon Attack
  25. 2004-04-22 6:34 p.m. April 22, 2004: Part of Tillman’s Platoon Dismounts to Help Fellow Soldiers under Fire
  26. 2004-04-22 6:34 p.m. - 6:44 p.m. April 22, 2004: After Canyon Ambush, Part of Pat Tillman’s Platoon Fires on Fellow Soldiers
  27. 2004-04-22 6:46 p.m. April 22, 2004: Pat Tillman Is Killed in Second Friendly Fire Encounter, According to an Early Account
  28. 2004-04-22 6:00 p.m. April 22, 2004: Tillman Brothers’ Platoon Departs for Mission in Village
  29. 2004-04-22 6:14 p.m.-6:34 p.m. April 22, 2004: Pat Tillman’s Convoy Moves through Canyon
  30. 2004-04-22 April 22, 2004: Army Tells Family Tillman Shot by Enemy, Dies an Hour Later in Field Hospital
  31. 2004-04-23 April 23, 2004: Pentagon Reports Death of Pat Tillman in Combat
  32. 2004-04-29 April 29, 2004: Pentagon Awards Pat Tillman Posthumous Silver Star, Telling False Story of His Death
  33. 2004-08-04 August 4, 2004: Pakistan Continues to Support the Taliban
  34. 2004-08-14 August 14, 2004: Evidence Mounts Afghan Drug Profits Help Fund Al-Qaeda, but US Troops Do Nothing
  35. 2004-08-20 August 20, 2004: CIA’s Bin Laden Unit Effectively Has Only 30 Experts
  36. 2004-09-09 September 9, 2004: Al-Zawahiri Apparently Says ‘Mujaheddin’ Are Gaining Ground in Afghanistan
  37. 2004-09-27 September 27, 2004: Bush Says ‘Taliban No Longer Is in Existence’
  38. 2004-10-09 October 9, 2004: Karzai Wins Afghanistan’s First-Ever Presidential Election
  39. 2004-12-14 December 14, 2004: Report: US Has Abandoned Its Hunt for Bin Laden
  40. 2005-01-22 January 22, 2005: Pakistani Commander Says No Sign of Terrorist Haven in Tribal Region
  41. 2005-02-07 February 7, 2005: South Waziristan Truce Gives Taliban and Al-Qaeda a Safe Base to Launch Attacks into Afghanistan
  42. 2005-02-22 February 22, 2005: McCain Says US Wants Long-Term ‘Strategic Partnership’ With Afghanistan
  43. 2005-05-24 May 24, 2005: US to Have Long-Term Military Presence in Afghanistan
  44. 2005-06-15 June 15, 2005: Taliban Leader Says Bin Laden Still Alive, Mullah Omar Still in Charge of Taliban
  45. 2005-06-18 June 18, 2005: US Ambassador Criticizes Pakistan for Not Arresting Taliban Leaders
  46. 2005-06-19 June 19, 2005: CIA Director Says He Has ‘Excellent Idea’ Where Bin Laden Is Hiding
  47. 2005-07-05 July 5, 2005: Afghanistan Granted Membership in SCO
  48. 2005-07-11 July 11, 2005: Four Al-Qaeda Operatives Escape from US-Run High-Security Prison in Afghanistan
  49. 2005-07-28 July 28, 2005: Article: ISI Is Funding Taliban Training Camps, Giving Them New Weapons
  50. 2005-08-18 August 18, 2005: Taliban Rebound in Afghanistan with ISI Help