Новости по теме Afghanistan

Afghan president welcomes third child at age of 56 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has become a father again at the age of 56 after his wife gave birth to their third child in India.

07 March 2014

Karzai's brother withdraws from Afghan election The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday dropped out of the country's election and endorsed Zalmai Rassoul, a move widely seen as signalling the current leader's prefered choice of successor.

06 March 2014

NATO airstrike kills five Afghan soldiers: Afghan officials A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers, government officials said, while the coalition said it was investigating reports of the incident.

06 March 2014

Next Afghan leader will sign security pact: Kerry The next president of Afghanistan will sign a security pact with the United States despite the refusal of outgoing leader Hamid Karzai, Secretary of State John Kerry confidently predicted.

27 February 2014

Obama warns Afghan president of full troop withdrawal President Barack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact.

26 February 2014

Afghanistan releases 65 'insurgents' despite US protests: officials Afghanistan released 65 alleged Taliban fighters from jail on Thursday despite condemnation from the United States, which says the men could return to the battlefield to launch strikes against NATO and Afghan forces.

13 February 2014

Gunmen kill 9 anti-Taliban volunteers in NW Pakistan: police Militants stormed a house of anti-Taliban activists and shot dead nine men in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early Wednesday.

12 February 2014

President Nazarbayev calls to help Afghanistan restore its economy Kazakhstan’s decision to renounce its nuclear arsenal is a good beacon for nations pursuing nuclear programs: President Nazarbayev.

05 February 2014

Syria, spying, Iran in focus at global security meet Global leaders from politics, defence and diplomacy meet in Germany from Friday to discuss conflict hotspots and looming threats, from Syria and Afghanistan to East Asia and Africa.

29 January 2014

Karzai suspects US behind Afghan bombings: report Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to support his theory.

29 January 2014

Two Canadians killed in Kabul attack: Foreign Ministry Two Canadians are among those killed in an attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul, the country's foreign minister said Friday.

18 January 2014

Obama defends Afghan strategy after Gates comments Barack Obama insisted Monday he had faith in the Afghan war mission after former Pentagon chief Robert Gates charged the president lacked passion for military action and soured on his own troop surge.

14 January 2014

Killing of boy, 4, by US troops frays Afghan ties further Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday condemned US troops for killing a four-year-old boy in the southern province of Helmand, in a fresh strain to troubled relations between Washington and Kabul.

11 January 2014

Obama didn't believe his own war strategy: Gates Former defense secretary Robert Gates has delivered a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan in a revealing new memoir, US media reported Tuesday.

08 January 2014

NATO soldier killed in Afghan multiple suicide attack Six Taliban suicide attackers launched an assault on a joint Afghan-NATO base in the east of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one NATO soldier during a prolonged firefight, officials said.

05 January 2014

Kazakhstan provides humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka Kazakhstan has provided humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka to help the country’s detonating economy.

27 December 2013

Rockets explode in Kabul as foreigners mark Christmas Two rockets exploded in Kabul on Wednesday morning, causing no reported casualties but underlining Afghanistan's continuing security problems as many foreigners in the capital marked Christmas Day.

25 December 2013

Karzai warns against 'initimidation' on US troop deal Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would not be bullied into signing a security pact to allow US troops to stay on after next year, as he tried to persuade India Friday to provide more military assistance.

13 December 2013

Hollywood immortalizes US disaster in Afghanistan Hollywood has immortalized for post-Christmas release one of the deadliest incidents of the Afghan war: a Navy SEAL operation targeting a Islamist fighter that left 19 American soldiers dead.

10 December 2013

Afghan villages where Taliban rule at night Jahanzeb says he can no longer live in his home village in eastern Afghanistan where, when night falls, fear rules in "the kingdom of the Taliban".

07 December 2013

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