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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• April 8th 2006 – May 20th 2006
• May 21st 2006 – June 23rd 2006
• June 24th 2006 – July 30th 2006
• July 30th 2006 – September 3rd 2006
• September 4th 2006 – September 30th 2006
• October 2nd 2006 – November 3rd 2006
• November 5th 2006 – December 23rd 2006
• December 26th 2006 – February 16th 2007
• February 17th 2007 – March 22nd 2007
• March 22nd 2007 – April 28th 2007
• April 28th 2007 – June 5th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – July 6th 2007
• July 6th 2007 – July 31st 2007
• August 1st 2007 – August 29th 2007
• August 29th 2007 – October 2nd 2007
• October 2nd 2007 – November 19th 2007
• November 20th 2007 – January 9th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – February 9th 2008
• February 10th 2008 – March 14th 2008
• March 17th 2008 – April 27th 2008
• April 29th 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 11th 2008 – July 11th 2008
• July 12th 2008 – August 8th 2008
• August 10th 2008 – September 9th 2008
• September 9th 2008 – October 9th 2008
• October 10th 2008 – November 5th 2008
• November 5th 2008 – December 11th 2008
• December 12th 2008 – January 15th 2009
• January 17th 2009 – February 16th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – March 9th 2009
• March 11th 2009 – April 1st 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – May 7th 2009
• May 8th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 29th 2009 – July 20th 2009
• July 20th 2009 – August 13th 2009
• August 13th 2009 – August 27th 2009
• August 27th 2009 – September 10th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 30th 2009 – October 19th 2009
• October 20th 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 4th 2009 – November 18th 2009
• November 18th 2009 – December 9th 2009
• December 11th 2009 – December 27th 2009

Afghanistan: news

Afghan judges' bodies discovered

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 6:54
related places: Ghazni

The bodies of four Afghan judges, who were kidnapped nearly a fortnight ago, are found in Ghazni province.
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Korea asks US for hostage help

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 9:57
related countries: North Korea, United States

Relatives of the South Korean hostages in Afghanistan make an emotional appeal to the US for help.
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Afghan hostage mission 'begins'

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 13:01
related countries: North Korea

Fighting erupts in the area where South Korean hostages are held, suggesting a mission has begun to free them.
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Afghans 'wounded in air strike'

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 21:35
related countries: United States

About 50 Afghan civilians are wounded in an airstrike by US-led forces on Taleban leaders in Helmand.
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'Troops killed' in Pakistan clash

Saturday, August 4th 2007, 5:09
related countries: Pakistan

Ten militants and four Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a shootout near the Afghan border, reports say.
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Karzai and Bush in Taleban talks

Monday, August 6th 2007, 3:40
related countries: North Korea, United States

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and US President Bush discuss how to tackle the continuing Taleban insurgency.
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Footballers missing in Denmark

Monday, August 6th 2007, 15:18
related countries: Denmark

Fourteen Africans and one Afghan taking part in a homeless football tournament go missing in Denmark.
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Russia cancels most Afghan debt

Monday, August 6th 2007, 16:27
related countries: Russia

Russia agrees to a deal that cancels 90% of Afghanistan's Soviet-era debt, worth about $10bn.
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Leaders vow 'an end to Taleban'

Monday, August 6th 2007, 23:46
related countries: North Korea, United States

The US and Afghan presidents say they will put an end to the Taleban, ruling out talks on South Korean hostages.
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Taleban in rare frontal assault

Tuesday, August 7th 2007, 16:07
related countries: United States

The US says its forces fended off a rare frontal attack on a base in Afghanistan, killing 20 Taleban rebels.
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Kabul prepares for 'peace jirga'

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 10:26
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kabul

Preparations are under way in Afghan capital Kabul for a 'peace council' of 700 representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Musharraf stays away from jirga

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 19:25
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistani President Musharraf pulls out of an Afghan-Pakistan "peace jirga" to discuss violence in the region.
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Unity call as Afghan jirga opens

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 14:32
related places: Kabul

Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells tribal leaders at a peace summit that unity with Pakistan will defeat militants.
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US in new Afghan anti-drug plan

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 16:55
related countries: United States

The US unveils a new strategy to fight Afghanistan's drugs trade, which supplies 90% of the world's opium.
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Afghan jirga mulls Taleban threat

Friday, August 10th 2007, 13:50

Delegates at a key Afghan peace forum differ on how to rid the country of Taleban and al-Qaeda insurgents.
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S Korea in Taleban hostage talks

Friday, August 10th 2007, 17:48
related countries: North Korea

South Korean officials and the Taleban start direct talks on the fate of 21 hostages, Afghan officials say.
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Taleban 'optimistic' over Koreans

Saturday, August 11th 2007, 13:06
related countries: North Korea

Afghan Taleban rebels say they are hopeful a deal can be agreed over the 21 Korean hostages they are holding.
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Confusion over Taleban releases

Sunday, August 12th 2007, 8:31
related countries: North Korea

Hopes that Taleban might free two South Korean hostages are dampened after reports of releases are denied.
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Musharraf in anti-Taleban pledge

Sunday, August 12th 2007, 13:10
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's leader addresses the "peace jirga" in Afghanistan and calls for the two nations to work together.
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Two South Koreans 'to be freed'

Monday, August 13th 2007, 12:09

An Afghan official says he expects two South Koreans being held by the Taleban to be freed on Monday.
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Taleban free S Korean pair

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 1:45
related countries: North Korea

The Taleban free two South Korean hostages abducted last month in Afghanistan, officials confirm.
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Iran leader denies arms supplies

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 13:34
related countries: Iran
related places: Kabul

Iran's President Ahmadinejad denies on a visit to Kabul that Iranian weapons are reaching the Taleban.
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First Pole killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 22:29
related countries: Poland

Polish troops in Afghanistan suffer their first fatality since joining the Nato-led force there in March 2002.
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Germans die in Afghan road blast

Wednesday, August 15th 2007, 14:49
related countries: Germany
related places: Kabul

A blast kills three German nationals in a convoy on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials say.
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Afghan clashes 'hit Taleban hard'

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 15:46
related countries: United States

US and Afghan forces inflict heavy casualties on militants in an offensive near the Pakistani border, officials say.
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Energy key at Shanghai summit

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 19:54
related countries: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
related places: Bishkek

Leaders of China, Russia and Central Asia states agree on greater co-operation on energy and security.
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S Korean hostages arrive home

Friday, August 17th 2007, 6:11
related countries: North Korea

Two South Korean hostages held for almost a month by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan arrive home.
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Bomber kills Afghan district head

Friday, August 17th 2007, 9:05
related places: Kandahar

A senior official in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar is killed in a suicide bomb attack, police say.
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Suicide attack on Afghan US firm

Saturday, August 18th 2007, 7:50
related countries: United States
related places: Kandahar

At least 15 people die in a suicide attack on a US security firm in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province.
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German woman kidnapped in Kabul

Saturday, August 18th 2007, 21:44
related countries: France, Germany
related places: Kabul

A German aid worker is seized at gunpoint from a restaurant in Kabul, the first foreigner abducted in two years.
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UK troops 'winning Afghan fight'

Sunday, August 19th 2007, 9:52
related countries: United Kingdom

British troops are "stretched" but are winning the tactical battle in Afghanistan, General Sir Richard Dannatt says.
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Kidnapped German in Afghan video

Sunday, August 19th 2007, 14:00
related countries: Germany
related places: Kabul

Afghan TV stations broadcast a video appearing to show a German woman who was kidnapped in Kabul.
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Kidnapped German freed in Kabul

Monday, August 20th 2007, 12:11
related countries: Germany

A German woman kidnapped at gunpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul is released after a day in captivity.
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More Afghans 'to flee' conflict

Tuesday, August 21st 2007, 5:16

The United Nations warns that more and more Afghan civilians will be forced to flee their homes, if the conflict in Afghanistan continues.
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Afghan governor survives blast

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 18:11

The Taleban in Afghanistan assault a Nato base, injuring 11 foreign soldiers and killing two Afghans, officials say.
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Three dead in Afghan bomb

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 11:15

At least three people are killed in a bomb attack on a police convoy in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Guards killed in Afghan firefight

Friday, August 24th 2007, 1:36

Ten security guards are killed in a clash with Taleban fighters, and three civilians die in a car bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.
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'Friendly fire' kills UK soldiers

Friday, August 24th 2007, 18:58
related countries: United Kingdom

Three British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by what is believed to be "friendly fire" from a US fighter plane.
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Officer snatched in west Pakistan

Saturday, August 25th 2007, 10:33
related countries: Pakistan

A senior Pakistani paramilitary officer is abducted along with three others near the Afghan border, officials say.
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New Tajik-Afghan bridge opens

Sunday, August 26th 2007, 9:28
related countries: United States

Afghan and Tajik leaders open a new bridge built by the US to link the two countries across River Panj.
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Afghan women-run stores open

Monday, August 27th 2007, 8:00
related places: Mazar

The women's affairs department in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif has launched a scheme to help women set up their own retail businesses.
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Afghanistan opium at record high

Monday, August 27th 2007, 14:50

Opium production in Afghanistan soars by more than a third to record levels, a UN report says.
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Pakistan raid was 'not approved'

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 9:21
related countries: Pakistan, United States

The US-led coalition in Afghanistan admits it did not have permission to attack Taleban suspects in Pakistan.
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Taleban 'agree to free Koreans'

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 15:52
related countries: South Korea

The Taleban say they have agreed to free 19 South Korean hostages being held in Afghanistan.
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Afghan suicide bomber 'kills six'

Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 12:11
related countries: United States
related places: Sunday

A suicide bomber kills six people at a market in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, officials say.
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