Afghanistan

Country

66 articles found.
Karzai announces Afghan security handover

Karzai announces Afghan security handover

18 June 2013, 18:09 PM

Asia-Pacific | President Hamid Karzai has announced the transfer of nationwide security from NATO to Afghan control, a major milestone as the US-led war effort winds down after 12 years. Read more

Insurgents attack near Kabul airport

Insurgents attack near Kabul airport

10 June 2013, 17:54 PM

Asia-Pacific | Taliban insurgents attacked near Kabul airport, targeting NATO's airport HQ with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb. Read more

What happens to Afghans who helped Aussie troops?

What happens to Afghans who helped Aussie troops?

06 June 2013, 7:22 AM

Australia | As Australian and other coalition military forces begin withdrawing from Afghanistan, the question looms: what to do about all those Afghans who've helped them and could face recrimination from others who've opposed them?

Read more

Afghan interpreters to get British visas

Afghan interpreters to get British visas

22 May 2013, 20:23 PM

Europe | In a backflip, the UK will offer five-year visas to about 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. Read more

Australia waits on US-Afghan decision

Australia waits on US-Afghan decision

22 May 2013, 16:12 PM

Defence Minister Stephen Smith says the US is still working on an agreement with Afghanistan for its post-2014 troop commitment. Read more

Video of US plane crash in Afghanistan believed to be authentic

Video of US plane crash in Afghanistan believed to be authentic

01 May 2013, 19:57 PM

Asia-Pacific | National Air Cargo told the ABC a shocking YouTube video purportedly showing a deadly plane crash at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan is believed to be authentic. Read more

What future for Afghan girls and women?

What future for Afghan girls and women?

02 April 2013, 11:15 AM

Middle East |

Women's rights activists and government leaders from Afghanistan say Afghan women and girls are becoming increasingly concerned about their safety and rights.

Read more

Afghan foreign minister denies Hazaras face persecution

Afghan foreign minister denies Hazaras face persecution

20 March 2013, 17:14 PM

Australia | Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Zalmai Rassoul has denied that if Hazara asylum seekers were sent back to Afghanistan they would face persecution, but says a voluntary return would be better than forced repatriation.
Read more

Soviet soldier found in Afghanistan after 33 years

Soviet soldier found in Afghanistan after 33 years

06 March 2013, 15:10 PM

Asia-Pacific | There is a traditional healer in the western Afghan city of Herat who treats people with herbal medicines. To the locals, he is Sheikh Abdullah, but he was born as Bakhretdin Khakimov. Read more

Afghan women learn to read Via SMS

Afghan women learn to read Via SMS

14 November 2012, 15:02 PM

Middle East | For decades, war and the Taliban in Afghanistan deprived girls from basic education. But now, a new literacy program hopes to teach girls and women how to read and write using a mobile phone.
Read more

Soldiers returning from Afghanistan 'shell shocked'

Soldiers returning from Afghanistan 'shell shocked'

23 October 2012, 11:08 AM

Australia | As Australia remembers its 39th solider killed in Afghanistan, concern over the mental and physical health of soldiers resonates. Tonight on Insight, soldiers reveal how they’re dealing with the after-effects of Afghanistan. Read more

Timeline: ADF deaths in Afghanistan

Timeline: ADF deaths in Afghanistan

22 October 2012, 0:00 AM

Asia-Pacific | Thirty-nine Australians serving with the Australian Defence Force have been killed in Afghanistan since troops were sent there in 2001. Read more

Afghan commander visits Australia

11 October 2012, 18:48 PM

Australia | The commander of Afghan troops in Oruzgan province has wound up a week-long visit to Australia, declaring there has been good progress in preparing Afghan forces for transition. Read more

Cosmetic surgery on the rise in Afghanistan

Cosmetic surgery on the rise in Afghanistan

01 October 2012, 16:33 PM

Asia-Pacific | Afghanistan's growing middle class has resulted in a growing number of men and women going under the knife, investing in nose jobs, face lifts and tummy tucks, Channel 4 News reports. Read more

Tonight's Dateline: Taliban War on Women

Tonight's Dateline: Taliban War on Women

25 September 2012, 13:15 PM

Asia-Pacific | The recent Taliban execution of a 22–year-old Afghan woman in front of cheering men shocked the world. Who was she? And how could it happen?
Read more

NATO Afghan strategy 'unchanged', Rasmussen insists

NATO Afghan strategy 'unchanged', Rasmussen insists

19 September 2012, 6:28 AM

Asia-Pacific | NATO strategy in Afghanistan is unchanged and scaling back joint operations with Afghan patrols to prevent further Western deaths by locals is prudent and temporary, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
Read more

Afghanistan 'sacks hundreds of soldiers' over insider attacks

Afghanistan 'sacks hundreds of soldiers' over insider attacks

06 September 2012, 8:00 AM

Asia-Pacific | Afghanistan said it had arrested or sacked hundreds of Afghan soldiers in a bid to stem a rise in green on blue attacks. Read more

Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan named

Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan named

31 August 2012, 16:30 PM

Australia | The chief of the defence force has named two Australian soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Read more

Archaeological treasures returned to Afghanistan

Archaeological treasures returned to Afghanistan

06 August 2012, 14:22 PM

Middle East | Hundreds of archaeological treasures looted from Afghanistan have been returned to the country's National Museum. Read more

Clinton in plea for rights of Afghan women

Clinton in plea for rights of Afghan women

09 July 2012, 16:11 PM

Middle East | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a powerful plea for the rights of women in Afghanistan, using a global forum to insist that they must be part of the country's future growth. Read more

«<1234>»