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

In pictures

Friday, April 1st 2011, 14:03
related places: Kabul

Back from the brink - Kabul's bazaar restored
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Animated escape

Wednesday, March 30th 2011, 1:27

Afghan teenager animates his tragic life story to global acclaim
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Pakistan army shell kills troops

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 14:57
related countries: Pakistan

At least 13 Pakistani soldiers have been killed by one of their own mortar shells during a battle with Taliban militants in the north-west, the military says.
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US apology for new Afghan images

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 1:35
related countries: United States

The US Army apologises for distress caused after new images of US troops posing with the bodies of Afghan civilians are published in a magazine.
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Many killed in Afghan truck blast

Monday, March 28th 2011, 8:41

At least 20 people are killed when a truck full of explosives is detonated at a construction company in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Taliban seize men in Afghanistan

Sunday, March 27th 2011, 13:14

Taliban insurgents abduct dozens of men in north-east Afghanistan who tried to join the police, local officials say.
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Female medic earns Military Cross

Sunday, March 27th 2011, 3:00
related countries: United Kingdom

A British army medic who put herself in "mortal danger" to treat a wounded Afghan soldier under heavy Taliban fire is awarded the Military Cross.
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Air strike kills Afghan civilians

Saturday, March 26th 2011, 14:19

Western forces kill seven civilians in an air attack in the Afghan province of Helmand, after targeting Taliban fighters, officials say.
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Australia army in Afghan race row

Friday, March 25th 2011, 9:10
related countries: Australia

Australia launches an investigation into racist videos and comments allegedly posted on social networking site Facebook by troops serving in Afghanistan.
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UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 9:50
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Two soldiers from 1st Battalion Irish Guards are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, six days before they were due to return to the UK.
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Soldier jailed for Afghan murders

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 0:48
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

A US soldier accused of being a part of a rogue squad that killed unarmed Afghan men is sentenced to 24 years in prison.
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Taliban shut down Helmand phones

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 17:58

All mobile telephone networks have been switched off in the southern Afghan province of Helmand after a threat from the Taliban.
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Karzai plea to Taliban on schools

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 14:39

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges the Taliban to stop attacking schools, saying education is the way to bring peace to the country.
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US welcomes Karzai pullout plan

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 8:28
related countries: United States

The United States welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai's announcement that his forces will take charge of security in seven areas from July.
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Emerging from chaos

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 18:16

Afghan forces are fearless but can they go it alone?
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VIDEO: US 'appalled' by Afghan abuse

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 17:25
related countries: United States

The head of US forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus has condemned the conduct of some soldiers who were photographed posing alongside corpses.
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Karzai names Nato pullout areas

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 12:06

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai names the areas of the country expected to be handed over by foreign troops to Afghan forces in July.
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Karzai to name Nato pullout areas

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 5:44

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to name five or six areas of the country which will pass from control by foreign troops into Afghan hands.
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US sorry for Afghan corpse photos

Monday, March 21st 2011, 12:49
related countries: United States

The US Army apologises for graphic photographs of US soldiers grinning over the bodies of Afghan civilians they had allegedly killed.
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UK soldier killed by bomb named

Sunday, March 20th 2011, 3:51
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier who died of his injuries after a bomb blast in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Pte Daniel Steven Prior.
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Pakistan fury over drone deaths

Friday, March 18th 2011, 15:13
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Tribal leaders in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan vow revenge against the US after drones killed more than 40 people near the Afghan border.
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Petraeus upbeat on Afghan efforts

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 17:44
related countries: United States

The US commander in Afghanistan says the Taliban's momentum has been halted in key areas, keeping the US on track to start withdrawing forces in July.
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Deadly attack on Afghan recruits

Monday, March 14th 2011, 13:58

At least 36 people are killed in an apparent suicide attack on an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
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VIDEO: Afghan recruits' eight weeks training

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 21:01

New Afghan army recruits are given just eight weeks to prepare before they face the Taliban.
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Afghan blast kills police chief

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 18:04

The police chief of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province is among at least three people killed by a suicide bomber.
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Nato 'kills Hamid Karzai cousin'

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 16:16

A relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is mistakenly killed by Nato troops in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
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UK soldier dies in Helmand blast

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 21:16
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

A British soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Facing the Taliban

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 16:47

Will these young Afghan recruits be ready in time?
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Afghan casualties at 10-year high

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 14:19

Afghan civilian deaths rose by 15% last year, making it the bloodiest since the Taliban were driven from power in 2001, a UN report says.
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In pictures

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 0:54

Ten years after destruction of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas
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Gates upbeat about Afghan pullout

Monday, March 7th 2011, 16:54
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The US is "well-positioned" to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says during a visit to Kabul.
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Karzai rebukes US on child deaths

Sunday, March 6th 2011, 15:47
related countries: United States

Afghanistan's president tells the US commander of foreign troops his apology over Nato's killing of children is "not enough".
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Bomb kills Afghanistan civilians

Sunday, March 6th 2011, 12:16

At least 12 civilians, including five children, have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.
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Nato apology for civilian deaths

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 14:51

Gen David Petraeus, head of Nato forces in Afghanistan, apologises for the killing of nine civilians in an air strike in the north-eastern province of Kunar.
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Afghan campaign 'needs rethink'

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 14:38

Talks with the Taliban should be held because the current military action in Afghanistan is not succeeding in achieving a stable solution, say MPs.
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Life post-Taliban

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 7:35

New concerns after rebels' rout in north Afghanistan
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VIDEO: On patrol with the Afghan police

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 22:51
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain will continue to support Afghanistan after the withdrawal of troops scheduled for 2015, David Cameron has told the Afghan President Hamid Karzai. But once the transition has taken place, the Afghan police will play an important role.
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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 17:25
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps has been killed in a gunfight in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Cameron pledges Afghan friendship

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 14:46
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain is an "all-weather friend" to Afghanistan and will remain involved in the country after troops leave in 2015, David Cameron says.
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Hidden treasure

Tuesday, March 1st 2011, 8:55

How priceless Afghan gold was kept from warlords and the Taliban
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Nato troops killed in Afghanistan

Monday, February 28th 2011, 12:45

Four Nato troops are killed in attacks across Afghanistan, the coalition says, bringing to 34 the number of soldiers killed this month.
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Canadian missing in Afghanistan

Sunday, February 27th 2011, 20:52
related countries: Canada

Canada confirms one of its nationals is missing in Afghanistan after the Taliban claim to have captured him, accusing him of spying.
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Bomb attack hits Afghan dog fight

Sunday, February 27th 2011, 10:13
related places: Kandahar

Eight people have been killed by two bombs at a dog fight in the volatile southern Afghan province of Kandahar.
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Wooing widows

Sunday, February 27th 2011, 1:39

How a team of army women helps Afghanistan's hidden victims
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Afghan Kunar probe accuses Nato

Friday, February 25th 2011, 7:46

Afghan government investigators say 65 civilians, including 50 women and children, died in a Nato operation last week - a charge Nato denies.
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Pakistan tanker attack kills four

Friday, February 25th 2011, 4:52
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

Four people are killed in north-west Pakistan after militants set fire to 12 tankers carrying fuel for Nato troops in Afghanistan.
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Army 'used psy-ops on Americans'

Thursday, February 24th 2011, 17:57
related countries: United States
related places: Rolling Stone

A US Army general in Afghanistan used "psychological operations" to influence US lawmakers, a magazine report says.
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'Dozens killed' in Afghan bombing

Monday, February 21st 2011, 13:09

At least 30 people are killed after a suicide bomber targeted a government building in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Nato 'to probe Afghan killings'

Sunday, February 20th 2011, 16:38

Nato says it will investigate allegations that its forces have killed dozens of civilians in recent days in air and ground strikes in eastern Afghanistan.
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Deadly bomb attack on Afghan bank

Saturday, February 19th 2011, 19:34
related places: Jalalabad

Eighteen people are killed and more than 70 wounded in an attack on a bank in the Afghan town of Jalalabad, according to the provincial governor.
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Clinton sounds warning to Taliban

Saturday, February 19th 2011, 4:50
related countries: United States
related places: Friday

The US secretary of state warns Taliban fighters in Afghanistan they face a stark choice between war and peace, as US pressure on them mounts.
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'Rogue' Afghan kills Nato troops

Friday, February 18th 2011, 16:36
related countries: Germany

A man dressed as an Afghan soldier kills two German troops in an attack in northern Afghanistan, Nato says.
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Suicide car bomb hits Afghan city

Friday, February 18th 2011, 7:44

A suicide car bomber strikes a crowded area of the eastern Afghan city of Khost killing at least 11 people, police say.
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Sanctuary fears

Friday, February 18th 2011, 1:54

Abused Afghan women oppose shelter takeover plans
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US-Afghan militia to be expanded

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 15:35
related countries: United States

A US-funded militia in the Afghan province of Helmand is to be expanded, provincial governor Golab Mangal tells the BBC.
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Afghan groups fight shelter plans

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 11:24

Afghan activists condemn government plans for taking over women's shelters, saying the move could put women's lives at greater risk.
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Receivership urged for Kabul Bank

Wednesday, February 16th 2011, 12:33

Afghanistan's largest private bank should be put into receivership according to an IMF assessment.
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Army sorry about e-mail lay-offs

Tuesday, February 15th 2011, 16:56

The Army apologises after dozens of soldiers - including one in Afghanistan - were told they were losing their jobs by e-mail.
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VIDEO: Afghan women's lives 'in danger'

Tuesday, February 15th 2011, 16:42

The Afghanistan government is to take control of women's shelters.
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US to name Afghan-Pakistan envoy

Tuesday, February 15th 2011, 7:04
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Retired diplomat Marc Grossman has been chosen as the next US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a US official tells the BBC.
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Afghan child casualties 'growing'

Tuesday, February 15th 2011, 4:50

An increasing number of children are being killed and injured in the conflict in Afghanistan, a UN report says.
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Seven charged over 'Taliban plot'

Monday, February 14th 2011, 20:56
related countries: United States

Seven people, including two Americans, are charged with conspiring to aid the Afghan Taliban by selling weapons and moving drugs, US officials say.
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UK soldier dies in Helmand blast

Monday, February 14th 2011, 20:07
related countries: United Kingdom

A soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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