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 gunmen kill Indian diarist

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 14:31
related countries: India

An Indian woman, who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban, is shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected militants, police say.
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Shia mosque attacked in Kabul

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 5:52
related places: Kabul

At least two worshippers have been injured after two men armed with assault rifles and knives attacked a Shia mosque early on Thursday, officials say.
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UK general: Afghan forces effective

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 3:38
related countries: United Kingdom

Nato's second-in-command in Afghanistan, UK Gen John Lorimer, tells the BBC that local troops are an "effective force" despite rising casualties.
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VIDEO: Asylum seekers living in limbo

Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 4:57
related countries: Australia, Iran, Sri Lanka

Every year, thousands of asylum seekers leave Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Iran to make the dangerous and illegal journey across the sea to Australia.
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Afghan police held over child deaths

Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, 20:29

Eight policemen are arrested in northern Afghanistan, accused of killing six children when they fired rockets into a pond to catch fish.
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Taliban bombers attack US base

Monday, September 2nd 2013, 10:45
related countries: Pakistan, United States
related places: Taliban

Taliban militants attack a US base in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a lengthy gun battle in which three insurgents were killed.
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VIDEO: Afghan politics a 'man's world'

Sunday, September 1st 2013, 6:44

In Afghanistan, a female politician who escaped an assassination attempt in the south of the country says she fully intends to return to work.
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Afghanistan bank attack kills five

Saturday, August 31st 2013, 8:39
related places: Kandahar

A suicide bomber kills five people and injures around 20 outside a bank in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
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Australia military in Afghan probe

Friday, August 30th 2013, 8:48
related countries: Australia

Australia's military is investigating an incident in which troops allegedly mutilated an insurgent in Afghanistan, a media report says.
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Suicide blast kills Afghan official

Friday, August 30th 2013, 7:47

A suicide bomber has killed a district governor and six others at a memorial service in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, officials say.
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Karzai condemns Afghan attacks

Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 16:04
related places: Herat

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns the killing of 12 civilians in two separate attacks in Afghanistan.
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US soldier awarded Medal of Honor

Monday, August 26th 2013, 19:12
related countries: United States
related places: Honor

US President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to a soldier for heroism during an Afghan battle that lasted more than six hours.
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Karzai calls for Pakistan peace role

Monday, August 26th 2013, 15:07
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Islamabad, Taliban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges Pakistan "to facilitate peace talks" between his country and the Taliban during a brief visit to Islamabad.
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Afghan massacre soldier given life

Friday, August 23rd 2013, 20:50
related countries: United States

Robert Bales, the US soldier who murdered 16 Afghan villagers last year, is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Afghan massacre US soldier 'sorry'

Thursday, August 22nd 2013, 20:44
related countries: United States

Robert Bales, the US soldier who killed 16 Afghan villagers, apologises for the "act of cowardice" as he makes his case for release one day.
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Afghan massacre victim eyes killer

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 23:45
related countries: United States

A US soldier who killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan is confronted by one of the survivors, as his sentencing hears graphic details of the massacre.
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VIDEO: Circus school brings hope to young Afghans

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 20:24

A charity in Afghanistan is teaching young boys and girls traumatised by years of conflict circus skills to help them develop a sense of confidence and learn the value of teamwork.
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VIDEO: Afghans celebrate football victory

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 17:37
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kabul, There

There have been joyous scenes in Kabul after Afghanistan's footballers beat Pakistan 3-0 in a friendly match - the first international game played in the capital for a decade.
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Afghan footballers defeat Pakistan

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 16:26
related countries: Pakistan

Afghanistan's footballers beat Pakistan 3-0 in a friendly match - the first international to be held in Kabul in a decade.
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VIDEO: Football fever at Afghan match

Tuesday, August 20th 2013, 15:15
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kabul

Afghanistan's footballers have triumphed over Pakistan 3-0 in a friendly match, the first international game played in Kabul in a decade.
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Attack on Afghanistan camp kills 10

Saturday, August 17th 2013, 9:43

Nine building contractors and a policeman have been killed by insurgents in an attack on a camp in western Afghanistan, officials say.
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No 10 lobbied on Afghan interpreters

Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 11:32
related countries: United Kingdom

Campaigners deliver a petition to Downing Street calling for Afghan interpreters who work with UK forces to be allowed to settle in Britain.
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Woman MP abducted in Afghanistan

Wednesday, August 14th 2013, 1:10
related places: Kabul

The Taliban have kidnapped a female Afghan MP as she and her children were travelling in a rural area south of the capital Kabul, the authorities say.
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VIDEO: Afghanistan flash floods kill 22

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 17:41
related places: Kabul

Flash floods in Afghanistan's Kabul province have killed 22 people, according to officials.
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Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 14:46

Three Nato soldiers have been killed in an attack by insurgents in the Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Deadly flash floods hit Afghanistan

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 13:33
related places: Kabul

Flooding following a weekend of heavy rains kills 22 people in Afghanistan's Kabul province, many of them women and children, officials say.
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Bomb kills Afghan cemetery visitors

Thursday, August 8th 2013, 14:00

A bomb kills 12 women and two children in eastern Afghanistan as they visit a grave on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
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Taliban leader vows no power grab

Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 10:03

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar says that his fighters will not seek to monopolise power when foreign troops withdraw next year.
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VIDEO: Flood death toll rises in South Asia

Tuesday, August 6th 2013, 6:32
related countries: Pakistan

Torrential monsoons across eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan have killed at least 100 people, and destroyed hundreds of homes.
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VIDEO: South Asia flood death toll rises

Monday, August 5th 2013, 11:25
related countries: Pakistan

Torrential monsoon rains across eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan have killed at least 100 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.
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Afghan market blast 'kills four'

Monday, August 5th 2013, 10:08
related places: Kandahar

Afghan officials say at least four people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion at a market in the city of Kandahar.
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Dozens die in S Asia monsoon floods

Sunday, August 4th 2013, 16:46
related countries: Pakistan

A storm system brings torrential rain to eastern Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan, causing floods which have killed at least 80 people.
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Afghan attack targets Indian mission

Saturday, August 3rd 2013, 12:58
related countries: India
related places: Jalalabad

Suicide bombers target the Indian consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least nine civilians, police say.
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VIDEO: The woman flying high in Afghanistan

Friday, August 2nd 2013, 22:48

The first female aeroplane pilot in Afghanistan has qualified as the country boosts its military forces, including a new Air Force.
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Nato probes Afghan police deaths

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 15:58

An investigation is launched by Nato into the deaths of at least five Afghan policemen mistakenly killed in an airstrike in the east of the country.
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Wikileaks 'strained' US-Afghan ties

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 1:10
related countries: United States

The Wikileaks disclosures strained US-Afghan ties, a retired US Army general says at the sentencing hearing of Pte First Class Bradley Manning.
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VIDEO: The Afghans too scared to go outside

Wednesday, July 31st 2013, 16:56

The United Nations has reported an increase in the number of Afghan civilian deaths this year, compared with the same period last year.
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Bird hunters 'emptying Afghan skies'

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 0:38

Why Afghanistan may soon have little left to catch
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VIDEO: Afghan birds at risk from hunters

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 0:33

Large numbers of migratory birds are being killed in Afghanistan every year as more people take up the centuries-old pastime of bird-hunting, environmentalists have warned.
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NZ denies helping US spy on reporter

Monday, July 29th 2013, 15:45
related countries: New Zealand, United States

New Zealand officials deny a report that its military conspired with US spy agencies to monitor a freelance journalist in Afghanistan.
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UK soldiers assist Afghan operation

Sunday, July 28th 2013, 12:38
related countries: United Kingdom

British soldiers return to an area of Afghanistan they defended until 2010 to assist Afghan troops fighting Taliban insurgents.
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Why are Afghans afraid of 2014?

Thursday, July 25th 2013, 5:42

Gloom, helplessness, uncertainty grip Afghanistan
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Isaf soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, July 23rd 2013, 9:58

Three members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force are killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, the force says.
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Afghan MPs vote to sack minister

Monday, July 22nd 2013, 15:12

Afghanistan's parliament votes to replace Interior Minister Mujtaba Patang, accusing him of failing to tackle insecurity.
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Eight Afghan labourers shot dead

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 6:57
related countries: United States

Eight Afghan labourers who were on their way to work at a US military base in Logar province are shot dead, local officials say.
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VIDEO: Afghan prosecutor shot by gunmen

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 22:23

The BBC's defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale has been to Kandahar Province - to speak to commanders on both sides of the conflict as attacks targeting people linked to the government continue
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The fears of a tortured Afghan child bride

Monday, July 15th 2013, 13:14

Afghan child bride dismayed as her torturers walk free
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Inquiry as Afghan escapes custody

Monday, July 15th 2013, 11:51

An investigation is launched after an Afghan soldier who was recently been jailed for firing on Nato troops manages to escape from custody.
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Soldier suicides exceed Afghan toll

Sunday, July 14th 2013, 7:15
related countries: United Kingdom

More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting in Afghanistan, the BBC's Panorama learns.
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UK packs up equipment in Afghanistan

Friday, July 12th 2013, 23:32
related countries: United Kingdom

The challenge of moving military equipment out of Helmand
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Nato soldier killed in Kandahar

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 17:24
related places: Kandahar

A Slovakian Nato soldier has been killed and six wounded in an "insider attack" at Kandahar airport, authorities in Bratislava say.
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Civilians killed in Afghan bombing

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 15:43

At least 17 people including women and children are killed by a roadside bomb in in western Afghanistan, officials tell the BBC.
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VIDEO: What prospects for peace in Afghanistan?

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 15:27

Jonathan Beale speaks to Nato and Taliban commanders in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, about the prospects for reconciliation.
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Afghan suicide blast 'kills 12'

Friday, July 5th 2013, 12:30

At least 12 people are killed, mostly policemen, in a suicide attack at a police station in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, officials say.
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Top Afghanistan policewoman killed

Thursday, July 4th 2013, 12:12

A top female police officer, Lt Islam Bibi, is shot dead in Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials say.
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VIDEO: Pakistan 'could end Afghan conflict'

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 9:33
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Taliban

The head of the Afghan army tells BBC HARDtalk fighting in Afghanistan could be stopped "in weeks" if Pakistan told the Taliban to end the insurgency.
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Where does Nato go post-Afghanistan?

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 8:56

Nato commander discusses the alliance's future post-Afghanistan
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Pakistan 'could end Afghan conflict'

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013, 1:07
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Taliban

Fighting in Afghanistan could be stopped in weeks if Pakistan told the Taliban to end the insurgency, the head of the Afghan army tells the BBC.
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Scot dies in Afghan suicide bombing

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 18:04
related places: Kabul

Security worker Mark Duffus, 41, is among seven killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul base of a logistics firm supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan.
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Suicide attack on Kabul supply firm

Tuesday, July 2nd 2013, 6:14
related places: Kabul

Insurgents kill at least seven people in a suicide attack on the Kabul base of a logistics firm supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan.
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VIDEO: Suicide bomb attempt thwarted

Monday, July 1st 2013, 21:32
related places: Jalalabad

Afghan security forces have defused an alleged would-be suicide bomber's explosive vest while he was still wearing it, preventing an attack in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban 'should join peace process'

Saturday, June 29th 2013, 20:07
related countries: United Kingdom

The Taliban should engage in the political process if they want a role in Afghanistan's future, British Prime Minister David Cameron says during a trip to the country.
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West 'should have talked to Taliban'

Saturday, June 29th 2013, 11:42
related countries: United Kingdom

The West should have tried talking to the Taliban a decade ago after they had just been toppled from power, the UK's top general in Afghanistan says.
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US-Afghan aircraft deal 'wasteful'

Friday, June 28th 2013, 17:12
related countries: United States

A US watchdog says a Pentagon plan to spend $780m (£513m) on 48 new aircraft for unskilled Afghan pilots would be "imprudent".
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Transfer of Afghan detainees begins

Friday, June 28th 2013, 10:04
related countries: United Kingdom

Ten Afghan detainees captured by British forces are transferred to the Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Afghan pair drop legal challenge

Thursday, June 27th 2013, 14:20
related countries: United Kingdom

Two Afghan detainees captured by British forces have dropped legal challenges to their detention and can now be transferred to Afghan authorities.
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Renewed US-Afghan pledge on talks

Wednesday, June 26th 2013, 1:46
related countries: United States

The US and Afghan presidents reaffirm their commitment to peace talks with the Taliban, hours after Taliban militants attacked a CIA station.
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Taliban assault in Kabul secure zone

Tuesday, June 25th 2013, 10:35
related places: Kabul

Afghan security forces fight off militants who attacked near the presidential palace, one of the most secure areas of Kabul.
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New hope for US prisoner of Taliban

Sunday, June 23rd 2013, 15:12
related countries: United States

New hope for sole US prisoner of Taliban in Afghanistan
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Kerry cautious on Taliban talks

Saturday, June 22nd 2013, 15:19
related countries: Qatar, United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry expresses caution about future talks with the Taliban, following a row over the Afghan insurgents' office in Qatar.
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Taliban office row frustrates talks

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 16:10
related countries: Qatar

A row over the status of the Taliban's newly-opened office in Qatar continues to frustrate efforts to start Afghan peace talks there.
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Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 5:43
related countries: Qatar, United States

The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
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VIDEO: Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 0:48
related countries: United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken by phone to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to try to defuse tensions, an Afghan spokesman has told the BBC.
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Karzai to boycott Taliban talks

Wednesday, June 19th 2013, 17:06

The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is "Afghan-led", President Hamid Karzai announces.
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