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.
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Afghanistan: news
Afghan forces arrest Haqqani leaders
Thursday, October 16th 2014, 12:06Two senior leaders of the Haqqani militant network have been captured by Afghan security forces, intelligence officials say.
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Afghan first lady moves into the limelight
Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 6:44Afghan first lady moves into the limelight
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Taliban 'kill 22' in mountain ambush
Monday, October 13th 2014, 14:22related places: Kabul
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan kill at least 22 security force members in an ambush in Sar-e-Pol province north of Kabul, officials say.
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Five Afghan men hanged for rape
Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 14:08Five Afghan men are executed at a prison near Kabul for gang-raping four women in a case that sparked national outrage.
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Plea to stop Afghan rape executions
Tuesday, October 7th 2014, 17:59Human rights groups urge the new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to intervene to stop the execution of five convicted rapists.
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Afghan notebook: Kabul glitterati
Tuesday, October 7th 2014, 0:18related places: Kabul
Getting the red carpet treatment in the Afghan capital
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PM: Troops face generational battle
Friday, October 3rd 2014, 12:55related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: Kabul
David Cameron tells troops in Afghanistan they are facing the "struggle of our generation" against Islamist extremism, during a visit to Camp Bastion.
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Taliban kill three in Kabul attack
Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 15:46related places: Kabul
At least three people are killed when a Taliban suicide bomber attacks an Afghan army bus in Kabul, the fourth such attack since Monday.
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New Afghan leader reopens bank case
Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 17:48Afghanistan's new President, Ashraf Ghani, says he is resuming the investigation into a banking fraud, said to be one of the largest in the world.
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Afghan troops killed in Kabul attack
Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 5:01related places: Kabul
At least seven Afghan soldiers are killed in a suicide bomb attack targeting a bus carrying troops in the capital, Kabul.
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Afghans sign deal to keep US troops
Tuesday, September 30th 2014, 18:32related countries:
United StatesThe new Afghan government signs a security deal with American officials that will allow US troops to remain in the country beyond 2014.
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VIDEO: Ghani inaugurated as Afghan president
Monday, September 29th 2014, 13:01related places: Kabul
Afghanistan's new president, Ashraf Ghani, is sworn in at a ceremony in Kabul.
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Ghani sworn in as Afghan president
Monday, September 29th 2014, 12:55related places: Kabul
Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as Afghanistan's new president under a unity deal with his rival, ending months of deadlock over a disputed election.
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VIDEO: New Afghan president to take office
Monday, September 29th 2014, 3:17Afghanistan's new government takes office on Monday, almost six months after the country's election process began.
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Five worries for Afghanistan's new leader
Sunday, September 28th 2014, 23:10Defiant Taliban, fragile unity deal - worries for new Afghan leader
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Taliban seize key Afghan district
Friday, September 26th 2014, 8:59related places: Ghazni
Taliban fighters seize control of a strategic district in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, officials say, after a week of fierce battle.
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Afghan man 'cut off wife's nose'
Thursday, September 25th 2014, 15:41Police in central Afghanistan are searching for a man who allegedly cut off part of his wife's nose with a kitchen knife
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Karzai warns successors beware of US
Tuesday, September 23rd 2014, 15:59related countries:
United StatesOutgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai uses his last speech in office to warn the new government to beware of the United States.
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Ghani praises Afghan vote deal
Monday, September 22nd 2014, 17:41Afghanistan's President-elect Ashraf Ghani hails the "first democratic transfer of power" as a "big victory" that may secure peace.
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Missing Afghans found at US border
Monday, September 22nd 2014, 17:31related countries:
United StatesThree Afghan soldiers who went missing after a military exercise have been found, US media reports
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VIDEO: Ghani on becoming Afghan president
Monday, September 22nd 2014, 12:28Ashraf Ghani has said people in Afghanistan "demonstrated a remarkable will for wanting transformation" during this election.
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US hopes for Afghan security pact
Monday, September 22nd 2014, 0:36related countries:
United StatesUS Secretary of State John Kerry says he hopes a key bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan can be signed before the end of the month.
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What the Afghan power-sharing deal means
Sunday, September 21st 2014, 22:57What the Afghan power-sharing deal means
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Afghan contenders sign unity deal
Sunday, September 21st 2014, 14:25A deal to form a unity government in Afghanistan has been signed at a televised ceremony in Kabul, ending months of political wrangling.
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Nato troops killed in Kabul bombing
Tuesday, September 16th 2014, 14:43related places: Kabul
A Taliban suicide car bomber attacks a foreign military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing three Nato personnel and injuring at least 16 civilians.
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Afghan rape death sentences upheld
Monday, September 15th 2014, 15:39An Afghan court upholds the death sentences for five men convicted of gang raping four women, in a case which has sparked national outrage.
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Afghans 'killed by Nato airstrike'
Wednesday, September 10th 2014, 14:25At least 11 Afghan civilians are killed and 16 injured in a Nato airstrike in the eastern province of Kunar, local security officials tell the BBC.
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Iran arrests 'fighters bound for IS'
Monday, September 8th 2014, 18:26related countries:
Iraq, 
Pakistan, 
SyriaIran says it has arrested Afghan and Pakistani citizens who were trying to join Islamic State jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq.
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Death sentences after Afghan rapes
Sunday, September 7th 2014, 20:54Seven Afghan men are sentenced to death following a gang rape case that has sparked national outrage.
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Afghan election audit completed
Friday, September 5th 2014, 10:30An audit of votes from Afghanistan's disputed presidential poll has been completed, officials say, but results will not be made public for days.
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Taliban hit Afghan official complex
Thursday, September 4th 2014, 9:34related places: Ghazni
Taliban militants attack an Afghan government compound in the eastern town of Ghazni, killing at least 10 people, officials say.
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VIDEO: Fake suicide bomber trains Afghan army
Wednesday, September 3rd 2014, 8:36Nato will be asked to pay over $5 billion dollars a year to help fund the country's armed forces
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Viewpoint: How to make Afghan army sustainable
Tuesday, September 2nd 2014, 21:11Nato's role in making the Afghan army sustainable
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Afghan militants 'may join IS'
Tuesday, September 2nd 2014, 11:15Fighters from a militant Islamic group in Afghanistan, allied to the Taliban, tell the BBC they are considering joining forces with Islamic State.
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Arrests over Afghan child marriage
Tuesday, September 2nd 2014, 10:51The parents of an eight-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy are arrested on charges of arranging their under-age marriage in northern Afghanistan.
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Historic Afghan minaret 'threatened'
Thursday, August 28th 2014, 15:21One of Afghanistan's architectural marvels, the minaret of Jam in Ghor province, is in danger of collapse, officials tell the BBC.
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VIDEO: Afghan election audit restarts
Wednesday, August 27th 2014, 22:35An audit of votes from Afghanistan's disputed presidential election restarts, but without observers from the camps of either candidate.
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Afghan election audit restarts
Wednesday, August 27th 2014, 16:57An audit of votes from Afghanistan's disputed presidential election restarts, but without observers from the camps of either candidate.
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VIDEO: Afghan women get US fashion education
Monday, August 25th 2014, 23:28related countries:
United StatesUS female entrepreneur helps her Afghan counterpart
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Afghan vote crisis 'costing billions'
Monday, August 25th 2014, 9:02Afghanistan's finance minister says the deadlock over the disputed presidential election has cost the economy $5bn.
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VIDEO: Afghan economy hit by political crisis
Monday, August 25th 2014, 7:46Afghanistan's finance minister says the country's political crisis is having a serious impact on an already fragile economy.
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Men remanded after container death
Saturday, August 23rd 2014, 12:46Two lorry drivers from Northern Ireland are remanded in custody following the death of an Afghan migrant found in a container at Tilbury docks in Essex.
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VIDEO: Afghanistan poll recount under way
Saturday, August 23rd 2014, 2:10David Loyn looks at how votes are being checked in the wake of Afghanistan's disputed presidential election.
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VIDEO: Afghan stowaways seeking UK asylum
Monday, August 18th 2014, 22:02related countries:
United KingdomA group of people from Afghanistan rescued from a shipping container in Essex are claiming asylum in the UK, the Home Office has said.
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Ship stowaways included 13 children
Sunday, August 17th 2014, 19:02Thirteen children aged as young as one were among the 35 Afghan Sikh immigrants found in a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex, police say.
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VIDEO: Afghan Romeo and Juliet 'live in fear'
Monday, August 11th 2014, 12:27A young Afghan couple - who faced prejudice, threats and even jail after falling in love - are now finally married and living together.
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US rebuked over Afghan death probes
Monday, August 11th 2014, 12:00related countries:
United StatesThe US is accused by a new Amnesty International report of failing to properly investigate the deaths of Afghan civilians blamed on their forces.
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Afghan rivals differ on unity deal
Saturday, August 9th 2014, 14:39Afghan rivals differ on power-sharing deal
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VIDEO: National unity deal for Afghan rivals
Friday, August 8th 2014, 21:13Afghan presidential rivals, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, agree to form a united government. after months of feuding.
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Afghans sign unity government deal
Friday, August 8th 2014, 13:35Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates sign a deal to form a national unity government after weeks of feuding.
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Kerry arrives for Afghan unity talks
Thursday, August 7th 2014, 17:19related countries:
United StatesUS Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to discuss a vote audit after the disputed election and hopes for a unity government.
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Body of killed US general returns
Thursday, August 7th 2014, 16:57related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Delaware
The body of Major General Harold Greene, who was killed by an Afghan soldier, arrives at an air base in Delaware in a military ceremony.
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Bergdahl questioned over capture
Wednesday, August 6th 2014, 14:13Sgt Bowe Bergdahl is being questioned by the lead Army investigator over the circumstances of his disappearance from a base in Afghanistan in 2009.
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US general killed by Afghan soldier
Wednesday, August 6th 2014, 0:31related countries:
United Kingdom, United Statesrelated places: Kabul
A US general is killed and 15 others are injured when an Afghan soldier opens fire at a military academy near Kabul, officials say.
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Afghan soldier attacks Nato troops
Tuesday, August 5th 2014, 14:48related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: Kabul
A man in Afghan military uniform opens fire at a British-run military academy near Kabul, killing one soldier and wounding at least 14, officials say.
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Huge Afghan vote audit resumes
Monday, August 4th 2014, 14:33A huge operation to check eight million votes in the disputed Afghan election resumes as both candidates back the process, after a row over alleged fraud.
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Afghan vote fraud claim after 'leak'
Monday, August 4th 2014, 0:03One of Afghanistan's presidential candidates has aired a tape that he says is proof of a plan to to fix the election in favour of his rival.
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Afghan election recount stalls again
Saturday, August 2nd 2014, 12:54The recount of votes in Afghanistan's presidential election comes to a halt amid a dispute over which votes to discard.
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Kenyan unity lessons for Afghan rivals
Friday, August 1st 2014, 0:32related countries:
KenyaRaila Odinga's advice to feuding Afghan rivals
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Cartoonist's view of war and peace in Afghanistan
Sunday, July 27th 2014, 23:44A cartoonist's view of war and peace in Afghanistan
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Fifteen killed in Afghan bus attack
Friday, July 25th 2014, 8:50Suspected Taliban gunmen kill 15 bus passengers from the minority Hazara community in the central Afghan province of Ghor, officials say.
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Aid workers shot dead in Herat
Thursday, July 24th 2014, 13:01related countries:
Finlandrelated places: Herat
Gunmen in Afghanistan shoot dead two Finnish women working with an international Christian charity in the western city of Herat.
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Awesome scale of auditing every Afghan vote
Thursday, July 24th 2014, 6:19Race against time to audit every Afghan vote
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'Foreigners' killed in Kabul attack
Tuesday, July 22nd 2014, 8:50related places: Kabul
A suicide bomber outside Kabul airport kills at least one Afghan and at least three foreign security guards, officials say.
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Medal of Honor for Afghanistan hero
Monday, July 21st 2014, 22:47President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to a soldier who single-handedly fended off a Taliban attack after his comrades were killed or relocated.
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Afghanistan election audit suspended
Sunday, July 20th 2014, 9:37Afghanistan's election commission suspends an audit of votes from June's hotly-disputed presidential run-off because of a "misunderstanding".
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Kabul airport Taliban attack over
Thursday, July 17th 2014, 9:13related places: Kabul
An attack by Taliban militants near Kabul international airport is brought under control hours after it began, Afghan officials say.
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VIDEO: Kabul airport attacked by gunmen
Thursday, July 17th 2014, 6:51related places: Kabul
A fierce gunfight between Afghan police units and Taliban insurgents who attacked Kabul International Airport has ended.
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Questions remain ahead of Afghan election audit
Wednesday, July 16th 2014, 21:07Will deal unravel as Afghan vote audit begins?
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Bergdahl retains civilian lawyer
Wednesday, July 16th 2014, 18:03Ex-Taliban captive Sgt Bowe Bergdahl retains his lawyer amid an ongoing Army investigation into his 2009 disappearance from a base in Afghanistan.
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VIDEO: 'Entire families' hit by Afghan bomb
Tuesday, July 15th 2014, 22:22At least 89 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack at a busy market in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province, local officials say.
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Afghan market bomb attack kills 89
Tuesday, July 15th 2014, 15:26A suicide bomb attack at a market in eastern Afghanistan kills 89 people, officials say, hours after the president's media team is attacked in Kabul.
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VIDEO: Afghan candidates agree vote audit
Sunday, July 13th 2014, 14:58Afghanistan's two presidential election candidates have agreed to an audit in an attempt to resolve a dispute over the result of last month's vote.
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Afghan notebook: Anxious wait
Sunday, July 13th 2014, 0:33Afghans pay the price for election stalemate
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