Tag: Afghanistan
Suicide blast kills 10, injures 27 in Afghanistan
A suicide attack against police forces has killed 10 people including two policemen and wounded another 27 in southern Afghanistan, the police chief of Helmand province said.[MORE]
Parliament condolences for fallen soldier in Afghanistan
Both sides of politics have paid tribute in federal Parliament to an Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan last week.[MORE]
23 dead in Afghan unrest
A suicide attack near a German diplomatic convoy in Afghanistan's capital Kabul left three Afghan civilians dead as 20 other people, most of them insurgents, were reported killed in other unrest.[MORE]
2 Australians wounded in Afghanistan
An Australian soldier and a defence force worker have been wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan. [MORE]
Troops kill 44 rebels in Afghanistan: military
Troops have killed 44 militants in Afghanistan, officials said, as around a dozen police and soldiers are still missing following a major clash and believed to be in Taliban hands.[MORE]
UK soldier jailed 10 yrs for spying for Iran
A British soldier found guilty of spying for Iran while working for Britain's top commander in Afghanistan has been jailed for 10 years.[MORE]
ADF releases name of soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Australian Defence Force has released the details of the Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan yesterday.[MORE]
Commando's death won't be vain: Fitzgibbon
Joel Fitzgibbon says latest Australian death in Afghanistan stiffens his resolve in the war against the Taliban.[MORE]
Rudd rules out troop boost in Afghanistan
The PM has ruled out deploying more troops to Afghanistan after a seventh Australian was killed in fighting. [MORE]
Aust soldier killed in Afghanistan
An Australian soldier was killed and two others injured in an offensive agains the Taliban in Afghanistan.[MORE]
4 killed in Afghan suicide blast
A suicide attack on a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in the Afghan capital has killed four civilians, a police official said.[MORE]
ADF's Taliban assassinations revealed
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A recently released Defence Department report refers to the assassination of Taliban leaders.[MORE]
Karzai pushes for timeline to end military intervention
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to set a timeline for an end to military intervention in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Afghans arrest schoolgirl acid attackers
Afghan authorities have arrested 10 Taliban insurgents who threw acid in the faces of schoolgirls in southern Afghanistan, an official said.[MORE]
UN delegates meet for Afghan aid talks
The UN Security Council (UNSC) delegation will spend the next three days in Afghanistan, making recommendations on how to spend more than $30 billion in promised aid. [MORE]
Seven Taliban killed in Afghanistan: coalition
US led forces have killed seven Taliban fighters in central Afghanistan while a bomb exploded near the capital and wounded a civilian, authorities said, in new incidents linked to a militant insurgency.[MORE]
Afghan children drawn into conflict: UNICEF
Afghan children are being recruited as suicide bombers, drawn into the military and used for sex by armed groups, a senior official with the UN children's agency said Sunday.[MORE]
Fitzgibbon wants more from the UN in Afghanistan
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon wants the UN to speed up rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan.[MORE]
US to deploy up to 4,000 extra troops to Afghanistan
The Unite States military says up to 4,000 extra American troops due in Afghanistan in January will be sent to the eastern part of the country to try to stop militants crossing the border from Pakistan.[MORE]
5 civilians, 14 rebels killed in Afghanistan
A bomb blast in an Afghan market has killed two people, authorities said, also reporting other unrest-linked violence that left three more civilians and 14 militants dead.[MORE]
Grenades thrown into Afghan wedding, 8 killed: officials
Unknown gunmen threw hand grenades into a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, killing eight people and wounding 62, officials said, in an attack condemned by President Hamid Karzai.[MORE]
Guantanamo judge throws out 'forced' confession
A US military judge in Guantanamo Bay has thrown out the US Government's evidence against an Afghan detainee because it was obtained under coercion, a rights group said.[MORE]
Australia unlikely to send troops for US Afghan troop surge
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says he has not been asked to increase Australia's troop commitment to Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers in the United States.[MORE]
Defence Chief flags mixed effects from global crisis
The Chief of the Defence Force says it is too early to say what impact the global financial crisis will have on his running costs.[MORE]
Suicide bomber kills 9 in Afghanistan
A suicide car-bomber has killed nine people and wounded 16, including two US soldiers, in an attack on a government compound in eastern Afghanistan, a government official said.[MORE]
