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

Long lines at troubled Kabul Bank

Saturday, September 4th 2010, 21:47

Afghans have continued to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, Kabul Bank, over fears it may collapse.
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Karzai sets up Taliban talks body

Saturday, September 4th 2010, 15:27

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
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Afghan violence 'will get worse'

Saturday, September 4th 2010, 8:53
related countries: United Kingdom

Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.
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Strike 'kills Afghan civilians'

Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 19:31

Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
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Afghan bank 'to avoid collapse'

Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 11:34

The head of Afghanistan's Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country's biggest commercial bank to collapse.
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Afghan attacks kill US soldiers

Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 12:05
related countries: United States

Four US soldiers have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in eastern Afghanistan, Nato said.
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Afghan attacks kill US soldiers

Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 11:51
related countries: United States

Five American soldiers are killed in three separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan, Nato says.
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US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Monday, August 30th 2010, 16:05
related countries: United States

Two roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan have killed seven US soldiers, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force says.
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Blast kills Afghan district chief

Monday, August 30th 2010, 10:44

A bombing outside the office of the governor of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar kills one person.
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Afghan election workers shot dead

Sunday, August 29th 2010, 13:49
related places: Herat

Police find the bodies of five election workers in Afghanistan's Herat province, after they were kidnapped by Taliban insurgents.
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Taliban attack Nato Afghan bases

Saturday, August 28th 2010, 12:14

Nato-led forces repel attacks by Taliban insurgents on two coalition bases in eastern Afghanistan, killing 18 militants and capturing others, officials say.
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Canada makes fourth terror arrest

Friday, August 27th 2010, 22:03
related countries: Canada

Canadian police arrest fourth suspect in connection with a terror plot to fight Western forces in Afghanistan.
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Karzai criticises US pullout plan

Friday, August 27th 2010, 14:43
related countries: United States

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says US plans to begin withdrawing troops in 2011 have given the Taliban a "morale boost".
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Concern over PM's Afghan security

Friday, August 27th 2010, 8:32

Senior military figures express concern about the security arrangements for a recent trip by Prime Minister David Cameron to Afghanistan.
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Taliban kill eight Afghan police

Thursday, August 26th 2010, 6:40

Taliban militants have killed eight Afghan police officers in the northern province of Kunduz, police say.
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Election 'menace'

Thursday, August 26th 2010, 0:41

Afghanistan outcry over messy poster campaigns
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Three Spaniards killed by Afghan

Wednesday, August 25th 2010, 13:31
related countries: Spain

An Afghan police recruit shoots dead two Spanish police officers and their interpreter in north-western Afghanistan, officials say.
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General questions US withdrawal plan

Wednesday, August 25th 2010, 3:17
related countries: United States

The American general in charge of US marines has said President Obama's plan to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next July is encouraging Taliban insurgents.
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General warns on Afghan deadline

Tuesday, August 24th 2010, 22:56
related countries: United States

A senior US general warns that President Barack Obama's deadline to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan is encouraging the Taliban.
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Petraeus on Afghan 'process'

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 21:56

The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan talks to the BBC's John Simpson about the task ahead.
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Soldiers' views on Afghan war game

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 13:50
related countries: United Kingdom

British troops give their views on the defence secretary's call for Medal of Honor to be banned.
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French soldiers killed near Kabul

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 12:41
related countries: France
related places: Kabul

Two French soldiers are killed and three injured during fighting in Afghanistan, the French president's office announces.
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Petraeus: Taliban momentum 'reversed'

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 6:24
related places: Kabul

The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan says the momentum built up by the Taliban has been reversed in the south of the country and capital Kabul.
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Petraeus says Taliban 'reversed'

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 5:24

The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan says the momentum built up by the Taliban has been reversed in key provinces.
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The forthright general

Monday, August 23rd 2010, 4:08
related countries: United States

How the new US commander in Afghanistan sees his role
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Soldier shot in Afghanistan named

Sunday, August 22nd 2010, 19:42
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK soldier shot dead in Afghanistan while guarding a meeting between local elders and coalition troops is named as L/Cpl Jordan Dean Bancroft.
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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 21st 2010, 12:50
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK soldier is shot dead in southern Afghanistan while protecting a meeting between local elders and Afghan troops.
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Taliban attack Afghan road team

Friday, August 20th 2010, 17:11

Heavy casualties are reported after a Taliban attack on a road construction team in southern Afghanistan.
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Not guilty plea over Kabul deaths

Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 3:40
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul, Blackwater

Two former employees of a security company owned by the US firm formerly known as Blackwater plead not guilty to killing two Afghans in 2009.
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Animal charity's Afghan ad banned

Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 0:39

An advert for an animal charity working in Afghanistan has been banned by the advertising watchdog for being "likely to mislead".
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Karzai issues security ultimatum

Tuesday, August 17th 2010, 14:18

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai gives private security companies four months to end their operations in the country.
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Gates says Afghan exit on course

Monday, August 16th 2010, 17:23
related countries: United States

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the United States will definitely start reducing the number of its soldiers in Afghanistan next July.
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Taliban 'kill couple in public'

Monday, August 16th 2010, 17:11

A couple accused of an adulterous affair are killed in public on Taliban orders in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, officials say.
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Petraeus hedges over Afghan exit

Sunday, August 15th 2010, 15:26
related countries: United States

The new US commander in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, says US forces will only begin withdrawing in 2011 if conditions allow.
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'Pakistan drone strike kills 12'

Saturday, August 14th 2010, 19:34
related countries: Pakistan, United States

A suspected US drone strike on Pakistan kills at least 12 militants in a tribal area near the Afghan border, officials say.
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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 14th 2010, 9:04
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Obama and Karzai in Taliban vow

Saturday, August 14th 2010, 4:38
related countries: United States

The US and Afghan presidents pledge to continue working together to combat the Taliban during a lengthy video conference conversation.
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Two Afghan-based UK soldiers die

Friday, August 13th 2010, 14:31
related countries: United Kingdom

Two soldiers serving in Afghanistan's Helmand province have died after separate incidents, the MoD says.
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Afghan army offensive 'ambushed'

Friday, August 13th 2010, 11:24
related places: Laghman

An Afghan National Army operation - initially run independently of Nato - in the eastern province of Laghman goes "disastrously wrong", officials say.
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Life in Northern Afghanistan

Friday, August 13th 2010, 8:24

Fighting in Afghanistan's northern regions is less intense than in the south, allowing for more aid and development to get through
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Delivering for Afghanistan

Thursday, August 12th 2010, 23:25

Young midwife on family planning and infant mortality
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Afghan protest over Nato attack

Thursday, August 12th 2010, 14:33

Afghan villagers protest over the deaths of three men allegedly killed in a raid by Nato-led forces in Wardak province.
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Wounded soldier dies in hospital

Thursday, August 12th 2010, 11:34
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier dies in a UK hospital after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan last month, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Wikileaks urged to censor files

Tuesday, August 10th 2010, 22:31
related countries: United States

Human rights groups urge Wikileaks to remove the names of Afghan civilians from leaked US military reports.
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Karzai 'to scrap security firms'

Tuesday, August 10th 2010, 16:04

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will set a deadline for replacing private security firms with local security forces, his office says.
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Big rise in Afghan civilian toll

Tuesday, August 10th 2010, 13:59

A sharp rise in insurgent attacks in Afghanistan causes a 31% rise in civilian casualties, despite a fall in deaths and injuries caused by international forces, the UN says.
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Suicide bomb hits Afghan capital

Tuesday, August 10th 2010, 11:47
related places: Kabul

A suicide bomb has rocked the Afghan capital Kabul, with reports that a guesthouse was targeted, say Afghan police.
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NI man is killed in Afghanistan

Monday, August 9th 2010, 8:28
related countries: United Kingdom

A father of four from Northern Ireland has been shot dead in Helmand in Afghanistan.
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Afghan tribute to killed medics

Sunday, August 8th 2010, 16:52

A senior Afghan politician says the medical workers killed last week were dedicated to helping the needy and describes their deaths as shocking.
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Tributes paid to killed UK doctor

Sunday, August 8th 2010, 13:48
related countries: United Kingdom

The family and fiance of British doctor Karen Woo, who was killed with nine colleagues in Afghanistan, say she was "loving and caring" and a "true hero".
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Afghan police hunt medic killers

Sunday, August 8th 2010, 8:25

Afghan police arrest a convoy driver in the hunt for the killers of Briton Dr Karen Woo and her nine colleagues.
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Medic's mission

Saturday, August 7th 2010, 18:58

Blog posts written by Briton Dr Karen Woo, killed in Afghanistan
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Shot UK medical worker identified

Saturday, August 7th 2010, 18:51
related countries: United Kingdom

A British aid worker who was among 10 people killed by gunmen in a remote part of north-east Afghanistan is named as Dr Karen Woo.
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Medics shot dead in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 7th 2010, 18:08

Ten medical charity workers, including US, German and British nationals, are killed in north-eastern Afghanistan.
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Afghan girl to have nose rebuilt

Friday, August 6th 2010, 16:22
related countries: United States
related places: Time

The girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover arrives in the US for surgery to give her a new nose.
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US demands Wikileaks return files

Friday, August 6th 2010, 2:11
related countries: United States

The Pentagon demands that Wikileaks remove secret US documents on the Afghan war from its website and cancel plans to publish any more it holds.
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Afghans 'killed in air strike'

Thursday, August 5th 2010, 22:18
related countries: United States

Nato air strikes are said to have killed at least 25 Afghans, hours after US troops are urged to avoid hurting non-combatants.
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Police die in Afghan suicide raid

Thursday, August 5th 2010, 6:58

At least six policemen die as a suicide bomber attacks a joint convoy of Afghan and Nato forces in north Afghanistan, officials say.
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Friend or foe? Battle to win Afghan trust

Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 21:51
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Battle

As British forces continue to advance through the Taliban's Helmand stronghold, winning the trust of the Afghan people is proving just as testing a battle.
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Petraeus rules focus on civilians

Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 19:25
related countries: United States

The US commander in Afghanistan urges troops to avoid civilian casualties as Taliban insurgents issue their own "code of conduct".
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New Zealand's first Afghan death

Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 7:59
related countries: New Zealand

New Zealand has suffered its first combat fatality in Afghanistan since its small military force deployed there in 2003.
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Afghan operation reaches Saidabad

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 15:55
related countries: United Kingdom

British forces enter the town of Saidabad, in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, in an offensive to rid the area of insurgents.
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Afghan operation reaches Saidabad

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 15:55
related countries: United Kingdom

British forces enter the town of Saidabad, in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, in an offensive to rid the area of insurgents.
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Children die in Afghan bomb blast

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 12:35
related places: Kandahar

Six Afghan children die after a suicide bomber targets the vehicle of a government official in the southern province of Kandahar.
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Children die in Afghan bomb blast

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 12:35
related places: Kandahar

Six Afghan children die after a suicide bomber targets the vehicle of a government official in the southern province of Kandahar.
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Marine and soldier die in Helmand

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 9:41
related countries: United Kingdom

Two UK servicemen have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. Next of kin have been informed.
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Marine and soldier die in Helmand

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 9:41
related countries: United Kingdom

Two UK servicemen have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. Next of kin have been informed.
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From tour to tourism

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 0:00
related countries: United Kingdom

What made this British soldier return to Afghanistan on holiday?
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From tour to tourism

Monday, August 2nd 2010, 0:00
related countries: United Kingdom

What made this British soldier return to Afghanistan on holiday?
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Afghan roadside bomb kills six

Sunday, August 1st 2010, 15:00
related places: Kandahar

Six civilians die after their minibus strikes a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.
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Afghan roadside bomb kills six

Sunday, August 1st 2010, 15:00
related places: Kandahar

Six civilians die after their minibus strikes a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.
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Dutch troops end Afghan mission

Sunday, August 1st 2010, 11:05
related countries: Netherlands

The Netherlands ends its Afghan military mission after a domestic split, amid concerns over the US-led alliance's long-term strategy and exit.
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Dutch troops end Afghan mission

Sunday, August 1st 2010, 11:05
related countries: Netherlands

The Netherlands ends its Afghan military mission after a domestic split, amid concerns over the US-led alliance's long-term strategy and exit.
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UK troops 'uncover bomb factory'

Saturday, July 31st 2010, 15:13
related countries: United Kingdom

British troops targeting a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan have found a cache of bomb-making equipment, the Ministry of Defence says.
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