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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• November 11th 2005 – January 14th 2006
• January 14th 2006 – February 25th 2006
• February 27th 2006 – April 7th 2006
• April 8th 2006 – May 20th 2006
• May 21st 2006 – June 23rd 2006
• June 24th 2006 – July 30th 2006
• July 30th 2006 – September 3rd 2006
• September 4th 2006 – September 30th 2006
• October 2nd 2006 – November 3rd 2006
• November 5th 2006 – December 23rd 2006
• December 26th 2006 – February 16th 2007
• February 17th 2007 – March 22nd 2007
• March 22nd 2007 – April 28th 2007
• April 28th 2007 – June 5th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – July 6th 2007
• July 6th 2007 – July 31st 2007
• August 1st 2007 – August 29th 2007
• August 29th 2007 – October 2nd 2007
• October 2nd 2007 – November 19th 2007
• November 20th 2007 – January 9th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – February 9th 2008
• February 10th 2008 – March 14th 2008
• March 17th 2008 – April 27th 2008
• April 29th 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 11th 2008 – July 11th 2008
• July 12th 2008 – August 8th 2008
• August 10th 2008 – September 9th 2008
• September 9th 2008 – October 9th 2008
• October 10th 2008 – November 5th 2008
• November 5th 2008 – December 11th 2008
• December 12th 2008 – January 15th 2009
• January 17th 2009 – February 16th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – March 9th 2009
• March 11th 2009 – April 1st 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – May 7th 2009
• May 8th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 29th 2009 – July 20th 2009
• July 20th 2009 – August 13th 2009
• August 13th 2009 – August 27th 2009
• August 27th 2009 – September 10th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 30th 2009 – October 19th 2009
• October 20th 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 4th 2009 – November 18th 2009
• November 18th 2009 – December 9th 2009
• December 11th 2009 – December 29th 2009

Afghanistan: news

Muslim Battalions

Monday, February 16th 2009, 14:47

Central Asia's role in the Soviet-Afghan war
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Jail upheld in Afghan Koran case

Monday, February 16th 2009, 16:32

An Afghanistan court upholds 20-year prison terms for two men who published a translation of the Koran which contained errors.
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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 5:02
related countries: United Kingdom

A British army soldier has been killed in Helmand province in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Conflict voices

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 9:14

Memories of Soviet Afghan war 20 years after pull-out
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Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 14:05

The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan's conflict jumps nearly 40%, with more than 2,000 killed last year, the UN says.
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Raids seize $71m of Afghan heroin

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 4:33
related countries: United Kingdom

British and Afghan troops have seized heroin and drug-making chemicals in Afghanistan worth more than £50m ($71m).
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Drug abuse hampers Afghan police

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 5:06
related countries: United Kingdom

Sixty per cent of police in Afghanistan's Helmand province use drugs, according to British estimates obtained by the BBC.
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US to boost troops in Afghanistan

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 9:17
related countries: United States

President Obama authorises the deployment of 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan to "meet urgent security needs".
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Raids seize $71m of Afghan heroin

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 12:47
related countries: United Kingdom

British and Afghan troops have seized heroin and drug-making chemicals in Afghanistan worth millions of pounds.
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Afghanistan hails 'new US ties'

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 17:08
related countries: United States

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is turning a new page in US ties, his spokesman says, as 17,000 more American troops are pledged.
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Kyrgyzstan to vote on key US base

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 1:09
related countries: Kyrgyzstan, United States

Kyrgyzstan's parliament is to vote on whether to close an air base which the US uses to support Afghan operations.
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Kyrgyz MPs vote to shut US base

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 9:27
related countries: Kyrgyzstan, United States

Kyrgyzstan's parliament votes in favour of closing a strategic US air base that supports US and Nato operations in Afghanistan.
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US faces fresh Afghan obstacles

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 16:55
related countries: United States

Kyrgyzstan votes to close an air base key to US efforts in Afghanistan, as Washington urges Nato to send more troops there.
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Nato 'can't allow Afghan failure'

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 21:59

Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says that failure in Afghanistan is "not an option" but that military force alone is not a solution.
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Afghan challenges

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 22:59

Nato faces bleak times in unstable Afghanistan
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Obama pledges to work with Canada

Friday, February 20th 2009, 0:46
related countries: Canada, United States

Barack Obama, in his first foreign trip as US president, promises to co-operate with Canada on trade, energy and Afghanistan.
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US finds new Afghan supply route

Friday, February 20th 2009, 12:18
related countries: Tajikistan, United States, Uzbekistan

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agree to allow Nato supplies for Afghanistan through their territory, the US says.
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Role models?

Saturday, February 21st 2009, 1:08

Curbing the Afghan Taleban with the help of tribal militias
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'No US rights' for Bagram inmates

Saturday, February 21st 2009, 3:55
related countries: United States
related places: Bagram

Detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot use US courts to challenge their detention, the US says.
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Japan to pay Afghan police salary

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 10:57
related countries: Japan

Japan says it will pay the salaries of 80,000 Afghan police officers for six months as part of its drive to help regeneration.
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Afghan blast 'kills four troops'

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 13:57
related countries: United States

Four soldiers from the international coalition are killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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Remote hope

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 17:52

Change slow to come to isolated Afghan north
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Taleban reconciliation 'possible'

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 22:38

The governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province tells the BBC that the Taleban insurgency can eventually be defeated.
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US lifts ban on war dead photos

Thursday, February 26th 2009, 22:19
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US defence department ends a ban on news photos of the coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Key Afghan-Pakistani talks in US

Friday, February 27th 2009, 0:23
related countries: Pakistan, United States

The US agrees with Afghanistan and Pakistan to hold regular talks to tackle rising violence in their volatile border region.
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Afghan president urges April poll

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 14:55

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai urges the country to hold elections in May, rather than August as decided by the electoral commission.
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Election confusion

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 17:52

Afghan president's poll call does little to ease tension
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Afghan president urges April poll

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 18:00

Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls for polls to be held in April - earlier than the date set by the electoral commission.
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US resists Karzai poll date call

Sunday, March 1st 2009, 4:09
related countries: United States
related places: August

The US says it prefers an August date for elections in Afghanistan, despite President Hamid Karzai's call for an April poll.
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Missiles 'kill seven' in Pakistan

Sunday, March 1st 2009, 14:35
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Missiles fired by US unmanned aircraft kill seven people close to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, reports say.
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UN concern over Afghan elections

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 3:55

A senior UN official says it will be nearly impossible to hold credible elections in Afghanistan in April, as ordered by President Karzai.
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US Afghan supplies cross Russia

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 16:47
related countries: Russia, United States

A first shipment of non-military supplies has crossed Russia on its way to US forces in Afghanistan, a Russian news agency says.
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Main US Afghan base is attacked

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 10:25
related countries: United States

The main US base in southern Afghanistan is hit by at least one explosion, officials say.
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Afghan elections set for August

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 15:18

Afghanistan's Election Commission rejects President Karzai's call for April elections, saying they will take place on 20 August.
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Kyrgyz U-turn on US base mooted

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 18:20
related countries: Kyrgyzstan, United States

Kyrgyzstan's president raises the possibility of US troops remaining at a key airbase that supports operations in Afghanistan.
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Nato to discuss Afghanistan

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 7:24
related countries: Russia, United States

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due at her first Nato meeting, with Russia and Afghanistan topping the agenda.
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Clinton pushes for Afghan meeting

Friday, March 6th 2009, 4:14
related countries: Iran, United States

The US Secretary of State calls for a conference on Afghanistan to get all countries involved, including Iran, to work together.
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US officer 'stole Iraq aid funds'

Friday, March 6th 2009, 7:33
related countries: Iraq, United States

A US army captain is charged with stealing nearly $700,000 intended for Iraq and Afghan relief efforts.
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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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Afghan operation is 'worthless'

Saturday, March 7th 2009, 9:54
related countries: United Kingdom, Vietnam

The UK military situation in Afghanistan is 'worthless' and similar to the Vietnam war, an ex-SAS commander claims.
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Iran to mull US Afghan invitation

Saturday, March 7th 2009, 10:21
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran would consider a US invitation to a conference on Afghanistan later this month, a government spokesman says.
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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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Obama hints at talks with Taleban

Sunday, March 8th 2009, 12:13
related countries: Iraq, United States

President Obama suggests there could be talks with moderate elements of the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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'Militants die' in Pakistan clash

Monday, March 9th 2009, 6:48
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistani troops kill four militants in the Bajaur tribal district near the Afghan border, the army says.
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Nato 'struggling in Afghan south'

Monday, March 9th 2009, 10:47
related countries: United States

Coalition forces in Afghanistan are not winning in large parts of the south, the commander of Nato and US forces says.
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