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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• December 9th 2009 – November 18th 2009
• November 18th 2009 – November 4th 2009
• November 3rd 2009 – October 20th 2009
• October 19th 2009 – September 30th 2009
• September 29th 2009 – September 10th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – August 27th 2009
• August 27th 2009 – August 13th 2009
• August 13th 2009 – July 20th 2009
• July 20th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 29th 2009 – May 8th 2009
• May 7th 2009 – April 2nd 2009
• April 1st 2009 – March 11th 2009
• March 9th 2009 – February 16th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – January 17th 2009
• January 15th 2009 – December 12th 2008
• December 11th 2008 – November 5th 2008
• November 5th 2008 – October 10th 2008
• October 9th 2008 – September 9th 2008
• September 9th 2008 – August 10th 2008
• August 8th 2008 – July 12th 2008
• July 11th 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 11th 2008 – April 29th 2008
• April 27th 2008 – March 17th 2008
• March 14th 2008 – February 10th 2008
• February 9th 2008 – January 10th 2008
• January 9th 2008 – November 20th 2007
• November 19th 2007 – October 2nd 2007
• October 2nd 2007 – August 29th 2007
• August 29th 2007 – August 1st 2007
• July 31st 2007 – July 6th 2007
• July 6th 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 5th 2007 – April 28th 2007
• April 28th 2007 – March 22nd 2007
• March 22nd 2007 – February 17th 2007
• February 16th 2007 – December 26th 2006
• December 23rd 2006 – November 5th 2006
• November 3rd 2006 – October 2nd 2006
• September 30th 2006 – September 4th 2006
• September 3rd 2006 – July 30th 2006
• July 30th 2006 – June 24th 2006
• June 23rd 2006 – May 21st 2006
• May 20th 2006 – April 8th 2006
• April 7th 2006 – February 27th 2006
• February 25th 2006 – January 14th 2006
• January 14th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Afghanistan: news

Fierce clashes near Afghan border

Friday, August 8th 2008, 12:38
related countries: Pakistan

Fierce fighting continues between troops and militants in north-west Pakistan, as the army denies soldiers are surrounded.
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Civilians killed in Afghan clash

Friday, August 8th 2008, 11:42
related countries: United States

US-led forces in Afghanistan say they accidentally killed four women and a child while battling militants in the east.
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Deadly clash in tribal Pakistan

Thursday, August 7th 2008, 14:21
related countries: Pakistan

At least five Pakistani troops and about 25 pro-Taleban militants die in clashes along the Afghan border, say officials.
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Olympic hope

Wednesday, August 6th 2008, 14:19

Taekwondo star could win Afghan medal
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'Al-Qaeda' woman appears in court

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 23:17
related countries: Pakistan, United States

A Pakistani woman scientist accused of links to al-Qaeda appears in a US court charged with trying to kill US soldiers.
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Afghan bomb brings wedding carnage

Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 14:40

A bride and groom are among at least 10 people killed as an explosion hits a wedding party bus in southern Afghanistan.
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Aid workers freed in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 14:38
related countries: France

A French aid organisation says two of its workers have been freed after being held hostage in Afghanistan.
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Afghan blasts kill Nato soldiers

Friday, August 1st 2008, 15:50

Nato says five soldiers and one civilian have died in two separate blasts in eastern Afghanistan.
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Pakistan spies 'aided Kabul bomb'

Friday, August 1st 2008, 12:02
related countries: India, Pakistan, United States
related places: Kabul

US officials claim elements in Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency helped in the Indian embassy bombing in Kabul.
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Aid warning over Afghan violence

Friday, August 1st 2008, 11:22

Aid agencies in Afghanistan say the country's growing violence may force them out of areas previously seen as safe.
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Afghan al-Qaeda leader 'killed'

Friday, August 1st 2008, 4:40
related countries: United States

Al-Qaeda says one of its commanders in Afghanistan, Abu Abdullah al-Shami, has been killed in a US air strike.
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Afghan unrest sparks aid warning

Friday, August 1st 2008, 1:17

Aid agencies in Afghanistan warn that growing violence may force them out of areas previously seen as safe.
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Blast at Pakistan's Herat mission

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 12:02
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Herat

A small bomb explodes outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat, injuring two people, police say.
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Afghan response 'underwhelming'

Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 9:08
related countries: Australia

Australia's defence minister criticises some Nato member states for their "underwhelming" efforts in Afghanistan.
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Nato soldier dead in Afghan blast

Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 7:13

Another soldier is killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, Nato officials say.
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Bribe or be stuck

Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 5:12

Afghan truck drivers forced to pay up - again and again
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Nato 'prevents Taleban advance'

Sunday, July 27th 2008, 15:32
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

Taleban fighters have been stopped from taking over an area close to the Pakistan border, Afghan and Nato officials say.
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UK troops kill Afghan civilians

Saturday, July 26th 2008, 15:11
related countries: United Kingdom

UK soldiers in Afghanistan kill four civilians and injure three others after a vehicle fails to stop at a checkpoint.
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UK troops kill Afghan civilians

Saturday, July 26th 2008, 10:52
related countries: United Kingdom

UK soldiers in Afghanistan kill four civilians and injure three others after a vehicle fails to stop at a checkpoint.
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Taleban 'winning propaganda war'

Friday, July 25th 2008, 7:09

A leading international think-tank warns that the Afghan government and its foreign allies may lose the propaganda war with the Taleban.
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Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war'

Friday, July 25th 2008, 0:34
related countries: United States

An ex-US narcotics official accuses President Hamid Karzai of obstructing efforts to tackle the Afghan drugs trade.
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Efforts to 'retake' Afghan town

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 10:22

Nato-led forces and Afghan troops are trying to retake an area which insurgents seized earlier this week, Isaf says.
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Al-Qaeda leader in rare TV interview

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 11:50

The man believed to be al-Qaeda's commander of operations in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, gives a rare TV interview.
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Suicide attack in Afghan capital

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 4:49
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomber blows himself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, wounding three people, Afghan officials say.
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India says dialogue under stress

Monday, July 21st 2008, 15:04
related countries: India, Pakistan
related places: Kabul

India says its peace process with Pakistan is under stress following this month's suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.
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Obama urges focus on Afghanistan

Sunday, July 20th 2008, 15:40
related countries: United States

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama says Afghanistan should be the focus of the "war on terror", on a visit to Kabul.
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Coalition 'bombs Afghan police'

Sunday, July 20th 2008, 8:08

At least 13 police and civilians are killed in two incidents involving international forces in Afghanistan, officials say.
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Al-Qaeda 'may be shifting focus'

Sunday, July 20th 2008, 0:07
related countries: Iraq, United States

The top US commander in Iraq says al-Qaeda may be shifting its focus and sending fighters from Iraq to Afghanistan.
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Obama opens foreign tour in Kabul

Saturday, July 19th 2008, 18:37
related countries: United States

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama meets military officials and visits a US base during a trip to Afghanistan.
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Aid workers seized in Afghanistan

Friday, July 18th 2008, 21:02
related countries: France

A French aid organisation says two of its workers have been abducted in central Afghanistan.
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Where is mother?

Friday, July 18th 2008, 12:30
related places: Kabul

The family which lost five members in Kabul suicide blast
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Stand-off over Pakistan hostages

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 16:57
related countries: Pakistan

Security forces in north-west Pakistan say they are closing in on militants holding hostages near the border with Afghanistan.
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Doubts over US Afghan operation

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 15:51
related countries: United States

Nato says US forces killed two Taleban commanders in western Afghanistan, amid reports of heavy civilian casualties.
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Focus shift

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 2:13
related countries: United States

US sees porous Afghan borders as terror priority
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Afghan team probes 'nuclear dump'

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 22:53
related countries: Pakistan

The Afghan president sets up a team to investigate claims Pakistan dumped nuclear waste in South Afghanistan.
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Nato attacks 'rebels in Pakistan'

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 17:19
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

Nato-led forces in Afghanistan say they have fired into Pakistan after coming under attack from there by suspected militants.
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Pakistan troops shell militants

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 16:48
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's military launches an operation against pro-Taleban militants close to the Afghan border.
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US troops abandon Afghan outpost

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 12:25
related countries: United States
related places: Sunday

American troops abandon a remote village in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine US soldiers on Sunday.
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Beauty spot

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 8:57

Can first Afghan national park spark tourist revival?
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Militants breached US Afghan base

Monday, July 14th 2008, 10:33
related countries: United States

More than 100 insurgents breach a US outpost in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing nine US soldiers, military officials say.
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Six Afghan guards killed in blast

Monday, July 14th 2008, 8:05

At least six Afghan security guards are killed in a roadside bombing in the southern province of Helmand, police say.
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Tragic wedding

Sunday, July 13th 2008, 21:48
related countries: United States

Afghan civilians tell of US raid that killed dozens
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US suffers heavy Afghan losses

Sunday, July 13th 2008, 21:44
related countries: United States

Nine US troops are killed by Afghan insurgents, in one of the biggest losses of life in a single attack since the 2001 invasion.
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Deadly blast hits Afghan market

Sunday, July 13th 2008, 15:03

At least 21 people, including many children, are killed by a suicide attacker in southern Afghanistan.
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Rebels blamed for Afghan attack

Saturday, July 12th 2008, 16:15
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

Nato says militants launched an attack on the border with Pakistan which wounded Afghan and Pakistani troops.
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