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

Afghanistan: news

'Time against' Afghanistan forces

Friday, September 18th 2009, 4:00
related countries: United Kingdom

Troops in southern Afghanistan do not have time on their side, but success remains possible, a British major general says.
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Generals warn of high Afghan stakes

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 22:58
related countries: United Kingdom

Two senior Western generals in near simultaneous speeches warn of the dangers of failure in Afghanistan.
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Italians killed in Afghan bomb

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 19:53
related places: Kabul

Italy's defence ministry says six Italian soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on a military convoy in Afghanistan.
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Karzai defends vote 'integrity'

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 15:15

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he believes in the integrity of last month's election, despite allegations of fraud.
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Blood price

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 13:23
related countries: Italy

Italy absorbs news of deadliest day in Afghanistan
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Karzai condemns EU's fraud claims

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 16:24

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns EU claims of election fraud as preliminary results give him victory with 54.6%.
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US troops killed in Afghanistan

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 13:14
related countries: United States

Three US servicemen are killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman says.
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UN mission split over Afghan poll

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 10:33
related places: Kabul

The head of the UN mission in Kabul admits his deputy left the country after a row over the disputed Afghan poll.
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US 'may need more Afghan troops'

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 17:42
related countries: United States

The US may need to deploy even more troops in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban, its top military officer says.
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Afghan votes 'need 10% recount'

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 12:46

Ballots from 10% of Afghan polling stations must be recounted because of fraud indications, a top election official says.
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US warns against forgetting Iraq

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 7:10
related countries: Iraq, United States

The US commander in Iraq tells the BBC that he is concerned that it will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan.
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New rights for Afghan prisoners

Monday, September 14th 2009, 17:05
related countries: United States

Some of the 600 prisoners held by the US in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, the Pentagon says.
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Afghan raid 'killed 30 civilians'

Sunday, September 13th 2009, 22:05

Thirty civilians died in a Nato air strike on hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan earlier this month, a government investigator says.
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US plans Afghan prisoner overhaul

Sunday, September 13th 2009, 8:18
related countries: United States

The US is preparing new guidelines that will allow prisoners held in Afghanistan to challenge their detention, officials say.
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Afghan leader closer to victory

Saturday, September 12th 2009, 14:26

Afghan President Hamid Karzai remains on track to be re-elected, with ballots from 95% of polling stations counted.
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Afghan flaws

Saturday, September 12th 2009, 14:18

Doubts about poll cast lengthening shadow
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US 'risks Afghan Soviet failure'

Friday, September 11th 2009, 23:07
related countries: United States

A former US national security advisor warns that the US risks replicating the Soviet Union's failures in Afghanistan.
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Afghan journalists criticise raid

Friday, September 11th 2009, 10:39

The death of Sultan Munadi in a raid to rescue a Briton shows troops' disregard for Afghan lives, Afghan journalists say.
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US urges caution on Afghan vote

Friday, September 11th 2009, 10:19
related countries: United States

The US envoy to Afghanistan tells the BBC that critics of last month's presidential election should not "jump to conclusions".
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'Weekend jihadis'

Friday, September 11th 2009, 4:07

The Afghan civil servants fighting for the Taliban
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Afghan fraud ballots invalidated

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 14:18

Afghanistan's electoral complaints body invalidates for the first time some ballots from the presidential poll because of fraud.
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Freed reporter says Afghan road 'safe'

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 9:49
related countries: United Kingdom

A journalist whose rescue in Afghanistan left a British soldier and three Afghans dead thanks the soldiers who saved him.
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Court to probe Afghan war crimes

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 7:31

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says he is probing possible war crimes in Afghanistan.
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Afghan election process 'biased'

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 3:46

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah tells the BBC the election commission is biased towards President Hamid Karzai.
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Kabul double act

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 23:52
related countries: United States

John Simpson meets two key US figures
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Afghan sceptics alarm Nato chief

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 15:52

Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says he is concerned by growing scepticism about the war in Afghanistan.
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Four die in Afghan rescue mission

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 14:57
related countries: United Kingdom

A kidnapped Western journalist is freed in a raid in Afghanistan, but a UK soldier and three Afghan civilians are killed.
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EU trio call for UN Afghan summit

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 13:39
related countries: Germany, United Kingdom

Britain, France and Germany urge the UN to hold a major conference on Afghanistan's future by the end of the year.
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Four killed in Afghan rescue mission

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 11:12
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK soldier dies in a raid to free a kidnapped Western journalist, which also leaves his Afghan colleague and two civilians dead.
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Four killed in Afghan rescue mission

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 10:30
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK soldier dies in a raid to free a kidnapped Western journalist, which also leaves his Afghan colleague and two civilians dead.
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UK soldier dies in Afghan rescue bid

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 9:32
related countries: United Kingdom

A member of the British forces is killed during a rescue operation for a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.
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UK reporter freed in Afghanistan

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 6:09
related countries: United Kingdom

A British journalist who was kidnapped in Afghanistan is freed by Nato troops, but his translator dies in the raid, reports say.
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Nato lorries torched in Pakistan

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 5:36
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

Gunmen in Pakistan set fire to lorries carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan, police say.
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Recount clouds Karzai poll lead

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 21:56

President Karzai passes the 50% mark needed for victory in the Afghan presidential poll, but fraud claims cast doubt on the result.
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Deadly day for US troops overseas

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 16:31
related countries: Iraq, United States

Four US soldiers die in roadside bombings in Iraq while four more are killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan.
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Merkel regrets Afghan raid deaths

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 12:14
related countries: Germany

Germany's Chancellor Merkel says she "deeply regrets" any loss of innocent life caused by an air strike in Afghanistan.
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Recounts ordered in Afghan vote

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 12:04

The Afghan poll complaints commission orders a number of audits and recounts of votes from last month's presidential election.
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Taliban demand air strike inquiry

Monday, September 7th 2009, 12:17
related countries: United States

The Afghan Taliban call for an international inquiry into a US air raid which a human rights group says killed up to 70 civilians.
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Germany seeks Afghan raid answers

Monday, September 7th 2009, 6:43
related countries: Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for an urgent investigation into a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday.
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'Three die' in Kabul rocket blast

Monday, September 7th 2009, 4:55
related places: Kabul

A rocket attack on the Afghan capital Kabul kills three civilians, a senior police official says.
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After the poll

Monday, September 7th 2009, 4:11

What happened to the Afghan village wary of voting?
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Karzai closer to Afghan poll win

Sunday, September 6th 2009, 19:08

Afghan President Hamid Karzai edges closer to the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off, latest election results show.
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US general sees strike aftermath

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 17:01
related countries: United States

The head of international forces in Afghanistan visits the site of an air strike amid reports that civilians were among scores killed.
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Defining moment for Afghanistan

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 11:01

Election officials in Afghanistan are investigating scores of claims of fraud in the presidential election. The BBC's Chris Morris says the outcome will be a critical moment for Afghanistan.
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New Afghan 'poll frauds' emerge

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 9:44

The BBC learns of new fraud allegations from Afghanistan's election, but the deadline for complaints has passed.
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