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

UK marine killed in Afghanistan

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 20:24
related countries: United Kingdom

A Royal Marine has been killed by a landmine in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Italian PM faces coalition crisis

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 17:22
related countries: Italy

Italy's Romano Prodi calls a special cabinet session after his fragile coalition loses a key foreign policy vote.
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Afghan war crimes amnesty passed

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 16:09

The upper house of the Afghan parliament approves a controversial bill giving amnesty to war criminals.
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 4:45
related countries: United States

An American soldier is killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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Nato convoy targeted in Kandahar

Monday, February 19th 2007, 15:55
related countries: Canada
related places: Kandahar

A Canadian army convoy is targeted as insurgents launch their heaviest attack on the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
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US troops killed in chopper crash

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 14:37
related countries: United States

Eight US troops are killed and 14 wounded in a helicopter crash in south-eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Unsung heroes of Afghanistan

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 12:01

On a recent visit to Afghanistan, Paul Adams learns what life is like for those away from the battlefields.
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Afghan leader in key Rome talks

Friday, February 16th 2007, 4:50
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

President Hamid Karzai is meeting the Italian prime minister to discuss the fight against Afghan militants.
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Bush issues Afghan call to Nato

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 16:57
related countries: United States

US President Bush says other Nato nations must do more in the battle against Afghanistan's Taleban.
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US troops diverted to Afghanistan

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 12:38
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US says that 3,200 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade will be deployed to Afghanistan in the spring, instead of Iraq.
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Nato 'kills Taleban commander'

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 19:35

A senior Taleban leader is killed in a Nato air strike in southern Afghanistan, UK forces say.
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'Big three' hold key Delhi talks

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 15:42
related countries: India, Russia
related places: Delhi

The foreign ministers of India, China and Russia discuss terrorism, drug trafficking, and Afghanistan in Delhi.
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Pakistan denies border charges

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 6:53
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan denies accusations that it is not doing enough to stop militants crossing the border into Afghanistan.
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Canadians debate Afghan pullout

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 9:32
related countries: Canada

A Canadian Senate committee says the government should consider withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan.
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Helmand 'seeing insurgent surge'

Sunday, February 11th 2007, 15:42
related countries: Pakistan

The governor of Helmand province in Afghanistan says up to 700 insurgents have crossed over from Pakistan.
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Helmand 'seeing insurgent surge'

Sunday, February 11th 2007, 15:42
related countries: Pakistan

The governor of Helmand province in Afghanistan says up to 700 insurgents have crossed over from Pakistan.
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Nato chief in Afghanistan pledge

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 16:57

The secretary general of Nato pledges that the international community will do a "better job" in Afghanistan.
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Afghan camps 'to close by August'

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 18:17

Pakistan announces it will close four Afghan refugee camps in its border provinces by the end of August.
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'Al-Qaeda' arrests in Afghanistan

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 6:58
related countries: United States

US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say they have arrested two suspected al-Qaeda militants.
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Canada probes Afghan 'abuse'

Tuesday, February 6th 2007, 19:51
related countries: Canada

The Canadian military begins an investigation into claims of detainee abuse by its soldiers in Afghanistan.
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'US spies' killed in tribal area

Tuesday, February 6th 2007, 12:32
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Militants kill two men accused of spying against them near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials say.
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New chief for Nato Afghan force

Sunday, February 4th 2007, 16:22
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

UK General David Richards hands over the control of the Nato force in Afghanistan to US General Dan McNeill.
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Afghan forces vow to retake town

Saturday, February 3rd 2007, 18:19

The Afghan government and Nato-led troops are preparing to recapture a town stormed by the Taleban.
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Taleban forces retake Afghan town

Friday, February 2nd 2007, 13:34
related countries: United Kingdom

Taleban forces in southern Afghanistan take control of a town at the centre of controversial UK peace deal.
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Musharraf admits border problems

Friday, February 2nd 2007, 12:19

President Musharraf admits that some border security forces have been letting the Taleban into Afghanistan.
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UK to increase Afghanistan force

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 17:30
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: More

Eight hundred more British troops are to take on the Taleban in southern Afghanistan.
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Nato offensive 'kills 30 Taleban'

Wednesday, January 31st 2007, 16:44

At least 30 suspected Taleban fighters were killed in an attack by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, police say.
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Nato offensive 'kills 30 Taleban'

Wednesday, January 31st 2007, 16:26

At least 30 suspected Taleban fighters were killed in an attack by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, police say.
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Afghan civilian deaths criticised

Tuesday, January 30th 2007, 13:47

A Human Rights Watch report says that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006.
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Nato 'to step up Afghan support'

Friday, January 26th 2007, 18:36

Nato ministers meeting in Brussels agree to step up military and economic help for Afghanistan, officials say.
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US to boost Afghan troops and aid

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 21:35

The US says it plans to spend $10.6bn on Afghanistan, while bolstering the number of Nato troops there.
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More UK diplomats for Afghanistan

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 21:51
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK government is to send up to 35 extra diplomatic staff to Afghanistan, the BBC has learned.
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Taleban 'to build Afghan schools'

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 17:52

The militant Taleban group has earmarked $1m to set up schools in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman says.
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'Ten die' in Afghan suicide blast

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 13:36

At least 10 people die and 40 are hurt in a suicide attack near a Nato base in Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
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Afghan poppies 'could help UK'

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 0:01
related countries: United Kingdom

Afghanistan's opium-poppy harvest should be used to tackle a shortage of diamorphine, say UK doctors.
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'Friendly fire' death in Pakistan

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 16:40
related countries: Pakistan, United States

Pakistan says US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan have mistakenly killed one of its border soldiers.
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Call for extra Afghanistan troops

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 11:10

More troops are needed for a push to defeat the Taleban, the general in charge of Nato forces in Afghanistan says.
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Clinton urges US Iraq troops cap

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 20:04
related countries: United States
related places: Likely

Likely presidential contender Senator Hillary Clinton urges a limit on US Iraq troops and more forces for Afghanistan.
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Taleban spokesman 'arrested'

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 15:51
related countries: Pakistan

Afghan intelligence agents say they have arrested a top Taleban spokesman near the Pakistan border.
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US defence chief in Kabul talks

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 15:07
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is in Kabul to discuss responses to escalating violence in Afghanistan.
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'Two die' in Pakistan camp blast

Monday, January 15th 2007, 12:28
related countries: Pakistan

At least two people are killed in an explosion in a camp for Afghan refugees in north-western Pakistan, police say.
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Nato accused over Afghan deaths

Friday, January 12th 2007, 11:48

Nato disputes police reports that it has killed at least 13 civilians in a strike on Taleban positions in Afghanistan.
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Nato 'kills 150 Taleban fighters'

Thursday, January 11th 2007, 18:49
related countries: Pakistan

Up to 150 Taleban militants are killed in a battle near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, Nato says.
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Afghan warlord 'aided Bin Laden'

Thursday, January 11th 2007, 15:51
related countries: United States

An Afghan rebel leader says he helped Osama Bin Laden escape a 2001 US-led hunt in eastern Afghanistan.
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UK troops 'destroy' Taleban camp

Sunday, January 7th 2007, 14:26
related countries: United Kingdom

British troops destroy a Taleban training camp in Afghanistan, killing dozens in the process, the military says.
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