2007 in Afghanistan - April

April

  • April 3: The 14th annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) begins in New Delhi, India, and Afghanistan becomes its 8th member.
  • April 8:
    • Pope Benedict laments the violence in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, stating, "nothing positive is happening in Iraq" in his Easter homily.
    • Seven NATO soldiers die as a result of car bombings in southern Afghanistan as it conducts an offensive against the Taliban.
    • The Taliban claims it has killed an Afghan reporter abducted with Daniele Mastrogiacomo because the government of Afghanistan refused to meet ransom demands.
  • April 10: Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces that 300 soldiers from the Australian Special Air Service Regiment will be sent to Orūzgān Province, Afghanistan to combat the Taliban.
  • April 11: The United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the Defense Ministers of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as officials from Estonia and Romania to discuss progress in Afghanistan in expectation of a Taliban offensive. Two Canadian soldiers are killed when a roadside bomb explodes.
  • April 11: The United States extends the tour of duty for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from a year to 15 months.
  • April 14: A suicide bomber kills 8 people in the Khost Province of Afghanistan.
  • April 16: At least ten Afghan police die in a suicide bombing in Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan.
  • April 17: Four Nepalese United Nations workers and their driver are killed in a roadside bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
  • April 19: An Amnesty International report claims that the attacks on Afghan civilians by the Taliban are widespread and systematic.
  • April 24: Kevin Tillman, brother of former American football player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, accuses the U.S. military of manipulating his death during testimony to the U.S. Congress.
  • April 30: The US-led Coalition claims to have killed scores of Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

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