World news about “Afghanistan” published by euronews.
Afghan Olympians pin their hopes on wrestling It is a call to warriors. The beat of the drum resonates through centuries in Afghanistan. In Kabul it is helping to prepare wrestlers for the London… 09/02/2012
UN finds record civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2011 A UN report says a record number of civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2011. The UN said 3021 civilians died last year — up eight percent from the… 04/02/2012
Afghan security funding on NATO agenda NATO defence ministers have been discussing how to pay for Afghanistan’s security forces once they take over from the alliance in 2014. The estimated cost… 03/02/2012
NATO talks focus on early Afghan handover NATO has signalled Afghan troops could take over all combat operations by mid 2013 — a year earlier than planned. Talk of drawdown in Afghanistan dominated… 02/02/2012
NATO report dismissed as ‘old wine in even older bottles’ The Pakistani foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar has dismissed as ‘old wine in even older bottles’, the NATO report leaked by media sources in Britain which… 01/02/2012
Report says Taliban preparing to retake Afghanistan A leaked NATO report claims the Taliban are preparing to retake control of Afghanistan when the alliance’s troops leave in 2014. The top secret report… 01/02/2012
Afghan unease over French troop pullout Afghans have warned that a hasty French withdrawal from their country could lead to more instability. President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that all of… 28/01/2012
France to end Afghanistan mission in 2013 France is to pull its 3,600 troops out of Afghanistan at the end of next year. President Nicolas Sarkozy made the announcement during a visit to Paris by his… 27/01/2012
NATO’s Rasmussen: cuts herald defence sharing NATO’s intervention in Libya may have resulted in the successful toppling of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, but it also raised awkward questions about the… 24/01/2012
Minister condemns ‘murder’ of French troops French foreign affairs minister, Alain Juppe has condemned what he called the “murder” of French soldiers by an Afghan Army trainee. The rogue cadet shot at… 20/01/2012
France suspends Afghan training as four soldiers are killed France is suspending military operations in Afghanistan, and may accelerate its planned troop withdrawal after the killing of four French soldiers. The… 20/01/2012
Two marines in ‘urination’ video identified, according to official Two of four purported American marines, seen in a video that appears to show them urinating on the dead bodies of Afghan Taliban fighters, are said to have… 13/01/2012
Clinton dismayed over ‘US Marine video’ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her dismay at a video that appears to show American marines urinating on the dead bodies of Afghan Taliban… 12/01/2012
Afghan Taliban: abuse video will not stop peace talks There has been anger in the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar at a video appearing to show US troops urinating on the dead bodies of insurgents in Afghanistan… 12/01/2012
US army investigates corpse abuse in Afghanistan The US military is investigating a video showing what appears to be troops urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. The footage of… 12/01/2012
Toe to toe with taboo In a gym that was once part of a Taliban punishment centre an Olympic dream has blossomed. Nineteen-year-old Shabnam Rahimi and her 18-year old sister Sadaf… 02/01/2012
Iraq: Ashura celebrations – nocomment Iraqi Shi’ites mark Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram as a day of mourning which celebrates the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. 06/12/2011
Ashura celebrations in Afghanistan – nocomment Shi’ite Muslims in Kabul gather at a shrine to mark Ashura with self-flagellation. 06/12/2011
Habiba Sarabi: ‘Violence against women still a problem in Afghanistan’ Habiba Sarabi is Afghanistan’s only female governor. She has headed Bamiyan province since 2005, engaged in rebuilding from scratch her part of one of the… 05/12/2011
Afghans march against US ‘occupation’ – nocomment Hundreds of Afghans have marched through Kabul in protest against the US military campaign in their country. 07/10/2011
Attack on Kabul: 6 Taliban killed – nocomment Six Taliban fighters were killed on Tuesday during the attacks of the diplomatic headquarter in Kabul, Afghanistan. 14/09/2011
Attack on Kabul over Aghan interior ministry – nocomment Afghan forces faced attacks on the diplomatic quarter of Kabul yesterday. Talibans claimed responsibility for these attacks. 14/09/2011
Afghanistan’s ‘Lion of Panjshir’ remembered A commemoration service has been held in Kabul in honour of Ahmed Shah Massoud, 10 years after his assassination. President Hamid Karzai did not attend, but… 09/09/2011
Afghanistan: Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks – nocomment Firefighters spray water on fuel tankers which were set ablaze in Logar province, south of Kabul. 04/08/2011
Taliban attacks NATO trucks in AfghanistanPeople watch as firefighters spray water on fuel tankers which were set ablaze in Logar province, south of Kabul. REUTERS/Stringer 04/08/2011
The Network debates Afghanistan A symbol of Afghanistan’s post-Taliban rebirth in flames and under fire. Insurgents attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital Kabul during a… 21/07/2011
Classes in conflict zones In conflict zones education, like much of everyday life, can become a risky business. Across the world tens of millions of young people miss out on school… 08/07/2011
US Marines prepare handover to Laki locals – nocomment US marines were welcomed by Afghan elders earlier as they prepared a hand-over of security operations in Laki, Garsmir District of Helmand province. Marines… 05/07/2011
Taponier and Ghesquière back in France – nocomment Two French journalists from France 3 who were held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for a year and a half were freed after months of negotiations. Herve… 30/06/2011
France 3 television journalists Ghesquiere and Taponier back in ParisFrance 3 television journalists Herve Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier speak to the media after their arrival at Villacoublay military airport near Paris… 30/06/2011
Families rejoice at French hostages release – nocomment Supporters and family members of French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving news of their release after being… 30/06/2011
Afghan cinema in fight for survival Short of money and political support and at odds with the country’s conservative Islamic culture, Afghan cinema is struggling to survive. 21/06/2011
Barack Obama marks US Memorial Day – nocomment At Arlington Cemetery in Virginia, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknowns. More than 4,500 US service members have died in Iraq and… 31/05/2011
Bin Laden: world’s costliest manhunt Tracking down Osama bin Laden was arguably the costliest manhunt in history. Al Qaeda’s attacks on the United States on September 11 2001 led the Bush White… 03/05/2011
Little sympathy for bin Laden in Yemeni and Afghan capitals In Yemen pro-democracy activists have urged protesters not to display banners of Osama bin Laden, to avoid giving the government an excuse to crack down. It… 03/05/2011
Dead bin Laden photo ‘is a fake’ A photo released purporting to show Osama bin Laden’s body is reported to be a fake. The image was carried by a number of international news agencies and… 02/05/2011
Crowds celebrate bin Laden’s death in New YorkAmericans react to the death of Osama bin Laden at the site of the former World Trade Center towers in New York. REUTERS/ERIC THAYER 02/05/2011
Bin Laden killed by US troops in Pakistan The United States says it has finally killed Osama bin Laden. US President Barack Obama said this brought a nearly 10-year worldwide effort to a conclusion… 02/05/2011
Osama bin Laden obituary In the space of a decade, this former Saudi businessman went from being a close CIA ally to becoming the United States’ public enemy number one. He… 02/05/2011
Bin Laden: timeline of a 10-year manhuntBin Laden’s death at the hands of US special forces comes four months before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that he is said to have masterminded… 02/05/2011
Quran burning protest turns violent – nocomment Demonstrators stormed the UN office in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, opening fire on guards and setting fires inside the compound in… 02/04/2011
Officials and tribal elders meet in AfghanistanA Daychopan district elder expresses his security concerns to Zabul Provincial Governor Ashraf Naseri during a meeting between local government officials and… 30/03/2011
Afghanistan’s fragile people After years of war, battle shock has spread among the people of Afghanistan, but while the physical wounds are visible, the psychological danger is harder to… 14/01/2011
Teaching Tolerance In conflicts across the world education has been crucial in helping to build lasting peace. In the right circumstances the classroom can be a garden where… 31/12/2010
Afghanistan: on the road to transition? The Arena military base under Italian command is part of International Security Assistance Force operations in western Afghanistan. It is in a province… 26/11/2010
Afghanistan: on the road to transition? The Friendship gate: never was a crossing so ill-named for two nations whose relationship is far from being cordial, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Every day up… 19/11/2010
US anger at home as Afghan, Iraq wars drag on Nine years after the United States vowed to triumph over terrorism, backed by an international community united after the September 11 attacks on American… 11/11/2010
Taliban plan political office in QatarAfter a series of failed efforts towards peace talks, the Afghan Taliban is to set up a political office in Qatar. It is being seen by Western and Afghan… 04/01/2012
Bomb kills five Polish soldiers in AfghanistanFive Polish soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. It is the deadliest single incident for Poland since it joined the NATO-led coalition there almost a… 21/12/2011
Karzai blames Pakistani militants for bombingsA deadly bomb attack in Helmand province is the latest incident in a wave of violence in Afghanistan that looks like stoking tensions with Pakistan. Nineteen… 07/12/2011
Roadside bomb kills 19 civilians in AfghanistanA day after Afghanistan was rocked by deadly and apparently sectarian attacks 19 people have been killed in a roadside bomb in Helmand province. The local… 07/12/2011
Dozens feared killed in Afghanistan blastsDozens of people are reported to have been killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghansitan. Around 30 were said to have died in a suicide attack on a Shi’ite… 06/12/2011
West will not abandon Afghanistan after 2014The West has signalled that Afghanistan can count on continued support after allied troops withdraw in 2014. International delegates met in the German city of… 05/12/2011
Afghanistan calls for international supportAfghan president Hamid Karzai says continued international support after foreign forces withdraw in 2014 will be crucial to the stability of his country. He… 05/12/2011
Pakistan will not attend summit on Afghanistan futureOne important country will be missing from a conference on the future of Afghanistan due to start in the German city of Bonn on Monday. Representatives from… 04/12/2011
Pakistan boycotts conference over NATO attackPakistan is said to be pulling out of an international conference on the future of Afghanistan, after 24 of its soldiers were killed in a cross-border attack… 29/11/2011
Pakistan holds funerals for troops after NATO raidPakistan has held funerals for 24 soldiers it says were killed by NATO and ordered a review of cooperation with the alliance and the United States. Tributes… 27/11/2011
NATO says it is ‘highly likely’ it killed Pakistani troopsNATO has admitted it is “highly likely” its aircraft killed Pakistani soldiers in a raid that left up to 28 of them dead. The troops were said to be… 26/11/2011
Pakistan halts NATO supplies after ‘deadly airstrike’Pakistan has protested ‘in the strongest terms’ amid claims that NATO killed at least 26 of the country’s soldiers today in a cross-border helicopter… 26/11/2011
NATO raid kills up to 25 Pakistani troops say officialsNATO has killed up to 25 Pakistani soldiers, according to military officials in the country, in a cross-border helicopter raid from Afghanistan. The air… 26/11/2011
Karzai calls for US pact under Afghan sovereigntyA security pact with the US but with full Afghan sovereignty: that was Hamid Karzai’s call at a large meeting of tribal elders in the capital Kabul. The… 16/11/2011
Life for US army thrill-killerAn American soldier behind a spate of thrill-killings in Afghanistan has been sentenced to life in prison. Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs admitted at the… 11/11/2011
US soldier convicted of Afghan atrocitiesA US army sergeant, Calvin Gibbs, faces a maximum life sentence, after being convicted by court-martial of murdering unarmed civilians and cutting fingers off… 11/11/2011
Turkey brings Afghanistan and Pakistan togetherTalks have been held between Afghanistan and Pakistan for the first time since the assassination of an Afghan peace negotiator. The meeting was hosted by… 01/11/2011
17 killed in attack on NATO convoy in KabulA Taliban suicide bomber has killed 17 people in an attack on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul. It is the deadliest single ground attack since the… 29/10/2011
Taliban suicide bomber attacks NATO convoyThe Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Reuters reported that at least four… 29/10/2011
Civil war risk in AfghanistanTen years after the US-led military invasion of Afghanistan, and all sides are assessing what has been achieved. Many Afghans blame the allies especially… 07/10/2011
Afghans protest against US ‘occupation’Hundreds of Afghans have marched through Kabul in protest against the US military campaign. The demonstration took place head of the 10 year anniversary of… 06/10/2011
Tension as India and Afghanistan deepen tiesIt is an agreement that observers say is likely to anger Pakistan. India and Afghanistan have signed an agreement aimed at deepening their relations. One of… 04/10/2011
Kabul rocks to live music for the first time in 30 yearsFor the first time in three decades the sound of live music has resounded across the Afghanistan capital, Kabul. Bands from Australia, Uzbekistan… 02/10/2011
Taliban-linked group chief capturedNATO-led forces in Afghanistan say they’ve captured an insurgent group commander with close links to the Taliban. Arrested in the eastern Paktia province… 02/10/2011
Karzai abandons Taliban talksAfghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold peace talks with the Taliban but will instead focus on negotiations with… 01/10/2011
Emotion at Afghan peace negotiator funeralAfghans have buried the country’s chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani after he was assassinated earlier in the week. There was chaos and emotion in… 23/09/2011
Kabul: high emotion at Rabbani funeralThere were chaotic scenes in Kabul at the funeral of the Afghan government’s chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani. The former Afghan president was… 23/09/2011
Attack on Kabul over – Afghan interior ministrySecurity forces in Afghanistan say they have killed the last of the Taliban insurgents who had launched coordinated attacks on Kabul’s diplomatic… 14/09/2011
Deadly Taliban attacks in KabulThe Afghan capital on Tuesday echoed for hours to the sound of gunfire and explosions as Taliban militants infiltrated Kabul and attacked in several… 13/09/2011
Taliban strike Kabul in simultaneous attacksThere have been scenes of chaos in Kabul. The Afghan capital witnessed a series of coordinated Taliban attacks on Tuesday, as a series of explosions rocked… 13/09/2011
Afghan pain in terror war continuesAs the United States continues to strive for sustainable security, unseen dangers are with the people of Afghanistan every day. It has been a violent decade… 12/09/2011
Taliban suicide strike injures 50 US troops in AfghanistanA suicide bomber has injured as many as 90 people including 50 US soldiers in central Afghanistan. It is being reported that the attacker, driving a truck… 11/09/2011
Afghans reflect on mixed fortunes since 9/11Just a month after the September 11 attacks, America and its allies invaded Afghanistan to oust the Taliban regime. The airstrikes took in Kabul and some… 09/09/2011
Afghanistan remembers Ahmad Shah MassoudTwo days before the 10th anniversary of the September the 11th attacks, Afghanistan is remembering a man considered by many as a national hero. Military… 09/09/2011
Political slant to Eid celebrationsEid celebrations have a special importance in Egypt this year. Cairo’s Tahrir Square – just months ago packed with protesters demanding an end to Hosni… 30/08/2011
Kabul suicide attack on British Council leaves nine deadTaliban gunmen have killed at least nine people as they stormed the British Council charity in Kabul and held off the security forces for eight hours. They… 19/08/2011
Suicide attack and gunfight at British Council in KabulTaliban suicide fighters have stormed the British Council charity in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least nine people and wounding around another… 19/08/2011
Dozens killed in Afghan bombingsTwo minibuses have been blown up in western Afghanistan killing at least 20 people and wounding 12 more. It happened in Herat province. Officials say it… 18/08/2011
Taliban claims deadly attack on Afghan governorSuicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 22 people in an attack on a provincial governor’s compound in central Afghanistan. The Taliban says it was… 14/08/2011
NATO claims revenge for downed helicopterNATO says it has killed the Taliban fighters who downed a Chinook helicopter at the weekend with an RPG launcher, in the single biggest loss of life suffered… 10/08/2011
America prays for soldiers killed in AfghanistanIn communities across the United States family and friends have attended church services to pay tribute to 30 US soldiers and eight Afghans killed in a… 08/08/2011
US incurs heavy losses in Afghan helicopter crashThe Taliban claims to have shot down a NATO helicopter, killing 31 US special forces troops and seven Afghans. It is the worst single loss of life for the… 06/08/2011
Helicopter crash kills American and Afghan soldiers31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in the east of the country according to the Afghan government. The Afghan… 06/08/2011
Four dead in Afghan suicide bomb and shootoutFour security guards have been killed in a suicide bomb attack and a shootout in northern Afghanistan. The guards worked for a German company. Ten people… 02/08/2011
11 die in Lashkar Gah attackA car bomb has been detonated at the gate of the police headquarters in Lashkar Gah. Ten police officers died in the attack. A child was also killed. Twelve… 31/07/2011
Roadside bomb kills 19 in minibus in AfghanistanA roadside bomb has exploded under a civilian minibus in Southern Afghanistan, killing all 19 people on board. The bus was on its way to the regional… 29/07/2011
Kandahar mayor killed by suicide bomberThe Taliban say they were behind a suicide attack that killed the mayor of Kandahar this morning. Ghulam Haidar Hamidi was preparing to meet with a group of… 27/07/2011
Transition towns expect more Taliban attacksNATO’s gradual handover of security to Afghan control has continued with a ceremony in Mehterlam in the province of Laghman. It is one of seven areas to be… 20/07/2011
Petraeus quits Afghan command for CIA top jobUS General David Petraeus handed over command of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday. The 58-year-old is leaving to become the new director of the… 18/07/2011
Taliban claim killing of key Karzai aideThe Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, overshadowing the start of the handover of… 18/07/2011
Karzai adviser killed in Kabul gunbattleA prominent adviser to the Afghan president has been killed in a gun battle in Kabul. Jan Mohammad Khan was a former governor of Uruzgan province in… 18/07/2011
NATO begins Afghan handoverNATO forces started handing control of Afghanistan’s security to the country’s own troops and police on Sunday. The handover will be a gradual process due… 17/07/2011
UN deplores record hight of civilian deaths in AfghanistanThe first six months of this year were the deadliest for civilians in Afghanistan since the start of the conflict in 2001. 1,462 people died from January… 14/07/2011
