The following lists events that happened during 2006 in Afghanistan. See also: Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006, and Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present). Incumbents President: Hamid Karzai First Vice President: Ahmad Zia Massoud Second Vice President: Karim Khalili Chief Justice: Faisal Ahmad Shinwari then Abdul Salam Azimi January In 2006, the U.S. Foreign Policy magazine and the U.S.-based "Fund for Peace" think-tank ranked Afghanistan in 10th place on their "failed state index". The authors said their index was based on "tens of thousands of articles" from various sources that they had gathered over several months in 2005. The score was based on 12 criteria that included: "uneven economic development along group lines", "legacy of vengeance – seeking group grievance", "widespread violation of human rights", "rise of factionalised elites", and "intervention of other states or external actors". January 13: Damadola airstrike by US in Pakistan. February February 1: The Afghanistan Compact is developed, establishing a framework of international cooperation with Afghanistan. March March 6 - In 2006, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told President Bush that Pakistan had to deal with a total of over 30,000 fighters crossing from Afghanistan to Pakistan. He also said Pakistan had more soldiers near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, even when ISAF and Afghan forces in the border region are combined. March 29: Battle of Lashkagar. Taliban fighters attack a NATO base. April The 2006 Dutch/Australian Offensive began in late April and lasted until July 16. It was one of the largest offensives launched by the coalition in 2006 and resulted in over 300 Taliban fighters killed and the capture of the Chora Valley as well as the Baluchi areas. May May 15: Operation Mountain Thrust is launched, the largest offensive since the fall of the Taliban. May 29: According to American website The Spokesman-Review Afghanistan faced "a mounting threat from armed Taliban fighters in the countryside," a US military truck that was part of a convoy in Kabul lost control and plowed into twelve civilian vehicles, killing one and injuring six people. The surrounding crowd got angry and a riot arose, lasting all day ending with 20 dead and 160 injured. When stone-throwing and gunfire had come from a crowd of some 400 men, the US troops had used their weapons "to defend themselves" while leaving the scene, a US military spokesman said. A correspondent for the Financial Times in Kabul suggested that