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

Afghanistan: news

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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Afghan strife keeps children home

Monday, January 21st 2008, 17:29

Fear of violence keeps 300,000 children in southern Afghanistan from school, President Karzai says.
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UK soldier killed in Afghan blast

Monday, January 21st 2008, 9:01

A British soldier dies and five others are injured in a blast in southern Afghanistan, the MoD says.
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'Many militants die' in Pakistan

Friday, January 18th 2008, 14:42
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistani forces in South Waziristan say they have killed 90 militants in two separate battles close to the Afghan border.
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Scores dead in Afghan cold snap

Friday, January 18th 2008, 9:53

The number of people who have died in a cold snap in Afghanistan rises to 200, government officials say.
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US chief hails Afghan Nato allies

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 19:19
related countries: United States

US defence chief Robert Gates praises Nato allies in Afghanistan, a day after being quoted as questioning them.
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Defence chief 'misquoted' on Nato

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 6:44
related countries: Netherlands, United States

The Dutch government says US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was misquoted on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
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US politician on al-Qaeda charge

Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 22:26
related countries: United States

Ex-US congressman Mark Deli Siljander is charged over the funding of an al-Qaeda supporter in Afghanistan.
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Faulty heaters kill many in Iran

Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 18:19
related countries: Iran

Faulty heaters are blamed for 89 deaths in Iran, while neighbouring Afghanistan also struggles with a cold spell.
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More US marines for Afghanistan

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 16:03
related countries: United States

The US says it is sending some 3,200 more marines to Afghanistan to help Nato fight the Taleban.
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'Taleban held' after hotel attack

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 13:42
related places: Kabul

Afghan authorities say they have arrested one of the Taleban attackers who stormed a top Kabul hotel.
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Taleban attack Kabul luxury hotel

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 1:32
related places: Kabul

The Taleban attack the main luxury hotel for foreign visitors in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least six people.
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Video link for US Afghan inmates

Monday, January 14th 2008, 14:02
related countries: United States

Prisoners at a US jail in Afghanistan communicate via video link with their families for the first time.
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Pakistani troops killed in clash

Monday, January 14th 2008, 12:39
related countries: Pakistan

Militants kill at least seven Pakistani soldiers in a tribal area near the Afghan border, the military says.
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Afghan police killed in attacks

Sunday, January 13th 2008, 16:40
related countries: Netherlands

Nine policemen, two Dutch troops and several Taleban are reported killed in separate clashes in Afghanistan.
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Japan PM forces navy bill through

Friday, January 11th 2008, 6:56
related countries: Japan, United States

Japan's ruling party forces through a bill reviving a support mission for US-led forces in Afghanistan.
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US mulls more Afghanistan troops

Thursday, January 10th 2008, 2:27
related countries: United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is considering plans to send an extra 3,000 marines to Afghanistan.
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Deadly blizzards bring Asia chaos

Wednesday, January 9th 2008, 17:00
related countries: Iran, Pakistan

Heavy snow causes scores of deaths and disruption in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan.
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US opens Afghan deaths tribunal

Tuesday, January 8th 2008, 1:38
related countries: United States

The US Marine Corps launches a special tribunal into the deaths of Afghan civilians, allegedly killed by US fire.
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Ex-Taleban chief named governor

Monday, January 7th 2008, 18:47

A former Taleban commander who switched sides is made governor of the Afghan town of Musa Qala.
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Pakistanis flee into Afghanistan

Monday, January 7th 2008, 4:38

Thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing into Afghanistan as the security situation worsens in tribal regions.
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Afghanistan appeals for food aid

Friday, January 4th 2008, 23:11

Afghanistan appeals to the international community for extra supplies of wheat to tackle dire food shortages.
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Afghan police 'killed by Taleban'

Monday, December 31st 2007, 10:20
related places: Kandahar

At least 16 Afghan policemen die when their checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar is attacked.
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Taleban sack military commander

Saturday, December 29th 2007, 17:14

Afghan Taleban leader Mullah Omar sacks one of his top military commanders, Mansoor Dadullah.
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Afghanistan expels diplomats

Thursday, December 27th 2007, 11:06

Two diplomats accused by Afghan officials of contacting the Taleban leave after talks to stop their expulsions fail.
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Karzai, Musharraf 'to co-operate'

Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 16:26
related countries: Pakistan

The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledge to co-operate in the fight against Islamic militants.
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Urgent talks on Afghan expulsions

Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 13:40

Diplomatic efforts are under way in Afghanistan to try to prevent the expulsion of two senior foreign officials.
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Afghanistan expels top officials

Tuesday, December 25th 2007, 19:16

Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan expels top officials

Tuesday, December 25th 2007, 16:58

Two senior officials - from the European Union and the United Nations - are told to leave Afghanistan.
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Italy's Prodi visits Afghanistan

Sunday, December 23rd 2007, 12:59
related countries: Italy

Italy's PM, Romano Prodi, visits Afghanistan for talks with President Karzai and an inspection of Italian troops.
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Australia in Afghan commitment

Saturday, December 22nd 2007, 14:26
related countries: Aruba, France
related places: Kabul

Australia's new PM Kevin Rudd visits Kabul to pledge support, hours after French leader Nicolas Sarkozy also visits.
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Sarkozy warns of Taleban threat

Saturday, December 22nd 2007, 11:03
related countries: France
related places: Kabul

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says Afghanistan must not fall back into the hands of extremist groups.
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Warning over Pentagon funding

Saturday, December 22nd 2007, 5:45
related countries: Iraq, United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns the Pentagon could be running out of money for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US Congress passes Iraq funding

Thursday, December 20th 2007, 0:18
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US Congress backs a huge federal budget, bowing to President Bush's call for extra Afghan and Iraq funds.
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Afghan security guards 'ambushed'

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 10:09

At least 15 Afghan security guards are killed in an ambush by the Taleban in western Afghanistan, police say.
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German 'kidnapped' in Afghanistan

Monday, December 17th 2007, 15:25
related countries: Germany

A German man missing in north-west Afghanistan has been kidnapped, Afghan police say.
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Five killed by Afghan bike bomb

Monday, December 17th 2007, 6:24

Five people are killed by a bomb mounted on a motorcycle in western Afghanistan, reports say.
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