Timeline of Events
- September 18 - 19 people, including 4 Canadian soldiers, were killed by a suicide bomber in the Panjwaye District, Kandahar Province; in Kabul, 4 Afghan police and 11 civilians were killed in two suicide bomb explosions.
- September 19, 11 Taliban and 8 additional militants were killed in offensive operations in Helmand Province; 4 al-Qaeda operatives were arrested in Kabul.
- September 20, 34 Taliban fighters, and up to 10 other insurgents were killed in various conflicts, as well as one Afghan policeman and an Italian soldier serving in ISAF.
- September 21, 4 more Taliban were killed as they attempted to destroy an oil tanker, and 5 were detained by U.S. forces, including a regional commander. One Italian soldier died in a vehicle accident in Kabul.
- September 23, 19 laborers are killed on a bus in Kandahar Province; 25 Taliban die in battle with police in Orūzgān Province; 10 Taliban killed near Helman Province.
- September 24, Afghan and coalition forces killed 63 Taliban in three separate engagements and captured 21 others in a separate operation.
- September 25, Ten Taliban were killed by coalition forces in Paktika, while 2 suicide bombers wounded one American soldier and separately 2 Afghan police were killed in a Taliban attack.
- September 26, a Taliban suicide bomber killed 9 Afghan soldiers, while elsewhere 8 Taliban died in explosions and one Italian soldier died. 2 Taliban were arrested in connection with the suicide bombing.
- September 27, another suicide bomber hit just outside a Canadian base, wounding a civilian. And in other operations 31 Taliban were killed and 20 were captured.
- September 29, two Taliban and an Afghan police officer were killed in a clash and elsewhere a Canadian soldier was killed in an explosion.
- September 30, a suicide bomber killed a dozen Afghan civilians.
- October 2, The Taliban attacked a police station and started a gunbattle in Paktika that killed three police and ten Taliban .
- October 4 to 6, two suicide bombers killed numerous civilians and a police officer.
- October 6, coalition troops arrested a suicide bomber. A Canadian soldier was killed in an explosion on "ambush alley" in the Battle of Panjwaii.
- October 7, a suicide bomber attacked a NATO base, causing no damage. Elsewhere on the same day, the Taliban attacked a patrol, killing one Canadian soldier. And in Pakistan 48 suspected Taliban were captured. Meanwhile, an offensive by American and Afghan troops killed 30 Taliban.
- October 8, 24 Taliban and 1 Afghan soldier were killed. Two rebels were also arrested. On Monday the 9th, 16 more Taliban and an Afghan soldier were killed.
- October 12, two Taliban suicide bombers hit two patrols, wounding bystanders. Also on Thursday, 20 Taliban were killed in fighting with Afghan and coalition forces.
- October 13, a Taliban suicide bomber hit a NATO patrol, killing one soldier and 8 civilians. Later in the day Afghan police repelled a Taliban attack, killing 3 Taliban.
- October 14, eight Afghan policemen and four Taliban fighters were killed and nine Taliban were taken prisoner. Overnight, a battle between Taliban and Afghan police left 3 Afghan police and at least one Taliban fighter dead. Two Canadian soldiers were killed in combat in Kandahar and two were wounded in the Battle of Panjwaii.
- October 15, coalition forces captured 3 Taliban and killed 4, disrupting a bombing cell.
- October 16, two Taliban suicide bombers killed 4 Afghan civilians. That same day, 3 more insurgents were killed.
- October 17, in an airstrike, NATO forces killed 24 Taliban including a man they designated as a mid-level commander. 24 other Taliban were also killed and another 8 more arrested in another incident.
- October 18, ISAF and Afghan forces killed 32 Taliban after an ambush.
- October 19, two Taliban suicide bombers hit, one in Lashkar Gah, and the other in Khost. The first killed two children and the second killed an Afghan police officer. Five Taliban were killed by a NATO airstrike in an encampment in the Gayan district of Paktika province ; ANA fire D30 near the Pakistan border, the first indirect field artillery fires in history of ANA.
- October 20, a Taliban suicide bomber killed one afghan soldier and ISAF forces killed one Taliban and captured 4.
- October 22, 15 insurgents were killed after they ambushed an ISAF patrol; ANA conducted first counterfire field artillery fires near Pakistan border which resulted in 10 casualties.
- October 23, 15 Taliban were captured trying to enter Kabul with explosives.
- October 25, 48 Taliban were killed by NATO strikes at 3 separate groups gathering near Kandahar.
- October 28, Up to 70 Taliban were killed when they attacked a military base north of Tarin Kowt, in Oruzgan province. The battle killed one ISAF soldier.
- October 30, 55 Taliban insurgents were killed and 20 injured, and one NATO soldier was killed, in a six-hour battle between Taliban insurgents and elements of Charlie Company 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment in the Daychopan district of Zabul province. Also three NATO soldiers were wounded as Taliban fighters attacked their convoy in eastern Afghanistan.
- October 31, 12 Taliban fighters were killed in an engagement with NATO forces, killing 1 soldier after a roadside bomb killed 3 NATO troops and a suicide bomber killed an Afghan police officer. Also two NATO soldiers were wounded in a suicide bombing in Ghazni Province.
- November 1, 3 militants were killed and one captured by US and Afghan troops in the Khost province. A suicide bomber wounded two NATO soldiers in Kandahar.
- November 3, 6 Afghan police officers were killed in an ambush by Taliban rebels.
- November 4, 7 Taliban are killed in a NATO airstrike.
- November 6, At least two insurgernts are killed by coalition forces and six others are detained, including an Al-Qaeda operative, while one NATO and two Afghan soldiers are killed.
- November 8, 28 militants are killed in two separate engagements, 3 Afghan police are killed in an ambush and three militants are captured by coalition troops.
- November 9, clashes continue, 6 more Taliban killed.
- November 10, NATO forces kill 12 Taliban insurgents.
- November 11, NATO forces bomb a compound in the Bermal district of eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 Taliban fighters.
- November 12, NATO forces capture 6 Taliban rebels including an Arab and a Pakistani.
- November 16, Two civilians are accidentally killed by British troops, 6 militants die elsewhere.
- November 23, a mortar attack on a patrol kills one NATO soldier and wounds one.
- November 25, 55 insurgents are killed by Afghan troops, one soldier is killed.
- November 27, a suicide bomber kills 2 NATO soldiers in Kandahar province.
- November 28, two suicide bombers kill one policeman and wound another policeman and one NATO soldier in Herat and Kandahar provinces. Two NATO soldiers are killed and one is wounded when their patrol hits a roadside bomb near Kabul.
- November 29, six insurgents are killed in Kandahar province during an Afghan raid.
- December 1, 16 Taliban are killed and nine are captured, including two top commanders.
- December 3, a suicide bomber wounded three NATO soldiers and killed three civilians in Kandahar. The soldiers responded to the attacks that resulted in the deaths of five civilians.
- December 4, at least 7 Taliban are killed in clashes with NATO.
- December 5, four more militants are shot dead. Two NATO soldiers are wounded in Kandahar by a suicide bomber. A British attack on a Taliban-held valley results in the death of one soldier and wounding of another. The attack is repelled and British forces fail to complete their objectives.
- December 6, Taliban shoot dead five civilians, while clashes in southern Afghanistan kill 5 of their members.
- December 11, NATO airstrikes kill nine insurgents while Afghan troops kill three more.
- December 19, a NATO air strike targeting a car in a deserted area of Helmand province killed Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani along with two other men.
- January 11, 2007, up to 150 Taliban are killed in battles with NATO forces.
- January 13, 2007, 30 Taliban and one British soldier are killed in a NATO operation.
- January 15, 2007, operation formally declared over.
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