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1 May 2010

A planned terrorist attack on Times Square, New York is foiled. Faisal Shahzad, a PakistaniAmerican is arrested and later convicted for the plot. Shahzad was trained in a Pakistani terrorist camp. .



15 October 2010

The Kerry-Lugar bill was passed into law, which entailed the approval of granting US$ 7.5 billion of non-military aid.

28 October 2010

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade

Agreement is signed.

19-20 November 2010

NATO Summit held in Lisbon endorses the plan for a gradual, phased-out withdrawal from Afghanistan over five phases. The transition is to be completed by 31 December 2014.

4 January 2011

Punjab’s Governor Salman Taseer is assassinated over his opposition to Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws.

2 May 2011

Osama bin Laden is killed in Abbotabad, Pakistan when the US Special Forces raid his house. The incident proved to be a source of fresh tensions between Pakistan and the US.

22 May 2011

TTP attacks PNS Mehran, the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy’s Naval Air Arm.

17 July 2011

The transition of security from international forces to the ANSF officially begins with Bamiyan becoming the first province to be transferred to the ANSF.

13 September 2011

The Haqqani Network is blamed for being behind a 20-hour siege on the US Embassy in Kabul.

20 September 2011

Burhanuddin Rabbani, head of the Afghan High Peace Council, is killed in a suicide attack. Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls off peace talks with the Afghan Taliban claiming that talks should be held with Pakistan as they were the real masters of the group.

22 September 2011

Adm. Mike Mullen, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff claimed that the Haqqani Network is the ‘veritable arm’ of the ISI and accused Pakistan of exporting extremist violence into Afghanistan.

4 October 2011

During a visit to New Delhi, President Karzai signed the Strategic Partnership Agreement with India through which India committed to increase its military engagement with Afghanistan.

To be continued...