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

Iran shows 'captured drone footage'

Thursday, February 7th 2013, 18:16
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran broadcasts video footage purportedly taken from a US spy drone captured in 2011, which it says shows a US airbase in Afghanistan.
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Cost of Afghan bribery 'increases'

Thursday, February 7th 2013, 10:12

The cost of corruption has risen sharply in Afghanistan over the last few years but fewer people are paying bribes, a UN report says.
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VIDEO: How music is helping young Afghans

Wednesday, February 6th 2013, 21:18
related countries: United States

Members from the Afghan youth orchestra, including orphans and street children, are in the US for a concert tour highlighting the changes happening in their war-torn country.
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Why the Sahara is not the 'new Afghanistan'

Wednesday, February 6th 2013, 0:59

Why the Sahara is not the 'new Afghanistan'
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US suspends Afghan airline ban

Tuesday, February 5th 2013, 9:32
related countries: United States

The US suspends a ban on Afghan airline Kam Air while an investigation is carried out into allegations of drug smuggling the company denies.
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VIDEO: Leaders upbeat on Afghan peace deal

Monday, February 4th 2013, 22:20
related countries: Pakistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari have said they will work towards a peace deal for Afghanistan within six months.
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Afghan peace deal 'in six months'

Monday, February 4th 2013, 14:15
related countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom
related places: Nato

The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, in talks in the UK, agree to work towards a peace deal for Afghanistan in six months.
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VIDEO: 'The Taliban stormed my office'

Friday, February 1st 2013, 0:41

The BBC's Orla Guerin meets Parwan provincial governor Basir Salangi to look at the challenges of governing Afghanistan.
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The Afghan girl sold to be a child bride

Tuesday, January 29th 2013, 15:32

The six-year-old girl sold to be a child bride
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VIDEO: Can Afghan forces tame the Taliban?

Monday, January 28th 2013, 14:27

By the end of 2014 Nato's combat forces will all have left Afghanistan, leaving the country's own security forces to fight a determined enemy on their own.
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Afghanistan's security prospects after Nato withdrawal

Monday, January 28th 2013, 5:06

How will Afghan security forces cope when Nato withdraws?
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Afghan roadside bomb hits police

Sunday, January 27th 2013, 7:58
related places: Kandahar

At least 10 people are killed, mainly police officers, as a roadside bomb detonates in the southern city of Kandahar, officials say.
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VIDEO: Boy escapes Taliban suicide plan

Sunday, January 27th 2013, 5:40

A 12-year-old Afghan boy marked out by the Taliban as a potential suicide bomber runs away before the plan can be carried out.
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Afghan suicide bomb hits market

Saturday, January 26th 2013, 17:16

At least 10 people have been killed and many injured in a suicide attack in a busy market in the north-eastern city of Kunduz, officials say.
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US bars Afghan airline over drugs

Friday, January 25th 2013, 15:08
related countries: United States

Afghanistan's largest private airline, Kam Air, is barred from receiving US military contracts amid allegations of drug smuggling - charges rejected by its owner.
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'Five killed' in Afghan car bomb

Friday, January 25th 2013, 8:18

At least five civilians are killed when in a car bomb attack thought to have been targeting a Nato convoy in eastern Kapisa province, officials say.
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Pakistan 'holding 700 militants'

Thursday, January 24th 2013, 13:50
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan for the first time admits holding about 700 suspected militants without trial in internment centres near the Afghan border.
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Prince Harry 'longs for family time'

Wednesday, January 23rd 2013, 20:13
related countries: United Kingdom

Prince Harry says he is "longing" to spend some time with his family after arriving back in Britain following his 20-week deployment in Afghanistan.
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Top US general cleared over emails

Wednesday, January 23rd 2013, 17:29
related countries: United States

The Pentagon clears the top US general in Afghanistan, John Allen, of misconduct in an emails case that led CIA director David Petraeus to resign.
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UK Afghan force reduced 'in autumn'

Tuesday, January 22nd 2013, 19:41
related countries: United Kingdom

This year's withdrawal of 3,800 UK troops from Afghanistan is unlikely to happen until the autumn, Britain's top general there says.
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Prince Harry 'fired at' Afghan enemy

Monday, January 21st 2013, 19:30

Prince Harry says he fired weapons at the Taliban during his time as an Army pilot in Afghanistan, in interviews broadcast as he ends a five-month deployment there.
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Militants attack Kabul police HQ

Monday, January 21st 2013, 11:02
related places: Kabul

Militants attack the offices of Kabul's traffic police, detonating two bombs before taking control of the headquarters for several hours, leaving three dead.
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UN: Afghan torture 'widespread'

Sunday, January 20th 2013, 17:10

The UN says torture in Afghan prisons continues to be widespread, despite its recommendations in a similar report more than a year ago.
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VIDEO: Al-Qaeda 'lever' for frustrations

Friday, January 18th 2013, 1:27
related countries: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), United States

Former US Commander in Afghanistan Stanley McChrystal says al-Qaeda's "brand" must be defeated, in a discussion of his memoir with the BBC's Katty Kay.
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UK soldier dies of Afghan wounds

Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 16:10
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier has died in a UK hospital from wounds suffered in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Afghan security offices attacked

Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 14:58
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomb attack on the Afghan National Directorate of Security building in Kabul leaves seven dead, including six attackers, and many injured.
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VIDEO: Recruiting drug couriers in Tajikistan

Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 9:49
related countries: Russia, Tajikistan

The BBC's Rustam Qobil travels to a remote village in Tajikistan where Afghan drug dealers are trying to recruit couriers to help transport their contraband into lucrative markets in Russia and Europe.
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Recruiting Tajik drug couriers

Wednesday, January 16th 2013, 2:31

Tajik villages on lucrative Afghan drugs route to West
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VIDEO: Winter misery for Kabul camp refugees

Saturday, January 12th 2013, 8:10
related places: Kabul

Thousands of displaced people living in camps in and around the Afghan capital Kabul face a difficult winter, with freezing conditions a key concern.
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Afghan children succumb to harsh winter weather

Saturday, January 12th 2013, 0:47

Severe winter takes it toll on Afghan children
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US to end Afghan combat role early

Friday, January 11th 2013, 21:21
related countries: United States

US troops in Afghanistan will end "most" combat operations and switch to a support role this spring, President Obama and his Afghan counterpart say.
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Obama and Karzai discuss endgame

Friday, January 11th 2013, 18:25
related countries: United States
related places: White House

President Barack Obama welcomes his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to the White House to discuss the future role of the US in Afghanistan.
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VIDEO: Obama to hold talks with Karzai

Friday, January 11th 2013, 5:26
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

The Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington later for talks about a continued international military presence in the country.
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Afghan mission in 'last chapter'

Thursday, January 10th 2013, 20:50
related countries: United States

The US and Afghanistan have reached the "last chapter" in an effort to make Afghanistan secure and sovereign, the US defence secretary says.
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UK soldier killed in shooting named

Wednesday, January 9th 2013, 22:00
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier shot dead by a rogue member of the Afghan National Army is named by the Ministry of Defence as 23-year-old Sapper Richard Walker.
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Fresh trial for Polish soldiers

Wednesday, January 9th 2013, 17:43
related countries: Poland

Four Polish soldiers acquitted of killing eight civilians in Afghanistan go on trial for a second time in Warsaw after a judge questioned conflicting evidence.
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US mulling Afghan 'zero option'

Tuesday, January 8th 2013, 23:26
related countries: United States

The White House says it is possible that no US troops will remain in Afghanistan past 2014, as President Hamid Karzai arrives for talks.
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Afghan army gunman kills UK soldier

Tuesday, January 8th 2013, 12:20

A British soldier is shot dead and six others are injured by a rogue member of the Afghan National Army at a patrol base in Helmand.
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US drone 'kills eight' in Pakistan

Sunday, January 6th 2013, 11:10
related countries: Pakistan, United States

A US drone attack kills at least eight suspected militants in a Pakistan north-western tribal area near the Afghan border, officials say.
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Afghan suicide attack 'kills four'

Sunday, January 6th 2013, 9:59

Four people are killed in a suicide attack on tribal elders in Spin Boldak in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
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VIDEO: 'Safer behind Afghan prison walls'

Friday, January 4th 2013, 9:13

The BBC's David Loyn takes a look at how one prison in Afghanistan is taking a softer approach to punishment.
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VIDEO: Afghan toy inspires landmine destroyer

Friday, January 4th 2013, 6:29

Two brothers raised in Afghanistan design a prototype landmine destroyer based on a toy they played with as children.
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Pakistan 'frees Taliban figure'

Monday, December 31st 2012, 17:53
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Taliban

Pakistan frees the former justice minister of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Turabi, as part of moves to encourage a peace process, officials say.
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US woman missing in Afghanistan

Monday, December 31st 2012, 11:13
related countries: United States

The family of a pregnant American woman missing with her husband in Afghanistan make a fresh appeal for her safe return.
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VIDEO: Local government reforms in Afghanistan

Monday, December 31st 2012, 6:17

In the troubled province of Helmand, Afghanistan, local government reform has been a notable success.
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What 2012 has meant for Afghanistan

Sunday, December 30th 2012, 1:11

What 2012 has meant for Afghanistan
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Afghan blast families sue Germany

Friday, December 28th 2012, 15:39
related countries: Germany

Families of dozens of Afghan civilians killed in a 2009 airstrike sue the German government for 3.3m euros (£2.7m; $4.3m) in damages.
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VIDEO: Afghanistan's new form of justice

Thursday, December 27th 2012, 7:22

A new form of justice is beginning to take hold in Afghanistan, even in the troubled province of Helmand.
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Bomber targets US base in Khost

Wednesday, December 26th 2012, 7:56
related countries: United States

A suicide car bomber kills at least three people near a US military base in in the south-eastern Afghan city of Khost, officials say.
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Kabul police killer 'is Iranian'

Tuesday, December 25th 2012, 14:08
related countries: Iran, United States
related places: Kabul

A female officer who killed a US civilian aide at the police headquarters in Kabul is an Iranian national, Afghan authorities say.
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UK troops to enjoy festive lunch

Tuesday, December 25th 2012, 4:45
related countries: United Kingdom

All British service personnel serving in Afghanistan will fed a traditional Christmas lunch after a major logistical effort by the military.
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Afghan 'rogue' attacks kill six

Monday, December 24th 2012, 16:02
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

A Nato adviser is shot dead by a woman police officer in Kabul, as five Afghan policemen are killed in a separate "rogue" attack in the north.
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VIDEO: Fire sweeps through Kabul market

Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 12:37
related places: Kabul

At least six hundred shops have been destroyed by a fire which swept through a market in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Fire sweeps through Kabul market

Sunday, December 23rd 2012, 3:28
related places: Kabul

Hundreds of shops are destroyed as a fire sweeps through a market and money exchange in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Could mineral wealth transform Afghan economy?

Saturday, December 22nd 2012, 0:54

Could mineral wealth transform the Afghan economy?
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Afghan campaign a success - PM

Friday, December 21st 2012, 7:35
related countries: United Kingdom

British troops in Afghanistan have paid a "high price" but their efforts have been a success, PM David Cameron has said on a pre-Christmas visit to UK bases.
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Marine sentenced for urine video

Friday, December 21st 2012, 1:13
related countries: United States

A US Marine is reduced in ranks and forfeits $500 pay after admitting urinating on the body of a dead Afghan combatant.
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US soldier 'faces death penalty'

Wednesday, December 19th 2012, 20:00
related countries: United States
related places: March

The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in March could face the death penalty if found guilty of murder, the US Army says.
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VIDEO: Afghans face struggle for divorce

Wednesday, December 19th 2012, 19:42

Obtaining a divorce in Afghanistan is a difficult process when most couples chose to marry in the traditional way of giving their verbal consent rather than signing a legal document.
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3,800 UK troops to leave Afghanistan

Wednesday, December 19th 2012, 13:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Prime Minister David Cameron tells MPs that nearly 4,000 British troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan next year.
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VIDEO: Blast kills one in Kabul

Monday, December 17th 2012, 12:45
related places: Kabul

At least one person has been killed in an explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Afghan landmine blast kills girls

Monday, December 17th 2012, 12:45

At least nine young girls are killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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US soldier dies in Afghan attack

Thursday, December 13th 2012, 17:41
related countries: United States
related places: Kandahar

A US soldier has been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a Nato airbase outside the Afghan city of Kandahar.
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VIDEO: Judge 'demands bribe for divorce'

Wednesday, December 12th 2012, 22:41

An Afghan judge has been secretly taped while allegedly demanding a $2,000 bribe or a marriage from a young woman seeking his help in her divorce case.
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Afghan judge 'bribe demand taped'

Wednesday, December 12th 2012, 12:59

A top judge in Afghanistan is secretly recorded making demands for money and marriage from a woman seeking his help in her divorce case.
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Women 'failed' by Afghan justice

Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 8:26

Despite some progress, Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, a UN report finds.
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Navy Seal named as Afghan victim

Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 2:46
related countries: United States

A US Navy Seal killed during a mission to rescue a doctor kidnapped by the Taliban was a member of the famed Seal Team Six, US officials say.
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VIDEO: Women join Afghan special forces

Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 2:17

A group of female soldiers has been trained to join the Afghan military's elite special forces.
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Afghan officials die in attacks

Monday, December 10th 2012, 9:05

An official in charge of women's affairs and an Afghan provincial police chief have been killed in separate attacks, officials say.
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US soldier dies in Afghan rescue

Sunday, December 9th 2012, 23:42
related countries: United States
related places: White House

A US commando was killed during a mission to rescue an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, the White House has said.
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US doctor rescued in Afghanistan

Sunday, December 9th 2012, 9:56
related countries: United States

A US doctor abducted by the Taliban in east Afghanistan is freed in a joint US and Afghan operation that killed seven captors, officials say.
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Afghanistan's growing demand for plastic surgery

Saturday, December 8th 2012, 0:34

How Afghan doctors turned their skills to plastic surgery
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Bomber wounds Afghan spy chief

Friday, December 7th 2012, 1:54
related places: Kabul

Afghanistan's intelligence service head Asadullah Khalid is wounded in a Taliban bomb attack in the capital, Kabul.
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Viewpoint: Pakistan military pushing for Afghan talks

Friday, December 7th 2012, 1:05
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan military's policy shift on Afghanistan 'opens path to peace'
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