Timeline - War in Afghanistan (2001-present) - Backstory

From 7/19/2010 (52 days ago) - 7/25/2010 (46 days ago)
(7 day period - 253 grouped and future/spin-off stories) View the latest timeline >>

- Sentiment of this story during this period is positive with 54% being positive and 46% being negative with a neutral trend.

The sentiment of the story in the later half of this period is positive with 54% being positive and 46% being negative.

The sentiment of the story in the earlier half of this period is positive with 54% being positive and 46% being negative.

- The current 6 day period story count (65 stories) decreased -9.72% from the previous 6 day period (72 stories).

Dates with the most stories	# of stories	Story name
6/24/2010 (77 days ago)	42	Afghans relieved at choice of Gen. Petraeus Boston.com -- Latest news Afghan officials expressed relief at the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. and NATO commander, believing the U.S. strategy aimed at minimizing civilian casualties and bolstering the Afghan government would continue. Stanley McChrystal - David Petraeus - NATO - Afghanistan - Politics of Afghanistan
6/23/2010 (78 days ago)	53	US general in Afghan war at risk of losing his job Boston.com -- Latest news President Barack Obama rebuked his Afghanistan war commander for "poor judgment" Tuesday and considered whether to fire him in the most extraordinary airing of military-civilian tensions since Harry Truman stripped Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his command a half-century ago. Stanley McChrystal - Barack Obama - United States - War in Afghanistan - Afghanistan
6/22/2010 (79 days ago)	48	Top general in Afghan war: US envoy betrayed me Boston.com -- Latest news The top U.S. war commander in Afghanistan told an interviewer he felt betrayed by the man the White House chose to be his diplomatic partner, Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. Afghanistan - United States - War in Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban
2/15/2010 (206 days ago)	39	Pakistan, U.S. capture top Taliban commander StarTribune.com rss feed The Afghan insurgent leader, second only to Mullah Omar, was seized in Karachi and is being questioned by intelligence officials.
12/31/2009 (252 days ago)	44	CIA says 7 employees were killed in Afghan attack chron.com Chronicle
12/2/2009 (281 days ago)	89	Obama staying at home after his big Afghan speech Boston.com -- Latest news After his big Afghanistan war speech at West Point, President Barack Obama plans to be largely out of sight Wednesday at the White House.
12/1/2009 (282 days ago)	111	Obama to Urge Afghans ‘Into the Fight’ NYT > NYTimes.com Home President Obama plans to announce Tuesday that he will begin to move U.S. forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, the White House said.
11/30/2009 (283 days ago)	42	Obama holds war council to unveil Afghan plan Boston.com -- Latest news The White House spokesman says President Barack Obama held an unannounced meeting with members of his war council on Afghanistan in the Oval Office Sunday night.
11/19/2009 (294 days ago)	38	Obama says he is seeking 'endgame' to Afghan conflict washingtonpost.com - Politics BEIJING -- A week into an Asia trip that has made few dramatic headlines, President Obama on Wednesday told reporters that he would announce a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan "in the next several weeks" and defended his administration's efforts on reviving the economy, shutting down...
11/11/2009 (302 days ago)	50	Young Veterans Form New Posts as Old Chapters Just Fade Away (nytimes.com) Even as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars increase the eligible number, New York State’s Veterans of Foreign Wars roster shrinks.
11/2/2009 (311 days ago)	41	Official: Afghanistan cancels runoff election (msnbc.msn.com) Afghanistan's chief electoral officer announced Monday that this weekend's planned runoff election has been canceled.
10/28/2009 (316 days ago)	50	Afghan president's brother denies getting CIA pay (startribune.com) Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, on Wednesday denied reports that he has received regular payments from the CIA for much of the past eight years.
10/27/2009 (317 days ago)	65	Multiple bombings kill eight U.S. troops in Afghanistan (latimes.com) The attacks come less than two weeks before the runoff presidential election between Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah. At least 53 U.S. service members have been killed this month. Eight U.S. troops were killed today in multiple bombings in southern Afghanistan, the military said, making October the deadliest month for Americans of the eight-year war.
10/26/2009 (318 days ago)	51	U.S. Suffers Worst Afghan Toll in Years (wsj.com) A series of helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans in Afghanistan, and two troops died in battle, marking one of the deadliest days of the war for the U.S.
10/20/2009 (324 days ago)	42	Obama cites higher hope for Afghanistan democracy (boston.com) President Barack Obama on Tuesday applauded Afghan President Hamid Karzai for accepting election fraud findings that invalidated nearly a third of the votes cast for him in August.
10/19/2009 (325 days ago)	39	Inside war council: Are 40,000 troops enough? (cnn.com) There's an air of mystery hanging over President Obama's war council, which meets in secrecy yet again this week to discuss a new strategy for Afghanistan in the highly secure White House Situation Room.
10/8/2009 (336 days ago)	38	White House weighs Pakistan's role in winning war (boston.com) Recognizing the U.S. can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against al-Qaida without Pakistan's cooperation, President Barack Obama's war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the 8-year-old struggle in the region.
10/7/2009 (337 days ago)	49	Obama Meets Advisers Amid Afghan Policy Debate (nytimes.com) President Obama will confer with his national security team Wednesday on Afghanistan and Pakistan as he decides how to respond to a proposal for a major troop buildup.
10/6/2009 (338 days ago)	47	Afghan troop decision bedevils Obama (msnbc.msn.com) President Barack Obama will confer with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders on the Afghanistan war Tuesday as he faces increasing pressure to make a decision on U.S. troop numbers.
10/4/2009 (340 days ago)	39	Eight U.S. Soldiers Dead in Bold Attack in Afghanistan (nytimes.com) Groups of tribal militia attacked two American outposts in eastern Afghanistan, the military said, in the deadliest battle for U.S. troops in months.