January 31 - A terror plot has been foiled in the UK, where nine people have been arrested in
Birmingham under suspicion of planning the
kidnap and
filmed execution of a British Muslim soldier. The alleged plot intended to pressure Prime Minister
Tony Blair into withdrawing British troops from
Afghanistan and
Iraq.
February 14 - The foreign ministers of
China, India and
Russia meet in
New Delhi, India to discuss greater cooperation between the three Asian countries on issues including terrorism, drug trafficking and
Afghanistan.[3]
U.S. troops open fire after a
suicide bomb attack on a convoy and kill as many as 19 civilians and injured about 35 in the shootings on the main road linking
Jalalabad with the
Pakistan border. Local people protest at the soldiers' actions.[11]
March 13 - Spanish police arrest
Brian David Anderson, a Canadian citizen, in
Madrid, on behalf of the U.S. government, for allegedly engaging in fraud and funding a terrorist camp in
Afghanistan.[14]
A
Taliban attack on a
convoy carrying supplies to foreign troops in southern
Afghanistan kills 17 Afghan security guards and drivers.[16]
US Marines accused of shooting and killing civilians after a
suicide bombing in Afghanistan are under investigation and their unit has been shipped out of the country.
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.[23]
May 12 - After being tracked by the ISA and JSOC, operators from C squadron
Special Boat Service inserted by an RAF Chinook and killed the Taliban leader
Mullah Dadullah in Helmand province during a raid on a compound near Bahram Chah where his associates were meeting, 4 SBS operators were wounded.[32][33]
June 4 - A military judge dismisses terrorism-related charges against a Canadian
Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with killing a
United States Army soldier in Afghanistan.
June 12 -
Afghan officials claim that seven members of the Afghan police were killed by Coalition air forces in a
friendly fire incident.[39]
June 17 - Air strikes in
Afghanistan on a suspected
Al Qaeda headquarters kill several militants as well as civilians including children.[40][41]
June 17 - At least 35 people die in
Kabul, Afghanistan, as the result of a bombing of a police bus.[42][43]
June 19 -
BBC News released an article on June 19, 2007, interviewing six villagers of
Asad Khyl in the north of Afghanistan where many homes had been destroyed by the Taliban in the civil war fought in the 1990s.[44] One of the villagers said that security in their village had "improved a bit" but that living conditions had not changed much. Another suggested that if the Taliban were invited to join a broad-based national government, there would be no need for foreign troops in the country at all. Another described Hamid Karzai as a puppet of the United States. Worsened corruption, poverty, and high inflation were also stated as key problems.[44]
June 29 - Between 50 and 80 civilians are killed by Air Strikes on the village of Hyderabad, in the Province of Hellmand in southern Afghanistan.[45][46][47][48]
July 10 - At least 17 civilians have been killed in a suicide bombing in Uruzgan Province, At least 30 people were wounded, including seven NATO troops.
July 21 - The
Taliban threatens to kill 18
South Koreans taken hostage in
Afghanistan, prompting the government in
Seoul to confirm an earlier plan to withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year. Separately, the Taliban claims that it has executed two
German hostages.[55][56][57] However, the
Afghan government disputes the claim, stating that one died of a heart attack and the other is still alive.[58]
July 25 - 8 of the 23
South Koreans held hostage by the
Taliban in Afghanistan are released, while one of the hostages is executed. The Taliban gives further warning that the remaining hostages will be killed.[60]
August 12 - A clash between
Taliban militants and
Afghan security forces in
Kandahar province results in nine militants dead with five police dying in a
bomb.[74]
August 16 - Eight civilians including a pregnant women and a baby died when
Polish soldiers shelled the village of Nangar Khel where a wedding celebration was taking place. Seven Polish soldiers have been charged with
war crimes for allegedly opened fire in revenge.
August 30 - Scores of Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the Afghanistan border, amid claims from pro-Taleban militants that they have kidnapped the troops.[86]
September 24 - Operators from C squadron SBS and the Italian SOF unit
Col Moschin rescued two Italian intelligence agents who were kidnapped by the Taliban in
Herat province near
Farah, they had been kidnapped 2 days before. Col Moschin parachuted onto a drop zone and marched overnight to surround the target compound, whilst the SBS were standing by in
Lynx and Chinook helicopters to provide cut off groups in-case the insurgents attempted to escape, whilst a US Predator drone supported the British and Italians. The insurgents brought the hostages out of the compound and loaded them into vehicles before the Italians were in position to rescue them, the SBS closed in on the vehicles: aerial snipers using M82A1 antimaterial rifles forced the vehicles to stop. A Chinook dropped off more than a dozen SBS operators who engaged the Taliban who were disembarking the vehicles, 8 Taliban insurgents were killed and the hostages rescued, however one died on gunshot wounds.[99][100][101]
October 8 - Australia suffers its first combat casualty in
Afghanistan following the explosion of a bomb in the southern province of
Orūzgān.
October 9 - The
United States Supreme Court dismisses the case of the German citizen
Khalid El-Masri who accuses the
CIA of abducting him to a secret prison in
Afghanistan where he claims he was tortured. The US government had argued that a public trial would reveal state secrets.[106]
October 22 -
Georgia and
Slovakia offer to send troops to support the Australian/Dutch taskforce in the south of the
Afghanistan as the Dutch government is under pressure to reduce troops.[109]
A
suicide bomber explodes a bomb outside a United States base in eastern
Afghanistan killing four Afghan soldiers and a civilian.[111]
Denmark deployed its
Leopard 2A5 DKs in support of operations in southern Afghanistan. The Danish tank unit, drawn from the first battalion of the Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoons Regiment),[112] was equipped with three tanks and one
M113 armoured personnel carrier, with an armoured recovery vehicle and another tank kept in reserve.[113]
November 10 - Six American forces serving under
NATO's International Security Assistance Force are killed in an
insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern
Afghanistan.[116]
December 5 - A suicide bomber rams a car into a minibus containing
Afghan soldiers on a highway south of
Kabul. Thirteen, including six Afghan soldiers, are killed in the incident.
January 31 - A terror plot has been foiled in the UK, where nine people have been arrested in
Birmingham under suspicion of planning the
kidnap and
filmed execution of a British Muslim soldier. The alleged plot intended to pressure Prime Minister
Tony Blair into withdrawing British troops from
Afghanistan and
Iraq.
February 14 - The foreign ministers of
China, India and
Russia meet in
New Delhi, India to discuss greater cooperation between the three Asian countries on issues including terrorism, drug trafficking and
Afghanistan.[3]
U.S. troops open fire after a
suicide bomb attack on a convoy and kill as many as 19 civilians and injured about 35 in the shootings on the main road linking
Jalalabad with the
Pakistan border. Local people protest at the soldiers' actions.[11]
March 13 - Spanish police arrest
Brian David Anderson, a Canadian citizen, in
Madrid, on behalf of the U.S. government, for allegedly engaging in fraud and funding a terrorist camp in
Afghanistan.[14]
A
Taliban attack on a
convoy carrying supplies to foreign troops in southern
Afghanistan kills 17 Afghan security guards and drivers.[16]
US Marines accused of shooting and killing civilians after a
suicide bombing in Afghanistan are under investigation and their unit has been shipped out of the country.
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.[23]
May 12 - After being tracked by the ISA and JSOC, operators from C squadron
Special Boat Service inserted by an RAF Chinook and killed the Taliban leader
Mullah Dadullah in Helmand province during a raid on a compound near Bahram Chah where his associates were meeting, 4 SBS operators were wounded.[32][33]
June 4 - A military judge dismisses terrorism-related charges against a Canadian
Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with killing a
United States Army soldier in Afghanistan.
June 12 -
Afghan officials claim that seven members of the Afghan police were killed by Coalition air forces in a
friendly fire incident.[39]
June 17 - Air strikes in
Afghanistan on a suspected
Al Qaeda headquarters kill several militants as well as civilians including children.[40][41]
June 17 - At least 35 people die in
Kabul, Afghanistan, as the result of a bombing of a police bus.[42][43]
June 19 -
BBC News released an article on June 19, 2007, interviewing six villagers of
Asad Khyl in the north of Afghanistan where many homes had been destroyed by the Taliban in the civil war fought in the 1990s.[44] One of the villagers said that security in their village had "improved a bit" but that living conditions had not changed much. Another suggested that if the Taliban were invited to join a broad-based national government, there would be no need for foreign troops in the country at all. Another described Hamid Karzai as a puppet of the United States. Worsened corruption, poverty, and high inflation were also stated as key problems.[44]
June 29 - Between 50 and 80 civilians are killed by Air Strikes on the village of Hyderabad, in the Province of Hellmand in southern Afghanistan.[45][46][47][48]
July 10 - At least 17 civilians have been killed in a suicide bombing in Uruzgan Province, At least 30 people were wounded, including seven NATO troops.
July 21 - The
Taliban threatens to kill 18
South Koreans taken hostage in
Afghanistan, prompting the government in
Seoul to confirm an earlier plan to withdraw its troops from the country by the end of the year. Separately, the Taliban claims that it has executed two
German hostages.[55][56][57] However, the
Afghan government disputes the claim, stating that one died of a heart attack and the other is still alive.[58]
July 25 - 8 of the 23
South Koreans held hostage by the
Taliban in Afghanistan are released, while one of the hostages is executed. The Taliban gives further warning that the remaining hostages will be killed.[60]
August 12 - A clash between
Taliban militants and
Afghan security forces in
Kandahar province results in nine militants dead with five police dying in a
bomb.[74]
August 16 - Eight civilians including a pregnant women and a baby died when
Polish soldiers shelled the village of Nangar Khel where a wedding celebration was taking place. Seven Polish soldiers have been charged with
war crimes for allegedly opened fire in revenge.
August 30 - Scores of Pakistani soldiers have gone missing near the Afghanistan border, amid claims from pro-Taleban militants that they have kidnapped the troops.[86]
September 24 - Operators from C squadron SBS and the Italian SOF unit
Col Moschin rescued two Italian intelligence agents who were kidnapped by the Taliban in
Herat province near
Farah, they had been kidnapped 2 days before. Col Moschin parachuted onto a drop zone and marched overnight to surround the target compound, whilst the SBS were standing by in
Lynx and Chinook helicopters to provide cut off groups in-case the insurgents attempted to escape, whilst a US Predator drone supported the British and Italians. The insurgents brought the hostages out of the compound and loaded them into vehicles before the Italians were in position to rescue them, the SBS closed in on the vehicles: aerial snipers using M82A1 antimaterial rifles forced the vehicles to stop. A Chinook dropped off more than a dozen SBS operators who engaged the Taliban who were disembarking the vehicles, 8 Taliban insurgents were killed and the hostages rescued, however one died on gunshot wounds.[99][100][101]
October 8 - Australia suffers its first combat casualty in
Afghanistan following the explosion of a bomb in the southern province of
Orūzgān.
October 9 - The
United States Supreme Court dismisses the case of the German citizen
Khalid El-Masri who accuses the
CIA of abducting him to a secret prison in
Afghanistan where he claims he was tortured. The US government had argued that a public trial would reveal state secrets.[106]
October 22 -
Georgia and
Slovakia offer to send troops to support the Australian/Dutch taskforce in the south of the
Afghanistan as the Dutch government is under pressure to reduce troops.[109]
A
suicide bomber explodes a bomb outside a United States base in eastern
Afghanistan killing four Afghan soldiers and a civilian.[111]
Denmark deployed its
Leopard 2A5 DKs in support of operations in southern Afghanistan. The Danish tank unit, drawn from the first battalion of the Jydske Dragonregiment (Jutland Dragoons Regiment),[112] was equipped with three tanks and one
M113 armoured personnel carrier, with an armoured recovery vehicle and another tank kept in reserve.[113]
November 10 - Six American forces serving under
NATO's International Security Assistance Force are killed in an
insurgent ambush while patrolling in eastern
Afghanistan.[116]
December 5 - A suicide bomber rams a car into a minibus containing
Afghan soldiers on a highway south of
Kabul. Thirteen, including six Afghan soldiers, are killed in the incident.