Casualties in Afghanistan
Since 2002, 33 Australians have been killed while serving in Afghanistan.
Beyond the Wire
Story and production by Eleanor Bell
A behind-the-scenes look at the journey of the Four Corners team into Afghanistan.
Turbulent history
The war in Afghanistan is the latest conflict in the country's long and vexed history.
Pakistan
Follow the latest updates from Afghanistan's volatile neighbour on the Pakistan tag page.
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At least six people have died after shots were fired during violent protests in Afghanistan against the burning of Korans at a NATO base.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, world-politics, afghanistan, united-states
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An angry crowd gathered outside the Bagram military complex in Afghanistan when local workers on the base reportedly found copies of the Koran in rubbish bags tagged for incineration. Some of the religious books had already been partly burned. The US military commander, General John Allen, issued an unqualified public apology, and also ordered an investigation.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, afghanistan
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NATO commander John Allen has apologised over reports that foreign troops in Afghanistan have improperly disposed of copies of the Koran.
Topics: islam, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan, united-states
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Furious Afghans protest outside a US military base over a report foreign troops had burned a large number of Korans.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, islam, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan
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Despite international concerns about the secrecy of its drone campaign in Afghanistan and the borderlands of Pakistan, the US military is buying more Predator and Reaper drones, and speeding up the training of the crews to remotely pilot them. Soon to surpass manned aircraft as the biggest combat weapon system in the US Air Force, armed surveillance drones are increasingly used by combatant commanders, instead of risking ground units and soldiers.
Topics: defence-forces, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, afghanistan, pakistan
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They're two women from utterly different worlds so what do a seasoned Australian television producer and a 19 year old student from Kabul, Afghanistan have in common. It's a shared hope for the ascendency of female rights, aspiration and opportunity in one of the most dangerous and oppressive places on earth. The outsider is shaping some of the country's TV drama, tackling confronting issues that challenge the orthodoxy. The teenager is boldly fighting violence in the street and at home. It's a massive battle against an age old order but don't discount her - Noorjahan Akbar isn't about to take a backward step.
Topics: domestic-violence, discrimination, grief, poverty, islam, human, women, relationships, afghanistan
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The United States and Afghan governments have begun secret three-way talks with the Taliban, Afghan president Hamid Karzai told The Wall Street Journal.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan, united-states
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He is the rugged face of Afghan cricket with a story fit for the big screen, and he embodies not only his nation's turbulent past, but its hopes for a brighter future.
Topics: cricket, sport, afghanistan
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NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say they mistakenly killed a group of children in an air strike in the country's east.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan
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The Afghan government downplays a rogue soldier's claims that more Afghan army trainees are ready to launch deadly attacks against coalition soldiers.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, world-politics, government-and-politics, afghanistan, australia
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard is disgusted by a video showing rogue former Afghan army trainee Mohammed Rozi boasting about an attack on Australian troops.
Topics: federal-government, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, australia, afghanistan
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Both sides of federal politics condemn a video that shows a former Afghan army trainee boasting about his attack on Australian soldiers.
The video posted online by a jihadi network shows an interview with Mohammed Rozi, who shot and seriously wounded three Australians who were training him at a patrol base in Uruzgan province in November.
He said he had one thing on his mind that day: killing foreigners and teaching them a lesson.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, afghanistan, australia
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Pakistan beat a spirited Afghanistan side by seven wickets in the day-night international in Sharjah thanks to Shahid Afridi's five-for.
Topics: cricket, sport, india, pakistan, afghanistan
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