Afghanistan


Taliban ready for peace talks

2013-06-18 18:53

The Taliban have held secret discussions with the Afghan government and are willing to consider peace talks, a senior Afghan official says.

Blast in Kabul amid security transition

2013-06-18 10:37

A large bomb has exploded in the Afghan capital as the international military coalition transfers responsibility for fighting the Taliban to the army and police they have been training.

Afghan forces to take over security

2013-06-15 09:59

Afghan security forces will soon take over responsibility for the whole of the country, officials say, a major milestone as the Nato-led war effort winds down after 12 years of fighting.

Afghan policemen shot dead at checkpoint

2013-06-13 14:02

Six Afghan policemen have been found shot at their checkpoint in the country's south and two other policemen are missing, raising suspicions they killed their comrades, says an official.

Taliban behead two boys

2013-06-10 21:01

Taliban fighters have beheaded two boys aged 10 and 16 as a warning to villagers not to co-operate with the Afghan government.

No reason for Afghan massacre: Soldier

2013-06-06 08:31

A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, many of them women and children who were asleep, has acknowledged that there was "not a good reason in this world" for his actions.

US soldier to recount horrific massacre

2013-06-05 15:02

The US soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during night-time raids on two slumbering villages last year, is expected to recount the horrific slaughter in a military courtroom.

Afghans demand arrest of US troops

2013-06-04 16:13

Hundreds of Afghans have blocked a highway south of Kabul, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claim are victims of torture by US forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials say.

Afghan Taliban denies Red Cross attack

2013-05-31 15:43

The Taliban has denied any role in this week's attack on a compound housing the International Committee of the Red Cross in eastern Afghanistan.

Afghan Red Cross halt work after attack

2013-05-30 20:52

The International Committee of the Red Cross has halted all work across Afghanistan, the day after its offices in Jalalabad were hit by a suicide and gun attack.

One dead in Afghan Red Cross attack

2013-05-29 20:30

Militants have launched a two-hour suicide and gun attack on a Red Cross office in Jalalabad city in east Afghanistan, killing at least one guard.

7 Afghan police killed in insider attack

2013-05-28 16:47

Two recently rehired Afghan police have opened fire on their commander at a checkpoint in a remote district in the country's south, killing him and six of his men.

Afghan cricket captain's father kidnapped

2013-05-22 15:05

Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials say.

Pakistan curbing explosive fertilisers

2013-05-20 20:12

Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilisers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan.

Hard-line MPs block law protecting women

2013-05-18 21:45

An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles.

Accused US general had porn on laptop

2013-05-16 11:00

An expert in Afghan culture has testified that pornography found on the computer of a US Army general then deployed to the Muslim country would be highly offensive to local residents.

Roadside bomb kills 10 on Afghan bus

2013-05-13 15:00

A roadside bomb has hit a bus in southern Afghanistan killing 10 civilians, mostly women and children, officials say.

Afghan police shoot 8 at protest

2013-05-08 16:43

Afghan police have shoot 8 at a protest in the south, claiming the dead were militants.

7 US troops killed in Afghanistan

2013-05-05 08:36

Seven US soldiers and a member of the Nato-led coalition have been killed in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months.

Karzai urges closure of Guantanamo

2013-05-02 20:39

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has pressed for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison as President Barack Obama mulls a renewed push before a reluctant US Congress.

UK troops killed in Afghanistan blast

2013-05-02 08:02

Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain is paying a "very high price" in Afghanistan after three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

Opium surged blamed on global demand

2013-04-30 21:44

Afghanistan, the world's largest grower of opium poppies, should not shoulder all the blame for its drug surge, its foreign minister says.

1st UK drone base sparks protests

2013-04-27 17:00

Anti-war protesters are demonstrating outside a Royal Air Force base used to control drone flights over Afghanistan.

Afghan bus crash kills 30, Taliban blamed

2013-04-26 13:02

A bus collided has with the wreckage of a truck that was attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 30 people aboard the bus in a fiery crash, officials say.

US aims to boost Afghan, Pakistan ties

2013-04-24 18:47

US Secretary of State John Kerry has brought senior Afghan and Pakistani officials together for security talks, aimed at improving relations between the two nations.

 

Britain lays off 4 400 more soldiers

2013-06-18 17:57

Britain has laid off 4 400 soldiers in a third wave of military job cuts intended to help tackle a budget deficit, the ministry of defence says.

Bombing in Afghanistan

2013-06-16 10:54

At least four civilians have been killed and six others injured when a minivan struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.

UN: Children casualties spike in war

2013-06-13 22:07

The number of children killed and injured in Afghanistan's war has risen sharply this year, the UN Children's Fund says.

Kabul: Taliban bomber hits Supreme Court

2013-06-12 09:00

A Taliban suicide bomber has struck outside Afghanistan's Supreme Court, killing 17 people in the deadliest attack in Kabul in over a year and a half.

Insurgents in Kabul airport attack killed

2013-06-10 08:15

At least seven armed Taliban insurgents have attacked near Afghanistan's main airport, apparently trying to attack Nato's airport headquarters with heavy artillery. All the attackers have been killed.

US soldier pleads guilty to massacre

2013-06-05 18:29

The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year has pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.

Soldiers punished for abusing civilians

2013-06-04 22:45

One British soldier was fined and another was stripped of his officer rank after admitting abusing civilians, including children, in Afghanistan.

Afghan blast kills students, soldiers

2013-06-03 13:01

A suicide bomber has detonated a motorbike packed with explosives outside a school in Afghanistan, killing at least six students, two US soldiers and a policeman, officials say.

Taliban fighters killed in Afghan clashes

2013-05-31 14:02

At least 38 Taliban fighters, many of them Pakistani citizens, have been killed and dozens injured during overnight clashes with a government-sponsored militia in south-eastern Afghanistan.

US: Afghan attacks soldier to plead guilty

2013-05-30 07:59

A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last year will plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty and is sorry for what he did, his lawyers say.

Blast near Afghan Red Cross office

2013-05-29 16:39

A large explosion has been heard near the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.

Group describes siege of Afghan compound

2013-05-26 17:26

Aid workers who were trapped for 2 hours as Taliban attacked the Afghan capital describe their ordeal and praise the police response.

'Exhausted' Karzai to retire in 2012

2013-05-22 12:02

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is "exhausted" and wants to retire from politics at the end of his current term.

Karzai condemns Kabul suicide blast

2013-05-20 20:12

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a suicide attack in Kabul where a bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief.

Kabul suicide car bomb kills 12

2013-05-16 15:01

A suicide bomber has rammed his car into a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two children, officials say.

4 Turkish hostages freed in Afghanistan

2013-05-14 20:23

Taliban insurgents have released the final four Turkish engineers held hostage since their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan last month.

Afghan Taliban to release Turkish hostages

2013-05-13 14:12

The Afghan Taliban will soon release the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians the group captured last month in a gesture of goodwill towards fellow Muslims, the militants say.

Jihadi journal wants to take down drones

2013-05-06 21:47

A new jihadi magazine set up by militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has appealed to Muslims around the world to come up with technology to hack into or manipulate drones.

US military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

2013-05-03 20:24

A US military tanker refuelling plane has crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where the US operates a military base key to the war in Afghanistan.

Taliban bomb kills eight Afghan police

2013-05-02 14:34

A Taliban bomb has killed eight Afghan police in Logar province outside the capital Kabul, officials say, four days after the insurgents started their annual "spring offensive".

Taliban kill senior peace envoy in Afghanistan

2013-05-01 12:56

Taliban fighters have killed a senior member of Afghanistan's peace council, officials say, dealing another blow to nascent peace efforts with the insurgency.

Nato plane crash in Afghanistan kills 4

2013-04-27 22:28

A Nato plane has crashed in Afghanistan killing four service members, the coalition says, adding that early reports suggested the aircraft was not brought down by insurgents.

Taliban announces spring offensive

2013-04-27 14:09

The Taliban has announced the start of their spring offensive, signaling plans to step up attacks.

Call for Toilets for Afghan policewomen

2013-04-25 14:04

A rights group has called for Afghan authorities to provide separate toilets and changing rooms at police stations for women officers, saying they face harassment and assault at work.

Afghan Taliban 'probing' foreign captives

2013-04-24 17:39

The Afghan Taliban says they are investigating the backgrounds of a group of foreigners seized three days ago, but that the captives are being treated "humanely".

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