Tag: Afghanistan
Church vows to go ahead with Koran-burning
A Florida evangelical church has vowed to go ahead with plans to burn the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary despite fears it may fuel an angry backlash and endanger US and allied troops in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Petraeus slams church's plan to burn Koran
The top US commander in Afghanistan has criticised a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.[MORE]
2010 to be Afghanistan's deadliest year
Foreign forces in Afghanistan are facing their deadliest year yet, with the death toll already passing 500, as compared to 521 for all of last year.[MORE]
Respected Afghan journalist stabbed to death
A prominent Afghan journalist has been murdered in the capital Kabul.[MORE]
Taliban threatens election violence
The Taliban is threatening to attack voters who take part in Afghanistan's parliamentary election.[MORE]
Armed police monitor run on Kabul Bank
Armed police in pick-up trucks have been stationed outside the main branch of Kabul Bank, as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse. [MORE]
Karzai sets up Taliban peace talks council
Afghan president Hamid Karzai announced that he had set up a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban, who have been waging an insurgency in Afghanistan for almost nine years.[MORE]
Afghan airstrike 'killed election campaigners'
An Afghan official says 10 election campaigners were killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country on Thursday.[MORE]
Taliban leader charged over CIA killings
United States prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban over the attack that killed seven CIA employees at an American base in Afghanistan last December.[MORE]
Hicks's ex-lawyer wins justice award
The man who was David Hicks's lawyer, Stephen Kenny, has won a Justice Award.[MORE]
Pakistan air strike kills 45 militants
Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 45 militants and their family members in hideouts in the north-western Khyber region on the Afghan border, security officials say.[MORE]
Memorial service to honour fallen troops
The families, friends and colleagues of three Australian soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan will attend a service in Brisbane.[MORE]
Power of writing heals students from Kinglake, Kabul
Two very different groups of school students have been brought together in Victoria's bushfire-affected areas by shared stories of hope and survival. [MORE]
Afghan bomb attacks kill 7 US soldiers
Seven US troops have been killed in two Taliban-style bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the area hardest hit by the insurgency nearing the end of its ninth and most deadly year, NATO says.[MORE]
Body of fallen Australian soldier arrives home
A repatriation service has been held for the 21st Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Vic cop on 'periphery' of firefight that killed kids
Victoria Police says a member of its special operations group was on the periphery of a firefight in which five children died.[MORE]
Gunmen kill Afghan election workers
Gunmen have shot dead five campaign workers for a candidate in Afghanistan's parliamentary election next month, officials say, another sign of rising insecurity as the United States prepares to review its war strategy.[MORE]
US troops, politician killed in Afghan attacks
Seven US soldiers and a candidate for Afghanistan's September polls have been killed in a wave of weekend attacks, officials said Sunday as police found the bodies of five campaign workers.[MORE]
Wilkie wants troops out of Afghanistan
Incoming independent MP Andrew Wilkie has described the justification for the war in Afghanistan as "one of the great lies of the election campaign".[MORE]
Afghan president rejects media spy reports
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has rejected US media reports accusing one of his top officials of being on the CIA payroll.[MORE]
Taliban attack US bases in Afghanistan's east
About 30 Taliban fighters, including suicide bombers, have launched separate assaults on coalition bases in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Soldier farewelled at Afghan base
Australian troops at Tarin Kowt have farewelled Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney, the 28-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday.[MORE]
Ceremony honours fallen soldiers
A military ramp ceremony has been held at an Air Force base near Brisbane for two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week.[MORE]
Commandos to be charged over children's deaths
Charges will be laid against some Australian soldiers involved in a deadly night raid in which five children died in Afghanistan last year.[MORE]
Taliban kill 8 Afghan police
Taliban fighters have stormed a police post in northern Afghanistan, killing eight officers, a provincial governor said, in an attack that underscores the widening of the insurgency.[MORE]
