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  1. 2009-06-05 June 5, 2009: Pentagon Sends 1,000 Additional Special Operations Forces to Afghanistan Ahead of McChrystal Confirmation
  2. 2009-06-10 May 11-June 10, 2009: Stanley McChrystal Given Carte Blanche to Choose Afghanistan Staff; Assembles Team of Special Operations Veterans
  3. 2009-06-10 Between May 12 and June 10, 2009: McChrystal and Hundreds of Counterinsurgency Staff Arrive in Afghanistan Prior to Official Confirmation as Commander
  4. 2009-06-10 Between May 12 and June 10, 2009: McChrystal Modifies Pentagon Command Center for Afghan War before Confirmation to Commander Post
  5. 2009-06-10 Early June 10, 2009: Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen Calls Senator Reid to Push for Urgent Senate Confirmation of Stanley McChrystal as Afghanistan War Commander
  6. 2009-06-10 June 10, 2009: Senator Reid Pleas for Urgency as Senate Unanimously Confirms Nomination of Stanley McChrystal as Commander of US and Allied Forces in Afghanistan
  7. 2009-06-14 June 14, 2009: CIA Drone Kills at Least Three in Pakistan
  8. 2009-06-23 June 23, 2009: CIA Drone Strike Kills at Least Two
  9. 2009-06-23 June 23, 2009: CIA Director Informed of Assassination and Capture Program, Immediately Cancels It
  10. 2009-07-02 Early Morning July 2, 2009: US Marines Launch ‘Operation Khanjar’ Offensive in the Heart of Helmand’s Poppy-Growing Districts
  11. 2009-07-07 July 7, 2009: Pakistani President Zardari Admits Pakistan ‘Created and Nurtured’ Terrorist Networks
  12. 2009-07-12 July 12, 2009: Pakistani Official Says Bin Laden and Other Top Al-Qaeda Leaders Are Not in Pakistan
  13. 2009-07-12 July 12-14, 2009: Villagers Report Systemic Abuse, Including Child Rape, by Afghan Police in Helmand Province; Prefer Taliban over Police
  14. 2009-07-13 July 13-29, 2009: Abusive Police Linked to Corrupt Narco Warlord Returning behind US, British Troop Operations in Afghanistan
  15. 2009-07-16 July 16, 2009: Death Toll for Coalition Troops Reaches Record Level for Any Month in Afghan War, Approaches Highest Levels Seen in Iraq War
  16. 2009-07-16 Between July 3 and July 16, 2009: US Military Threatens Afghan Villagers over Kidnapped Soldier
  17. 2009-07-22 July 22, 2009: US Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Record High for Month
  18. 2009-07-27 July 27, 2009: Richard Holbrooke and Stanley McChrystal Call Eminent War Historian to Discuss Parallels between Vietnam and Afghanistan
  19. 2009-07-30 July 30, 2009: British Ambassador to the US Says West Will Be in Afghanistan for ‘Decades’
  20. 2009-08-03 August 3, 2009: NATO Secretary General Says Alliance Forces Will Stay in Afghanistan ‘For as Long as It Takes’
  21. 2009-08-05 August 5, 2009: CIA Drone Assassinates Pakistan Taliban Leader, Some Family Members
  22. 2009-08-08 August 8, 2009: Afghan Presidential Candidate Denies Agreeing to Secret Karzai Election Deal; Holding out for Better Offer
  23. 2009-08-08 August 8, 2009: British Army Chief Says Coalition Engagement in Afghanistan May Take ‘30 to 40 Years’
  24. 2009-08-12 August 12, 2009: General Says US Military Looking to Eventually Equip the Afghan Air Corps with Drones
  25. 2009-08-13 August 13, 2009: Defense Secretary Gates Says Length of US Troop Engagement in Afghanistan a ‘Mystery,’ Wider Engagement a ‘Decades-Long Enterprise’
  26. 2009-08-17 August 17, 2009: Hekmatyar Offers to ‘Help’ US and NATO Forces in Exchange for Foreign Troop Pullout Timeline
  27. 2009-08-26 August 26, 2009: General Petraeus Opens New Intelligence Center at CENTCOM to Focus on Long-Term Afghanistan, Pakistan Engagement
  28. 2009-09-02 September 2, 2009: US Military Officials See Taliban Tactics and Capabilities Increasingly Resemble Special Forces Training
  29. 2009-09-08 September 8, 2009: Marines Rescue Trapped Troops in Kunar Province, Afghanistan
  30. 2009-09-22 September 22, 2009: Amid Failing Domestic Support and Possible Afghan Election Irregularities, President Obama Reassesses Escalation of Afghanistan War
  31. 2009-09-23 September 23, 2009: US Ambassador to Pakistan Secretly Advises that No Amount of US Aid Will Stop Pakistan from Supporting Militants; Policy Change Is Needed
  32. 2009-10-07 October 7, 2009: Pentagon Establishes ‘Afpak Hands Program’ to Build a Cadre of Specialized Military and Intelligence Personnel for Long-Term Regional Engagement
  33. 2009-10-10 October 10-15, 2009: Series of Militant ‘Syndicate’ Attacks in Pakistan Display Commando-Style Tactics and Inside Knowledge of Pakistani Security Forces
  34. 2009-10-12 May-October 12, 2009: ’Unknown’ Helicopters Carrying Militants to Northern Provinces, Afghan Government Investigating
  35. 2009-10-31 October 31, 2009: October Marks New Deadliest Month for US Troops in Afghanistan
  36. 2009-11-10 November 10, 2009: Al-Jazeera Broadcasts Video of Afghan Insurgents Brandishing US Weapons and Ammo
  37. 2009-12-03 December 3, 2009: Pakistani Prime Minister Gillani Says Bin Laden Not in Pakistan
  38. 2009-12-30 December 30, 2009: Suicide Bomber Kills Several CIA Officers and Others at Agency Base in Afghanistan
  39. 2009-12-31 December 31, 2009 and Before: 700 Civilians Killed by US Drone Strikes in Tribal Areas in 2009, Pakistan Estimates
  40. 2010-02-18 February 18, 2010: US Drone Attack Fails to Kill Taliban Leader Linked to ISI
  41. 2010-05-11 May 11, 2010: Secretary of State Clinton Says Pakistani Government Knows Where Bin Laden and Other Militant Leaders Are Hiding
  42. 2010-05-13 May 13, 2010: US Still Will Not Blacklist Pakistani Militant Groups Fighting US Forces in Afghanistan
  43. 2010-05-21 May 21, 2010: Al-Yazid, One of Al-Qaeda’s Founders and Top Leaders, Killed by US Drone in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
  44. 2010-06-27 June 27, 2010: CIA Director Panetta Says Only 50-100 Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan; Bin Laden Is in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
  45. 2010-07-21 July 21, 2010: US Warns British Prime Minister Cameron that Pakistan Is Supporting Terrorism, Possibly Hiding Bin Laden
  46. 2010-08-01 August 1, 2010: US Intelligence Learns Exact Location of Bin Laden’s Hideout, in Abbottabad, Pakistan
  47. 2010-08-24 August 24, 2010: Wall Street Journal Runs Article Saying CIA Kabul Chief Key to War Effort
  48. 2010-09-01 September 1, 2010: President Obama Is Informed about Bin Laden’s Compound in Abbottabad; US Allies Are Not
  49. 2010-10-05 October 5, 2010: Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Is Killed by US Drone in Pakistan
  50. 2010-10-18 October 18, 2010: Senior NATO Official Says Bin Laden Is in House in Northwest Pakistan, Protected by ISI