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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• '10 dead' in Afghanistan attack – 'Judges to rule' on Kabul convert
• 'Karzai attackers' die in siege – 'Taleban fighter' killed in clash
• 'Taleban held' after hotel attack – Afghan 'enemies will be beaten'
• Afghan 'health link' to uranium – Afghan bomb kills Italian troops
• Afghan bomb kills Nato Canadians – Afghan clashes 'leave five dead'
• Afghan clashes displace thousands – Afghan helicopter crash kills 16
• Afghan helicopter crash kills six – Afghan opium production 'soars'
• Afghan optimism hit by violence – Afghan raids 'kill 22 militants'
• Afghan raids 'kill 22 militants' – Afghan suicide bomb kills eight
• Afghan suicide bomb near Nato HQ – Afghanistan 'friendly fire' probe
• Afghanistan 'holds Pakistani spy' – Afghans 'seize key al-Qaeda man'
• Afghans 'seize key al-Qaeda man' – Air force 'failing' in Afghanistan
• Air raid 'kills Afghan civilians' – Australian killed in Afghanistan
• Australian military clears troops – Bomber targets Afghan city centre
• Bombers strike on Afghan new year – Canada in Afghan detainee deal
• Canada in Afghanistan warning – Clashes at Pakistan refugee camp
• Clinton expects Nato troop pledge – Devastating blast rocks Afghan city
• Dinner date with the presidents – Experts probe Afghan mass grave
• Explosion at Nato base in Kabul – Four US troops die in Afghanistan
• Four US troops die in Afghanistan – Guards 'killed Afghan civilians'
• Guards killed in Afghan firefight – Iran 'sending weapons to Taleban'
• Iran accepts US Afghan invitation – Jubilant Afghans welcome nation's first ev...
• Kabul 'suicide attack' kills two – Karzai angry over West's tactics
• Karzai appeals for forces funding – Karzai visits US bombing victims
• Karzai vows to battle corruption – Many dead in Afghan suicide blast
• Many die in Afghan tanker blasts – More UK soldiers for Afghanistan
• More US marines for Afghanistan – Nato chief defends Afghan plans
• Nato chief faults Afghan leaders – Nato set for Afghan expansion
• Nato soldier dead in Afghan blast – New UK Afghan deployment begins
• New US drone attack 'kills three' – On the take
• One killed in Kabul airport blast – Pakistan militants hijack trucks
• Pakistan missile hit 'kills 20' – Police die in Afghan bomb blast
• Police hunt for Taleban fighters – Robust defence
• Rocket attack on Afghan capital – Seven die in Afghanistan attack
• Seven soldiers die in Afghanistan – Suicide bomb hits Pakistan border
• Suicide bomb kills Afghan troops – Taleban death toll 'inaccurate'
• Taleban defector Khaksar killed – Taleban's ex-spokesman killed
• Taliban defiant over Obama surge – Troops kill 'scores of Taleban'
• Troops need more, says Army head – UK PM to unveil Afghan strategy
• UK prince in Afghan visit – UK troops pull out of Afghan town
• UK troops rushed to Afghan riot – US 'deeply' regrets Afghan deaths
• US 'erased Afghan attack footage' – US commander in Pakistan warning
• US concern at Iran 'Afghan arms' – US opens 'major Afghan offensive'
• US opens Afghan deaths tribunal – US suffers losses in Afghanistan
• US to back Afghan air raid probe – Warning over UK Afghan mission
• Warning to US about Taleban talks – Zardari postpones visit to Kabul

Afghanistan: news

Kabul 'suicide attack' kills two

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 10:00
related countries: United States

A suicide attack near the Afghan capital kills a US civilian and a Nepalese security guard, officials say.
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Kabul 'suicide blast injures six'

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 10:00

A suicide bomber attacks a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital wounding six people, the alliance says.
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Kabul 20 years after the Soviets

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 18:24
related places: Kabul

Lyse Doucet looks back 20 years to when she was in Kabul and Soviet troops were pulling out of Afghanistan.
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Kabul against Ashdown envoy role

Saturday, January 26th 2008, 23:22

Afghanistan makes it clear it does not want Paddy Ashdown as the new United Nations envoy to the country.
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Kabul bomb attack near US embassy

Thursday, November 27th 2008, 14:25
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

At least four civilians have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near the US embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.
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Kabul bus blast kills 27 troops

Saturday, September 29th 2007, 15:00
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomb attack on a bus in the Afghan capital kills at least 27 members of the country's armed forces.
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Kabul capital

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 0:51

Real estate prices go through the roof in Afghanistan
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Kabul double act

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 23:52
related countries: United States

John Simpson meets two key US figures
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Kabul doubts German killing claim

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 14:44
related places: Kabul

The Afghan government says it does not believe Taleban claims that the militants killed two German hostages.
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Kabul explosion 'injures eleven'

Tuesday, October 10th 2006, 5:23

At least 11 people are injured in an explosion in the Afghan capital, say police.
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Kabul gives Pakistan Taleban list

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 16:03
related countries: Pakistan

Afghanistan hands Pakistan a list of 150 Taleban suspects living in Pakistan.
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Kabul hit by new suicide bomb

Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 15:04
related places: Kabul

At least 13 people are killed in the second suicide attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in four days.
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Kabul life

Monday, December 29th 2008, 7:45
related places: Kabul

Video snapshots of Kabul's people at work and play
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Kabul mayor guilty of corruption

Monday, December 7th 2009, 16:46
related places: Kabul

An Afghan court sentences the mayor of Kabul to four years in prison on corruption charges and issues a warrant for his arrest.
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Kabul police bus bomb 'kills 35'

Sunday, June 17th 2007, 14:05
related places: Kabul

A bomb attack on police in Kabul kills up to 35 people in what seems to be the deadliest attack to date.
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Kabul prepares for 'peace jirga'

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 10:26
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kabul

Preparations are under way in Afghan capital Kabul for a 'peace council' of 700 representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Kabul robbers hold up bank car

Sunday, February 19th 2006, 13:46
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kabul

A Pakistan bank operating in Kabul falls victim to a car hijacking in the Afghan capital, raising security fears.
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Kabul shooting leaves three dead

Saturday, October 25th 2008, 22:05
related places: Kabul

An Afghan security guard has shot dead two foreigners and killed himself in the capital Kabul, the government says.
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Kabul spectacle

Friday, May 1st 2009, 20:59

English visitors bring cricket delight to Afghanistan
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Kabul suicide attacker targets US

Monday, March 19th 2007, 10:57
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

A suicide car bomber attacks a US convoy in the Afghan capital, the first such attack in Kabul this year.
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Kabul suicide bomb hits US convoy

Friday, September 8th 2006, 15:28
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom

A bomb in Kabul kills at least 16 people, hours before Nato starts talks on sending extra troops to Afghanistan.
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Kabul suicide bomber kills five

Monday, September 4th 2006, 11:30
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Kabul

Four Afghan civilians and a British soldier are killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Nato convoy in Kabul.
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Kabul to continue with executions

Tuesday, October 9th 2007, 14:00

The Afghan government says it will continue executions despite being criticised for putting 15 convicts to death.
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Kabul to deport Korean Christians

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 19:07
related countries: North Korea

Afghanistan says it will deport hundreds of South Korean evangelical Christians amid fears for their safety.
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Kabul troops 'fired in defence'

Wednesday, May 31st 2006, 16:15
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The US military says its troops fired in self-defence after a traffic accident sparked mass rioting in Kabul.
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Kabul winter

Monday, January 5th 2009, 17:56

Facing the cold is a heated issue in Afghanistan
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Kai Eide nominated Afghan envoy

Thursday, March 6th 2008, 21:41
related countries: Norway

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon names Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide as the next UN envoy to Afghanistan.
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Kandahar casualty

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 20:46

The Afghan hospital treating Taleban and civilians
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Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts

Sunday, September 7th 2008, 13:00
related places: Kandahar

Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
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Kandahar suicide bomb kills four

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 18:12
related places: Kandahar

Afghan officials warn of an al-Qaeda link as a suicide bomber kills himself and three others in Kandahar.
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Karzai 'doing best' for hostages

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 15:09
related countries: North Korea, South Korea

Afghan President Karzai tells South Korea he is doing all he can to free 22 Korean hostages.
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Karzai 'faces West poll pressure'

Saturday, October 17th 2009, 16:55

World leaders are pressing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept he may have to face a run-off vote, the BBC has learned.
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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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Karzai 'sadness' at raid deaths

Friday, October 27th 2006, 21:36

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Afghans are "hurt and saddened" by civilian deaths in a Nato air strike.
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Karzai 'stands by poll decision'

Friday, March 6th 2009, 15:23

The Afghan president still wants an election in April but may be prepared to compromise, his spokesman says.
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Karzai 'stripped of outright win'

Monday, October 19th 2009, 21:35

A panel probing Afghan election fraud finds Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes for an outright win, the BBC learns.
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Karzai 'to answer poll criticism'

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 7:17
related countries: United States

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is set to respond to doubts over his election victory claim, says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Karzai 'to review foreign forces'

Friday, July 24th 2009, 14:53

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will will review agreements with foreign forces in Afghanistan if re-elected.
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Karzai 'to show India solidarity'

Monday, January 12th 2009, 7:04
related countries: India
related places: Delhi, Mumbai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting India's PM in Delhi and is expected to express support after Mumbai.
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Karzai agrees to delay elections

Saturday, March 7th 2009, 11:36

Afghanistan's president says he now accepts polls must be delayed to August, but insists he will remain in office until then.
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Karzai and Bush in Taleban talks

Monday, August 6th 2007, 3:40
related countries: North Korea, United States

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and US President Bush discuss how to tackle the continuing Taleban insurgency.
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Karzai anger at civilian deaths

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 16:10
related countries: United States
related places: Monday

The Afghan president will summon the head of US-led coalition to explain civilian deaths in a raid on Monday.
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Karzai anger at US strike deaths

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 17:06
related countries: United States

The Afghan president criticises a US military strike said to have killed civilians, saying such incidents strengthened rebels.
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Karzai anger over civilian deaths

Wednesday, May 2nd 2007, 16:38

The Afghan president hits out at foreign troop tactics after officials say 50 civilians were killed in the west.
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Karzai angry over West's tactics

Saturday, June 23rd 2007, 15:42

President Hamid Karzai says Western troops' failure to co-ordinate with Afghans is causing civilian casualties.
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'10 dead' in Afghanistan attack – 'Judges to rule' on Kabul convert'Karzai attackers' die in siege – 'Taleban fighter' killed in clash'Taleban held' after hotel attack – Afghan 'enemies will be beaten'Afghan 'health link' to uranium – Afghan bomb kills Italian troopsAfghan bomb kills Nato Canadians – Afghan clashes 'leave five dead'Afghan clashes displace thousands – Afghan helicopter crash kills 16Afghan helicopter crash kills six – Afghan opium production 'soars'Afghan optimism hit by violence – Afghan raids 'kill 22 militants'Afghan raids 'kill 22 militants' – Afghan suicide bomb kills eightAfghan suicide bomb near Nato HQ – Afghanistan 'friendly fire' probeAfghanistan 'holds Pakistani spy' – Afghans 'seize key al-Qaeda man'Afghans 'seize key al-Qaeda man' – Air force 'failing' in AfghanistanAir raid 'kills Afghan civilians' – Australian killed in AfghanistanAustralian military clears troops – Bomber targets Afghan city centreBombers strike on Afghan new year – Canada in Afghan detainee dealCanada in Afghanistan warning – Clashes at Pakistan refugee campClinton expects Nato troop pledge – Devastating blast rocks Afghan cityDinner date with the presidents – Experts probe Afghan mass graveExplosion at Nato base in Kabul – Four US troops die in AfghanistanFour US troops die in Afghanistan – Guards 'killed Afghan civilians'Guards killed in Afghan firefight – Iran 'sending weapons to Taleban'Iran accepts US Afghan invitation – Jubilant Afghans welcome nation's first ev...Kabul 'suicide attack' kills two – Karzai angry over West's tacticsKarzai appeals for forces funding – Karzai visits US bombing victimsKarzai vows to battle corruption – Many dead in Afghan suicide blastMany die in Afghan tanker blasts – More UK soldiers for AfghanistanMore US marines for Afghanistan – Nato chief defends Afghan plansNato chief faults Afghan leaders – Nato set for Afghan expansionNato soldier dead in Afghan blast – New UK Afghan deployment beginsNew US drone attack 'kills three' – On the takeOne killed in Kabul airport blast – Pakistan militants hijack trucksPakistan missile hit 'kills 20' – Police die in Afghan bomb blastPolice hunt for Taleban fighters – Robust defenceRocket attack on Afghan capital – Seven die in Afghanistan attackSeven soldiers die in Afghanistan – Suicide bomb hits Pakistan borderSuicide bomb kills Afghan troops – Taleban death toll 'inaccurate'Taleban defector Khaksar killed – Taleban's ex-spokesman killedTaliban defiant over Obama surge – Troops kill 'scores of Taleban'Troops need more, says Army head – UK PM to unveil Afghan strategyUK prince in Afghan visit – UK troops pull out of Afghan townUK troops rushed to Afghan riot – US 'deeply' regrets Afghan deathsUS 'erased Afghan attack footage' – US commander in Pakistan warningUS concern at Iran 'Afghan arms' – US opens 'major Afghan offensive'US opens Afghan deaths tribunal – US suffers losses in AfghanistanUS to back Afghan air raid probe – Warning over UK Afghan missionWarning to US about Taleban talks – Zardari postpones visit to Kabul