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Kite 'running' in a Kabul graveyard Al Jazeera will be reporting all week from Afghanistan in a series of special programems and reports.
David Foster, one of the channel's presenters, will be posting a daily diary on his experiences of Kabul, a city of contrasts....
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2007 6:40am PDT
Pakistan-Afghan fighting 'ends' Afghan and Pakistani officials say their army forces have stopped fighting a day after border clashes broke out, with at least 12 reported dead....
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2007 6:17am PDT
Afghan parliament removes minister The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no-confidence against the country's foreign minister for mishandling an influx of Afghan refugees from Iran....
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 10:57pm PDT
Afghan Taleban commander killed The Taleban's top military commander in Afghanistan, Mullah Dadullah, has been killed in fighting in the south of the country, officials say....
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 10:55pm PDT
US-led forces admit civilian casualties in Afghan fighting US-led forces in Afghanistan have conceded that a major battle in the south of the country caused some civilian casualties, but refused to confirm local reports that up to 40 people had died....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 6:43am PDT
Afghanistan: 40 civilians killed in US strike At least 40 Afghan civilians were killed in air strikes on Tuesday, adding to the mounting death toll from the escalation of US operations in the country. The latest incident occurred in the Sangin district of the southern province of Helmand, the scene of stepped-up US and NATO attacks in recent months....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 6:26am PDT
Afghan leaders urge Taliban truce Outraged by the rising number of civilian deaths, Afghan legislators have approved a bill calling for a truce and talks with the Taliban....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 7:29pm PDT
NATO Raid Kills Scores of Afghans KANDAHAR — Just a few hours after the US army apologized for killing Afghan civilians in March, a NATO strike claimed the lives of scores of more civilians in the southern province of Helmand....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 6:19am PDT
Afghan soldier kills 2 U.S. troops outside top-security jail KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan soldier shot and killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded two more outside a top-security prison near Kabul Sunday, a U.S. military spokesman said....
Posted: Sun, May 6, 2007 3:08pm PDT
Taliban extends hostage deadline The Taliban has again extended its deadline to complete talks to secure the release of a French aid worker until after the French presidential elections end on Sunday, a spokesman for the fighters has said....
Posted: Sat, May 5, 2007 10:27am PDT
Pakistanis smash cars for Islam Around 200 armed men have forcibly halted dozens of cars and smashed their cassette players in northwestern Pakistan in a bid to impose Taliban-style values....
Posted: Sat, May 5, 2007 10:26am PDT
US massacres of civilians spark protests in Afghanistan Bombing raids by US-led NATO forces in western Afghanistan last week killed at least 50 civilians and perhaps over 100, reports from Afghan government officials and human rights organizations have confirmed....
Posted: Sat, May 5, 2007 9:55am PDT
Opium Main Currency in Afghan Village CAIRO — Opium has become the accredited currency in the north-eastern Afghan village of Shahran-e-Khash with everyone from children to the store owners dealing in the drug, The Independent reported Friday, May 4....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 7:03am PDT
Taliban blow up Afghan army bus A bus taking Afghan soldiers to work has been blown up by members of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital....
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 7:31am PDT
Karzai anger over civilian deaths About 50 civilians were killed this week in fighting in western Afghanistan between US-led troops and suspected militants, Afghan and UN officials say....
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 7:47pm PDT
Afghanistan: 'Civilians dead' in Nato assault At least 30 civilians were killed during recent fighting in the Afghan province of Herat, police and government officials say....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 6:48pm PDT
NATO troops launch new offensives in Afghanistan US and British-led NATO forces have launched new offensives in the southern and western regions of Afghanistan in recent days, killing scores of people. The offensives are part of a military campaign begun in March to retake parts of the country not currently under control of occupation forces and the puppet government of Hamid Karzai....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 7:35am PDT
Afghans Protest US Civilian Killings For the second consecutive day thousands of Afghans took to the streets on Monday, April 30, to protest the killing of fellow civilians by US-led forces....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 6:39am PDT
Troops kill 'scores of Taleban' Nato-led forces and Afghan troops have killed scores of Taleban fighters in the western province of Herat, a coalition statement says....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 6:16am PDT
Bombers in Pakistan defy US over al-Qa'ida arrest Suicide bombings in Iraq and Pakistan killed dozens of people and wounded Pakistan's interior minister yesterday in an apparent effort to show the al-Qa'ida network remained strong, despite the capture of one of its top figures....
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 10:20am PDT
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