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 15th 2008 – November 10th 2008
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• September 15th 2008 – August 19th 2008
• August 18th 2008 – July 17th 2008
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• June 18th 2008 – May 12th 2008
• May 12th 2008 – March 31st 2008
• March 29th 2008 – February 21st 2008
• February 20th 2008 – January 22nd 2008
• January 21st 2008 – December 12th 2007
• December 11th 2007 – October 24th 2007
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• February 13th 2006 – December 20th 2005
• December 19th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Afghanistan: news

Nato chief calm on Afghan visit

Wednesday, February 20th 2008, 6:03

Nato head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plays down tensions in the alliance as he arrives in Afghanistan.
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Nato chief calm on Afghan visit

Wednesday, February 20th 2008, 6:03

Nato head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plays down tensions in the alliance as he arrives in Afghanistan.
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Ex-Afghan warlord is 'suspended'

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 19:43

Afghanistan's attorney general says he has suspended former warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum from the government.
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'Car bomb' explodes in Kandahar

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 10:51
related places: Kandahar

A car bomb goes off in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least one person, police say.
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Dozens die in latest Afghan bomb

Monday, February 18th 2008, 12:29

A bomb in Afghanistan reportedly kills 35 civilians and injures many people, three of them Nato troops.
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Afghan bomb toll 'rises to 100'

Monday, February 18th 2008, 10:24
related places: Kandahar

Funerals are held in the Afghan city of Kandahar after an attack that officials say killed more than 100 people.
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Scores killed in Afghan bombing

Sunday, February 17th 2008, 22:15
related places: Kandahar

A suicide bomb kills up to 80 people in Kandahar in one of Afghanistan's deadliest attacks since 2001.
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Afghan mission on track, US says

Friday, February 15th 2008, 19:13
related countries: United States
related places: America

America's top soldier, Admiral Mike Mullen, dismisses claims that Nato's Afghan mission is in jeopardy.
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Pakistani diplomat still missing

Thursday, February 14th 2008, 7:26
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan says there is still no news on its ambassador to Afghanistan who is believed to have been kidnapped.
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MPs concerned by Karzai comments

Thursday, February 14th 2008, 1:41
related countries: United Kingdom

British MPs express concern about critical comments made by the Afghan president about the UK.
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Miliband urges democracy push

Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 20:22
related countries: Iraq

Mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq must not overcome the "moral pulse" to encourage democracy, says minister.
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Pakistani ambassador missing

Monday, February 11th 2008, 19:48
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan goes missing near the border and is feared kidnapped.
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Top Afghan militant 'captured'

Monday, February 11th 2008, 15:26
related countries: Pakistan

A leading Afghan Taleban fighter is captured after a shootout in south-west Pakistan, police say.
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US warning on Nato's Afghan role

Sunday, February 10th 2008, 12:11
related countries: United States

Europe needs convincing that Nato's Afghan mission is part of a wider war on terror, says the US defence secretary.
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Nato's Afghan strategy 'working'

Sunday, February 10th 2008, 4:07
related countries: United Kingdom

A senior British diplomat defends Nato's operation in Afghanistan, saying the overall strategy is working.
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Piloting Afghanistan to a prosperous future

Saturday, February 9th 2008, 12:06

Lyse Doucet reports that the international community's efforts to rebuild Afghanistan need to be better co-ordinated.
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Canada seeks troops pledge

Friday, February 8th 2008, 11:21
related countries: Canada, France
related places: Paris

Canada sends a high-level delegation to Paris to sound out a possible offer of military help in Afghanistan.
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Nato dismisses Afghanistan crisis

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 23:45

Nato rejects talk of a crisis over its Afghanistan operation, saying the alliance is making good progress.
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Karzai denies tensions with West

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 16:39
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: West

Afghan President Hamid Karzai plays down differences with the West, during a visit by top US and UK diplomats.
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West warned over Afghan failure

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 12:53
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: London

Nato's chief says failure in Afghanistan could fuel attacks in the West, as top UK and US diplomats visit the country.
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Nato 'at risk over Afghanistan'

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 2:28
related countries: United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns the future of Nato is in danger due to differences over Afghanistan.
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UK-US talks on Afghan war

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 11:55
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Gordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan.
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More opium likely in Afghan south

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 3:18

The amount of opium poppy cultivated in Afghanistan's volatile southern provinces will increase in 2008, the UN says.
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Poland warning over Nato troops

Tuesday, February 5th 2008, 5:08
related countries: Poland

Poland's foreign minister criticises some Nato members for not committing enough troops to Afghanistan.
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Report urges Afghan farmer boost

Tuesday, February 5th 2008, 2:25

A new report on Afghanistan's drugs trade urges investment to provide alternative livelihoods for farmers.
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Germany rejects US troops appeal

Friday, February 1st 2008, 17:44
related countries: Germany, United States

Germany turns down a US appeal to send more troops to Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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Top al-Qaeda commander 'killed'

Friday, February 1st 2008, 11:38

A senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, top Western officials say.
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US seeks troops for Afghanistan

Friday, February 1st 2008, 9:59
related countries: Germany, United States

The US urges Germany to send more troops to southern Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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Afghanistan's future 'in peril'

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 17:01

Nato is not winning in Afghanistan and the country faces a humanitarian catastrophe, new reports say.
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Blast kills top Afghan official

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 16:10

The deputy governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province is killed in a bomb attack on a mosque.
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Afghan senate blasphemy retreat

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 15:37

The senate of the Afghan parliament backs down over its support for the death sentence against a journalist.
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Canada PM issues Afghan ultimatum

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 10:34
related countries: Canada, United States

Canada tells the US that it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan unless Nato deploys more troops there.
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One killed in Kabul suicide blast

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 4:49
related places: Kabul

A suicide car bomb targeting an army vehicle in the Afghan capital, Kabul, kills one person, officials say.
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Afghan blasphemy death backed

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 9:03

The upper house of the Afghan parliament supports a death sentence issued against a journalist for blasphemy.
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Afghan women stage rare protest

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 7:06
related countries: United States

Women stage a rare demonstration in Afghanistan calling for the release of a kidnapped US aid worker.
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Afghanistan 'failed state' risk

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 4:45
related countries: United States

Afghanistan risks turning into a failed state and becoming a forgotten war, a US study says.
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Ashdown pulls out of Afghan role

Sunday, January 27th 2008, 13:09
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain's Paddy Ashdown says he will not become UN envoy to Afghanistan after strong opposition from Kabul.
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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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US woman seized in Afghanistan

Saturday, January 26th 2008, 12:56
related countries: United States

An American woman working for an aid agency is kidnapped in southern Afghanistan, along with her driver.
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UK rejects Karzai troops criticism

Friday, January 25th 2008, 15:18
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK hits back at claims by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that UK troops are making the country's situation worse.
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US-led raid 'kills Afghan police'

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 15:52
related countries: United States

US-led coalition forces mistakenly kill 10 police and two civilians in Afghanistan, a provincial official says.
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US Afghan poppy drive a 'failure'

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 8:25
related countries: United States

A former US ambassador to the UN says President Bush's moves to clear Afghanistan's poppy fields have failed.
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Afghan 'blasphemy' sentence

Wednesday, January 23rd 2008, 11:35

A journalist in Afghanistan is sentenced to death for distributing blasphemous material.
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Canada call over Afghan mission

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 18:00
related countries: Canada

An independent panel calls for Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan indefinitely - but under certain conditions.
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