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

Afghanistan: news

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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US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians'

Friday, July 11th 2008, 14:14
related countries: United States
related places: Sunday

A US air strike in Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, investigators say.
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Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths

Wednesday, July 9th 2008, 15:37

At least 250 Afghan civilians have been killed or wounded in recent insurgent attacks or military action, the Red Cross says.
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Afghans point finger over bombing

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 16:44
related countries: India, Pakistan
related places: Kabul

A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai makes a veiled accusation against Pakistan after India's Kabul embassy is bombed.
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UN condemns India embassy attack

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 4:36
related countries: India
related places: Kabul

The UN strongly condemns Monday's suicide bombing at the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Bomb rocks India embassy in Kabul

Monday, July 7th 2008, 15:19
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomber rams a car full of explosives into the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital, killing 41 people.
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Afghan strike 'hit wedding party'

Sunday, July 6th 2008, 17:14

At least 20 people, said by locals to be a wedding party, die in a missile strike by coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan.
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UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid

Sunday, July 6th 2008, 6:27

The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is to set out a new plan on aid spending amid fears that millions have been wasted.
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Farmers caught in the poppy trade

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 11:07

The BBC's Kate Clark meets the Afghan farmers trapped by the criminal economy of the poppy trade.
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Gunmen kill Afghan MP in Kandahar

Saturday, July 5th 2008, 7:55
related countries: United States

Afghan member of parliament Habibullah Jan is shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kandahar province, officials say.
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Afghan link to Seoul drug arrests

Friday, July 4th 2008, 8:46
related countries: North Korea, South Korea
related places: Seoul

South Korean police arrest several South Asian men suspected of trafficking heroin ingredients to the Taleban.
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Policemen killed in Afghan attack

Friday, July 4th 2008, 6:38

Eight policemen die in an attack on a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, a police official has said.
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US 'to boost Afghanistan force'

Thursday, July 3rd 2008, 7:16
related countries: United States

US President George W Bush says more US troops will be deployed in Afghanistan by next year.
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US helicopter downed near Kabul

Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 15:56
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

An American Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in Afghanistan in a province bordering the capital, Kabul.
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Militants vow joint Afghan raids

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 16:34
related countries: Pakistan

Two militant groups based in Pakistan decide to coordinate attacks against coalition forces inside Afghanistan.
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Foreign forces' worst Afghan toll

Tuesday, July 1st 2008, 12:10

The month of June is the deadliest for foreign troops in Afghanistan since the 2001 fall of the Taleban, official figures show.
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UK soldier dies in Afghan mine blast

Sunday, June 29th 2008, 17:47
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier has been killed after stepping on a mine in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Taleban 'to boost Afghan attacks'

Friday, June 27th 2008, 21:57

A resurgent Taleban is likely to step up the scope of its attacks around Afghanistan during 2008, the Pentagon warns.
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US Senate approves war funds bill

Friday, June 27th 2008, 10:29
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US Senate approves $162bn to pay for another year of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan's shattered history

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 14:45

Martin Patience reports from Afghanistan, a country worn down by 30 years of war.
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Afghan jail break police sacked

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 14:08
related places: Kandahar

The police chief of the Afghan city of Kandahar is sacked after 900 prisoners escaped from the main jail.
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Eastern Afghan attacks 'up 40%'

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 23:33
related countries: United States

Attacks by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan are up by 40% compared with last year, the US military says.
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Policewoman shot dead in Afghanistan

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 16:11

Insurgents in western Afghanistan shoot dead a policewoman for the first time, police say.
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Germany to bolster Afghan force

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 11:30
related countries: Germany

Germany says it will send an extra 1,000 soldiers to northern Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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Taleban's '$100m opium takings'

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 5:44

Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan took more than $100m from the opium trade in 2007, a top UN official tells the BBC.
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