Новости по теме Afghanistan

Taliban attacks leave 17 civilians dead in Afghanistan At least 17 civilians have been killed in multiple Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, underscoring increasing insecurity for ordinary people as foreign forces complete their withdrawal next year.

18 August 2013

Afghan female stars defy clerics' pressure Judges on TV talent shows always attract controversy for making or breaking the careers of desperate wannabes -- but for Aryana Sayeed, the job is also a fight for Afghanistan's future.

17 August 2013

Ex-NATO chief: 15,000 troops should stay in Afghanistan The United States and its allies should immediately announce how many troops will stay on in Afghanistan after 2014.

16 August 2013

Afghan forces need substantial help after 2014: US Afghanistan's military is increasingly effective but it will need considerable training and foreign aid beyond the US pullout date of 2014.

01 August 2013

Afghan customs fines hike cost of US military pullout A customs dispute between the Afghan and US governments has disrupted the withdrawal of American military equipment, dramatically inflating the cost of the drawdown.

20 July 2013

US considering speeding up Afghan pullout: report The United States is seriously considering speeding up the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan because of frustration with President Hamid Karzai.

10 July 2013

Pakistan could soon end Afghan war: Kabul army chief Pakistan could end the Afghan war "in weeks" if it were serious about peace, and is complicit in US drone strikes despite its denunciations of the anti-militant campaign.

03 July 2013

West should have talked to Taliban: British general The West should have negotiated with the Taliban more than a decade ago, soon after they were toppled.

29 June 2013

Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace, CIA office Taliban militants targeted the presidential palace and national CIA office in central Kabul on Tuesday morning, with gunfire and explosions erupting at one of the gates of the complex in the Afghan capital.

25 June 2013

Kerry looks to ease India concerns on Afghanistan Secretary of State John Kerry will Monday try to ease India's concerns about the impending withdrawal of US troops from war-torn Afghanistan as he embraces a greater role for the regional power.

24 June 2013

US-Taliban talks stumble before they even start Inept handling of a US bid to open peace talks with the Taliban has left Afghan President Hamid Karzai fuming and fueled fears that America is ready to cut and run at any cost.

20 June 2013

US to open peace talks with Taliban The United States and the Taliban cleared the decks for peace talks Tuesday even as a deadly attack on US troops underlined the still furious nature of their decade-long war.

19 June 2013

UN says refugees, displaced at two-decade high War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012.

19 June 2013

Afghan forces take over security from NATO Afghan forces took control of security across the country on Tuesday, marking a major milestone as US-led combat troops prepare to withdraw after 12 years of fighting the Taliban.

19 June 2013

Back to basics as Afghan troops face testing times The guns may be wooden but learning how to conduct a security patrol is a deadly serious business for soldiers at the Camp Shaheen training school in north Afghanistan.

15 June 2013

Karzai: Did 'War on Terror' encourage radical Islam? Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday the Muslim world was "in turmoil" and wondered whether the "war on terror" led by the United States since 2001 was to blame for the radicalisation.

10 June 2013

Kabul airport targeted in ongoing Taliban attack Taliban militants launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport early Monday, taking over two nearby buildings which security forces attempted to storm as blasts and shooting rocked the Afghan capital.

10 June 2013

The $20,000 pet lion that lives on a Kabul rooftop For Kabul's wealthy elite some things are de rigueur: armed guards, a marble-clad mansion, a blacked-out SUV. But one man has taken the flamboyant lifestyle a step further and bought a lion.

08 June 2013

Over hundred Kazakhstan citizens are in militant camps in Afghan-Pakistan zone: Abykayev Control over militants' crossing of borders requires expansion of cooperation between the special services of different countries: chairman of Kazakhstan National Security Commission.

07 June 2013

After Kabul attacks, 10,000 peace balloons After a day of explosions and gunfire, residents of Kabul woke up on Saturday morning to be greeted by a public art project in which volunteers handed out 10,000 neon-pink "peace" balloons.

27 May 2013

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