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 31st 2009

Afghanistan: news

More die in fresh Afghan fighting

Sunday, May 21st 2006, 15:44
related places: Kabul

Fierce battles with insurgents in the south of Afghanistan have left at least 16 Afghan soldiers dead, officials say.
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Dozens die in Afghan air strike

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 15:38
related countries: United States

An air strike by the US-led coalition in southern Afghanistan kills 16 civilians and 60 Taleban, officials say.
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Taleban chief still at large

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 16:58
related countries: United States

A Taleban member caught in Afghanistan last week is not Mullah Dadullah, a US military spokesman says.
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More die in fresh Afghan attacks

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 11:36
related countries: United States

At least 19 people are killed in two attacks in Afghanistan a day after a US bombing raid kills dozens.
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Karzai anger at civilian deaths

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 16:10
related countries: United States
related places: Monday

The Afghan president will summon the head of US-led coalition to explain civilian deaths in a raid on Monday.
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Afghan clash 'kills 60 Taleban'

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 11:32

Sixty Taleban fighters and five Afghan security personnel die in a clash in the south, an Afghan general says.
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Karzai visits US bombing victims

Thursday, May 25th 2006, 12:07
related countries: United States
related places: Kandahar

The Afghan president makes a rare visit to Kandahar to visit victims of a US-coalition bombing raid.
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Afghan assembly rejects top judge

Saturday, May 27th 2006, 14:43

Afghanistan's lower house of parliament rejects President Hamid Karzai's nominee for Supreme Court chief justice.
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US crash sparks Afghanistan riot

Monday, May 29th 2006, 19:05
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

Violent disturbances rock Kabul after a deadly traffic accident involving a US military convoy.
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Afghan parliament discusses riots

Tuesday, May 30th 2006, 10:34
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The Afghan parliament is holding a special session to discuss Monday's violent anti-US protests in Kabul.
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Aid workers killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, May 30th 2006, 12:32

Three women and a man working for the ActionAid charity have been shot dead in northern Afghanistan.
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Attack kills Afghan police chief

Wednesday, May 31st 2006, 5:57

A police chief in the southern Afghan province of Zabul is killed in a suspected Taleban attack.
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Kabul troops 'fired in defence'

Wednesday, May 31st 2006, 16:15
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The US military says its troops fired in self-defence after a traffic accident sparked mass rioting in Kabul.
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Abortive Afghan suicide attack

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 11:32
related places: Farah

A suicide car bomber is killed in an abortive attack on Nato troops near the town of Farah in western Afghanistan.
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'Troops die' in Waziristan bomb

Friday, June 2nd 2006, 10:15
related countries: Pakistan

Four Pakistani soldiers are killed during a suicide bomb attack in North Waziristan, officials say.
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'Many killed' in Afghan fighting

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 10:34

Afghan security forces kill several suspected Taleban fighters in clashes in the south, the authorities say.
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Afghan police in major shake-up

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 14:58
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The Afghan president sacks dozens of senior police officials, days after anti-US rioting in Kabul.
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Nato promises new Afghan tactics

Sunday, June 4th 2006, 20:39
related places: Kandahar

The Nato commander in Afghanistan pledges new tactics to win the support of disenchanted Afghans.
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US rules out crash trial in Kabul

Monday, June 5th 2006, 14:37
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

The US says the driver of an army truck that killed several people in Kabul will not be tried in Afghanistan.
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Afghan mosque blast 'kills four'

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 7:51
related countries: United States

A bomb in a mosque kills at least four in Afghanistan, while roadside bombs kill two US and two Afghan soldiers.
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Taleban vow to defeat UK troops

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 19:44
related countries: United Kingdom

A local Taleban commander in Afghanistan pledges to inflict massive defeat on British forces there.
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Nato 'confident' in Afghan role

Thursday, June 8th 2006, 12:56
related places: Ghazni

Nato defence ministers say they are confident over their decision to double the number of troops in Afghanistan.
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Karzai hails the death of Zarqawi

Thursday, June 8th 2006, 13:36

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a "severe blow" to global terrorism.
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Taleban play down Zarqawi death

Friday, June 9th 2006, 9:13

The Taleban say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death will not affect the fight against the West in Afghanistan.
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UK soldiers 'killed 21 Taleban'

Friday, June 9th 2006, 20:27
related countries: United Kingdom

Twenty one Taleban fighters were killed in a clash with British soldiers in Afghanistan, the BBC has been told.
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Pakistan strikes 'militant camp'

Saturday, June 10th 2006, 5:46
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistani forces attack a militant hideout near the Afghan border, killing at least 15 guerrillas, the military says.
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Scores of Afghan Taleban killed

Saturday, June 10th 2006, 11:54
related places: Kabul

At least 40 suspected Afghan Taleban fighers are killed in two days of clashes in the last week, say US forces.
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Quake aid workers' bodies found

Sunday, June 11th 2006, 12:45
related countries: Turkmenistan

The bodies of seven Turkmen aid workers are found in Afghanistan after their helicopter crashed in January.
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US soldier killed in Afghan blast

Sunday, June 11th 2006, 14:30

A US-led coalition soldier is killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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Pakistan busts 'major heroin lab'

Sunday, June 11th 2006, 16:52
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistani authorities say they have destroyed a major heroin-producing facility near the Afghan border.
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Taleban battle kills UK soldier

Monday, June 12th 2006, 1:49
related countries: United Kingdom

A British soldier is killed in a gun battle with the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, defence officials say.
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Troops 'kill 37 Afghan Taleban'

Monday, June 12th 2006, 14:23
related countries: United States

UP to 37 Taleban fighters are killed in three clashes with Afghan and US-led troops, a top Afghan general says.
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'One killed' in US crash in Kabul

Tuesday, June 13th 2006, 10:14
related countries: United States
related places: Kabul

At least one person is killed in a road accident involving a US military truck in Kabul, Afghan officials say.
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Afghan violence claims more lives

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 14:49

Two US-led coalition soldiers, four civilians and a number of Taleban fighters are killed in Afghanistan, officials says.
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Taleban target Afghan civilians

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 11:07
related places: Kandahar

The Taleban say that they have carried out an attack in Kandahar in which at least 10 Afghan civilians die.
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'Many killed' in Afghan fighting

Friday, June 16th 2006, 8:18
related countries: United States

The US military says coalition and Afghan forces have killed 40 insurgents in a strike in south-east Afghanistan.
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'Forty Taleban' killed in attack

Saturday, June 17th 2006, 10:33
related countries: United States

The US military says coalition forces have killed 40 Taleban in a raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan.
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Afghan stampede kills schoolgirls

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 9:11
related places: Herat

Four girls die in a stampede in the Afghan city of Herat following an accidental gas explosion, officials say.
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'Thirty' killed in Taleban attack

Monday, June 19th 2006, 14:14

At least 30 people die in an attack by suspected Taleban militants in southern Afghanistan, an MP says.
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Afghan press 'curbs' spark anger

Monday, June 19th 2006, 18:19

Afghan media express anger at what they see as government restrictions on their reporting.
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'Twenty' Taleban killed in clash

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 6:13

Twenty Taleban militants die in a clash with coalition and Afghan forces in the south, an Afghan general says.
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Afghan police killed 'by mistake'

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 10:02
related countries: United States

Three Afghan policemen die after US-led forces fire at their vehicle in Kunar province, the US military says.
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Four US troops die in Afghanistan

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 8:49
related countries: United States

Four American soldiers are killed in fighting in north-eastern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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Karzai criticises foreign tactics

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 16:50
related countries: United States

The Afghan president calls for a rethink on the fight against the Taleban as four US troops are killed in the country.
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'Progress' in anti-Taleban talks

Friday, June 23rd 2006, 16:13
related countries: Pakistan

Progress has been made in talks with Pakistan on tackling Taleban violence, the Afghan foreign minister says.
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