News: Afghanistan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Afghanistan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Afghanistan – overview

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• November 27th 2009 – November 12th 2009
• November 12th 2009 – October 27th 2009
• October 27th 2009 – October 9th 2009
• October 9th 2009 – September 21st 2009
• September 21st 2009 – September 7th 2009
• September 6th 2009 – August 20th 2009
• August 20th 2009 – August 3rd 2009
• August 2nd 2009 – July 12th 2009
• July 12th 2009 – June 20th 2009
• June 20th 2009 – May 1st 2009
• May 1st 2009 – March 28th 2009
• March 27th 2009 – March 4th 2009
• March 4th 2009 – February 11th 2009
• February 11th 2009 – January 7th 2009
• January 6th 2009 – December 4th 2008
• December 4th 2008 – November 1st 2008
• November 1st 2008 – October 5th 2008
• October 4th 2008 – September 8th 2008
• September 7th 2008 – August 5th 2008
• August 2nd 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 7th 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 10th 2008 – April 26th 2008
• April 25th 2008 – March 14th 2008
• March 13th 2008 – February 10th 2008
• February 9th 2008 – January 11th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – November 22nd 2007
• November 20th 2007 – October 6th 2007
• October 5th 2007 – August 31st 2007
• August 30th 2007 – August 6th 2007
• August 4th 2007 – July 11th 2007
• July 10th 2007 – June 12th 2007
• June 11th 2007 – May 4th 2007
• May 3rd 2007 – April 1st 2007
• March 28th 2007 – February 23rd 2007
• February 23rd 2007 – January 15th 2007
• January 12th 2007 – November 18th 2006
• November 18th 2006 – October 10th 2006
• October 10th 2006 – September 11th 2006
• September 10th 2006 – August 8th 2006
• August 7th 2006 – July 5th 2006
• July 5th 2006 – June 4th 2006
• June 3rd 2006 – April 24th 2006
• April 22nd 2006 – March 20th 2006
• March 18th 2006 – February 2nd 2006
• February 1st 2006 – December 5th 2005
• December 5th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Afghanistan: news

German minister resigns over raid

Friday, November 27th 2009, 13:25
related countries: Germany

Germany's Labour Minister Jung resigns amid allegations of a cover-up relating to a deadly Nato air strike in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan warns US on Afghan plan

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 18:00
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Pakistan has warned the US that sending more soldiers to Afghanistan could destabilise its southwest border region.
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Afghan raid: German general quits

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 12:24
related countries: Germany

Germany's top soldier resigns over allegations of a cover-up related to a Nato air strike in Afghanistan that killed civilians.
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US sets date for Afghan decision

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 23:04
related countries: United States
related places: White House

President Obama will make his long-awaited announcement on US strategy in Afghanistan next Tuesday, the White House says.
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Obama seeks Afghanistan closure

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 20:01
related countries: United States

Barack Obama pledges to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and says he will announce a decision on sending more US troops "shortly".
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Mardell's America

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 17:33

Decision time for Obama on Afghanistan troops
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Afghanistan: An unholy madness?

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 14:26

Hugh Sykes reports on the deeply complex political puzzle that poverty-stricken Afghanistan is facing.
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Dutch dilemma

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 8:20
related countries: Netherlands

Debate over the Netherlands' troops in Afghanistan
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US Afghan decision 'within days'

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 8:17
related countries: United States

The US president will announce his decision on whether to deploy more US troops to Afghanistan "within days", aides say.
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Seven soldiers die in Afghanistan

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 4:34
related countries: United States

Four US servicemen and three Afghan soldiers die in Afghanistan, as President Obama continues talks on troop levels.
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Afghan ministers accused of graft

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 20:12

Two Afghan cabinet ministers and 15 former ministers are being investigated for alleged corruption, justice officials say.
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Indian PM Singh begins US visit

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 4:47
related countries: India, United States

Indian PM Manmohan Singh begins a visit to the US for talks expected to be dominated by Afghanistan and nuclear issues.
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Clashes at Australia refugee camp

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 2:00
related countries: Australia, Christmas Island, Sri Lanka

Clashes erupt between Sri Lankan and Afghan refugees at Australia's Christmas Island immigration centre.
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Kabul capital

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 0:51

Real estate prices go through the roof in Afghanistan
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US sets marker on Afghan corruption

Saturday, November 21st 2009, 1:57
related countries: United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says foreign aid donors must use their influence to tackle corruption in Afghanistan.
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Coaxing Karzai

Friday, November 20th 2009, 21:32

Will Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?
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Afghan ex-warlord escapes attack

Friday, November 20th 2009, 14:18

MP and former Afghan warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in which five bodyguards die.
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Afghan leader 'must show results'

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 18:59

Western leaders urge Hamid Karzai to make concrete gains, as he is sworn in for a second term as Afghanistan's president.
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Karzai sets Afghan forces target

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 17:24
related countries: United States

President Karzai says he wants Afghan forces in charge within five years, as he is sworn in for a second term amid fresh violence.
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Canada hears of Afghan 'torture'

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 4:48
related countries: Canada

A Canadian diplomat says many Afghan detainees captured by Canadian forces in 2006 and 2007 are likely to have been tortured.
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On the take

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 16:33

How corruption permeates life in Afghanistan
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Obama 'close' to Afghan decision

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 13:06
related countries: United States

Barack Obama says he is "close" to a decision on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and will announce it within "weeks".
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Soviet lessons

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 6:26

Echoes for Nato in the Soviet exit from Afghanistan
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Afghans 'blame poverty for war'

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 1:23

Poverty and unemployment are seen as the main factors fuelling conflict in Afghanistan, according to a survey in that country.
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Afghanistan 'not war without end'

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 20:17
related countries: United Kingdom

Afghanistan is "not a war without end" but Nato cannot leave a vacuum for the Taliban to fill, Britain's foreign secretary says.
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Taliban leader 'flees Pakistan'

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 14:54
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Swat, Taliban

One of the most wanted Taliban leaders in Pakistan says he has escaped to Afghanistan and is planning new attacks.
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War-torn nations 'most corrupt'

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 10:02
related countries: Iraq

War-torn nations, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, remain the world's most corrupt, Transparency International says.
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UK plans Afghan handover talks

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 9:26
related countries: United Kingdom

British PM Gordon Brown plans to hold talks in London to discuss a timetable for the handover of power in Afghanistan.
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Afghan force to fight corruption

Monday, November 16th 2009, 17:33

Afghan officials launch a force tasked with fighting corruption, amid increasing Western pressure for the problem to be tackled.
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Afghan market attack 'kills 10'

Monday, November 16th 2009, 16:38

At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in a rocket attack on a market in north-east Afghanistan, officials say.
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Afghan migrants held in Indonesia

Monday, November 16th 2009, 6:55
related countries: Australia, Indonesia

Police on the Indonesian island of Java detain about 40 Afghan migrants about to board a boat heading for Australia.
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US demands Afghan 'bribery court'

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 16:14
related countries: United States

Afghan President Hamid Karzai must set up major bodies to fight crime and corruption, the US secretary of state says.
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Afghan plans

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 1:53
related countries: United States

Where do the key US players stand on troop numbers?
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Afghan corruption probe announced

Friday, November 13th 2009, 13:40

Afghanistan's chief prosecutor reveals he has a list of senior officials and ministers suspected of taking bribes.
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Brown hopeful over Afghan boost

Friday, November 13th 2009, 10:21

Gordon Brown says he is hopeful he will be able to persuade allies to send more military personnel to Afghanistan.
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Explosion at Nato base in Kabul

Friday, November 13th 2009, 10:08
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomber has struck a Nato base in the Afghan capital, injuring three Western soldiers and three Afghan civilians.
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Way ahead?

Friday, November 13th 2009, 8:07
related countries: United Kingdom

UK suggests new plans for Afghan reconciliation
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UK to push for more Afghan troops

Friday, November 13th 2009, 5:35
related countries: United Kingdom

The British government will try to persuade its allies in Afghanistan to provide 5,000 more military personnel for the conflict.
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US presses Karzai on corruption

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 17:21
related countries: United States

Hillary Clinton says Afghan President Karzai must combat corruption, as rifts emerge over plans for a US troop boost.
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Afghan options

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 17:09

Obama's troops alternatives under the microscope
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Roundabout story

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 17:03

Place where Afghan kings once took the nation's pulse
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US envoy opposed to Afghan surge

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 16:25
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The US ambassador in Kabul warns against sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in a dramatic intervention.
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In pictures

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 10:52

The players and rifts inside Obama's Afghan team
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Australian bomb dog lost in Afghan battle found months later

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 10:10
related countries: Aruba

An Australian bomb-sniffing dog turns up safe and well more than a year after disappearing in a battle in Afghanistan.
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