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We have started to collect the most important news related to Afghanistan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
A female suicide bomber hits a minibus carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital Kabul, killing up to 12 people, officials say.
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Sri LankaThe cricket Twenty20 World Cup begins in Sri Lanka with teams from Afghanistan to the West Indies taking part
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Nato says it is to restrict operations with Afghan troops following a string of deadly attacks on its personnel by rogue Afghan security forces
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United StatesUS Defence Secretary Leon Panetta describes insider attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan as the "last gasp" of the Taliban.
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United StatesMore than 1,000 people stage an angry protest near US and Nato buildings in the Afghan capital, firing guns and setting police vehicles alight.
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United KingdomTwo British soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan by a rogue policeman are named by the MoD as Sgt Gareth Thursby and Pte Thomas Wroe.
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At least eight women have died in an air strike in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman, local officials say - Nato concedes civilians may have died.
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United KingdomThe killer of two British soldiers shot in Afghanistan on Saturday lured them to his side with a fake injury before firing on them, the BBC understands.
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United KingdomTwo British soldiers have been shot dead in Afghanistan by a man wearing a local police uniform, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Four Nato soldiers in Afghanistan have been killed by a suspected Afghan police officer, Nato says - the second such attack in 24 hours.
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A round on one of world's most dangerous golf courses - in Kabul
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United StatesThe Taliban has attacked a base in southern Afghanistan where Prince Harry is stationed, killing two US marines.
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United StatesMilitants breach the heavily fortified Camp Bastion base in Afghanistan, killing two US marines, in what the Taliban say was revenge over the film mocking Islam.
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United StatesPrince Harry was at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan during an attack in which two US marines died, that the Taliban claim was revenge for a film mocking Islam.
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United KingdomA soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards has been killed in Afghanistan after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Ministry of Defence says.
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At least 50 people are killed after a bus and a fuel tanker collide in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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ArubaA recent review conducted by the Australian Department of Defence suggests that the Taliban has been using fake Facebook profiles to gain information from coalition troops in Afghanistan.
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United KingdomDefence Secretary Philip Hammond has raised concerns about the safety of UK troops, while on a trip to Afghanistan
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Best and worst case scenarios for Afghanistan
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When a Taliban suicide bomber struck in Kabul's embassy district last weekend a number of those killed were street children, selling trinkets to foreigners.
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The young Kabul skate fanatics killed by a teen bomber
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Three Afghans are killed at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
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United StatesThe US military has handed control of a controversial prison housing more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.
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A soldier from The Light Dragoons killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Sunday is named by the Ministry of Defence as Sgt Lee Davidson.
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United StatesThe US hands over control of the controversial Bagram prison, transferring more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terror suspects to Afghan custody.
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A suicide attack in Afghanistan's north-eastern city of Kunduz kills 16 people and injures at least 20, local officials say.
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United StatesThe US military is set to hand control of a controversial prison housing 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.
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United KingdomA soldier from The Light Dragoons has been killed in Afghanistan after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Ministry of Defence says.
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A teenage suicide bomber kills at least six people including a number of children near the headquarters of the Nato-led coalition in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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The MoD confirms the death of a soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who was wounded in action in Afghanistan last month.
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Prince Harry has begun a four-month deployment to Afghanistan flying Apache attack helicopters, the Ministry of Defence says.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA British soldier was killed in a US friendly fire attack in Afghanistan due to "cumulative failures", a coroner rules.
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United StatesA former US marine has won a bronze medal at the Paralympics, just two years after he stepped on a landmine and lost both his legs in Afghanistan.
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United KingdomThe family of a British soldier killed in a friendly fire attack in Afghanistan publicly thank the Army medic who tried to save his life.
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Hundreds of soldiers in Afghanistan are dismissed or held after a probe into a surge of insider attacks against foreign forces, officials say.
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A suicide bomber attacks a funeral in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, killing at least 25 civilians including the son of a district governor, officials say.
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A spate of so-called "Green-on-Blue" attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan has led to Isaf temporarily suspending the training of local police.
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New ZealandNew Zealand formally announces it will pull its troops out of Afghanistan by April 2013, ending a 10-year deployment.
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United StatesTraining for new recruits into the Afghan local police is suspended while they are re-vetted for possible ties to the Taliban, US officials say.
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United StatesA twin suicide bombing near a base of US-led forces in central Afghanistan kills at least nine civilians and four policemen, officials say.
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Change of heart as some Taliban fighters join Afghan government
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International forces in Afghanistan believe they are making progress in persuading Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons and join the government side.
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Five soldiers are killed in two separate incidents, in what the prime minister called Australia's "single worst day in Afghanistan".
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai removes intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil amid reports of an imminent cabinet reshuffle.
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PakistanTaliban militants attack a Pakistani army post near the Afghan border killing at least eight soldiers, security officials say.
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United KingdomAfghanistan is sending a single competitor to the London 2012 Paralympics but there are signs of progress for the country's many victims of years of war.
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United StatesNine US troops are disciplined for incinerating scores of Korans and for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan.
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Seventeen civilians have been killed by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, reportedly for attending a party.
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The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports after Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 civilians in southern Afghanistan, according to government officials.
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PakistanA senior figure in a Pakistan-based militant network, Badruddin Haqqani, is killed in a US drone strike, one of his relatives tells the BBC.
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Iraq, United StatesRyan Crocker, the former US ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, is charged with a hit-and-run and drink driving in the US state of Washington.
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How an impromptu gig challenged an Afghan cleric during Eid
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United StatesAn insurgent rocket attack on a US air base in Afghanistan damages the plane of America's top military officer while he was on a visit - but no-one is seriously injured.
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United StatesThe top US military officer flies to Afghanistan for talks on the growing number of attacks against Nato soldiers by Afghan security forces.
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A soldier killed in Afghanistan while on sentry duty is named by the Ministry of Defence as Guardsman Jamie Shadrake.
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PakistanA top Taliban commander and his deputy are among dozens of insurgents killed in a Nato air strike in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance says.
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United KingdomThe MoD says a soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards dies during "enemy action" in Afghanistan.
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New Afghan textbooks 'erase history'
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United StatesTwo US soldiers are shot dead by a local policeman in Afghanistan, officials for the international Nato-led force in the country say.
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Eleven people - including seven US troops - are killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, according to Nato-led forces.
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PakistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai says that he and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari have agreed a joint military probe into cross-border shelling.
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United KingdomAfghanistan's dual Olympic medallist Rohullah Nikpai says he is disappointed he could not bring home gold but knows the celebrations of his London bronze medal in Taekwando will unite his nation.
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Forty-eight people have been killed and more than 130 others wounded in a series of bombings in the south-west and north of Afghanistan.
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