German cabinet agrees to extend Afghanistan mission | DW | 24.02.2021
German troops are likely to stay on in Afghanistan as the government on Wednesday agreed to extend its military mandate ...
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Afghanistan: Why NATO’s indecision could be a precursor to civil war | DW | 19.02.2021
NATO made no decision on whether or when to pull out of Afghanistan, the military alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said ...
NATO hasn’t reached decision on whether to leave Afghanistan as deadline looms
1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, watch as CH-47 Chinook helicopters circle above during ...
NATO in a quandary as it awaits Joe Biden’s Afghanistan plans | DW | 16.02.2021
Setara Hassan has been on the frontline of fighting for gender rights in Afghanistan, helping women tell their stories in ...
Germany says troops may stay longer in Afghanistan | DW | 13.02.2021
Germany's military deployment in Afghanistan as part of NATO should be extended beyond its expiration date in March, according to Foreign Minister ...
Tehran buddies up to the Taliban | DW | 03.02.2021
During talks in Tehran, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, told a Taliban delegation: "The ...
Pentagon uncertain on pullback date for U.S. troops in Afghanistan
Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division gather their equipment before boarding a CH-47F Chinook that serves with the Task Force ...
Top German court rules war crimes committed abroad can be tried in Germany | DW | 28.01.2021
Judges from Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on Thursday ruled that courts in the country can continue to hear cases ...
Afghan peace talks set to restart in Qatar | DW | 05.01.2021
Peace talks aimed at brokering an end to two decades of war in Afghanistan are set to kick off in Qatar ...
Afghanistan sees rise in targeted killings of civilians: report | DW | 03.01.2021
Afghanistan saw one of the most violent years in terms of assassinations in 2020, according to data published on Sunday ...
China offered Afghan militants bounties to attack US soldiers: reports | DW | 31.12.2020
US intelligence officials briefed President Donald Trump on alleged findings that China has offered money to non-state actors in Afghanistan ...
Women’s rights activist shot dead in Afghanistan | DW | 24.12.2020
Afghan women's rights activist Freshta Kohistani was assassinated on Thursday by unknown gunmen in northern Kapisa province. "Unknown gunmen on ...
Daniel Pearl: Pakistani court frees man charged with US journalist killing | DW | 24.12.2020
A provincial court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered police to release Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the man charged with ...
Afghanistan: Blast kills children in Taliban-controlled area | DW | 18.12.2020
At least 15 children were killed and 20 more people wounded when a motorized rickshaw exploded in eastern Afghanistan ...
Afghan deportations continue despite security threats | DW | 17.12.2020
On Thursday, a batch of 40 Afghan asylum-seekers arrived in Kabul from Germany after Berlin resumed deportation flights to ...
Top court rules Germany not liable over deadly Kunduz airstrike | DW | 16.12.2020
Two Afghan plaintiffs seeking recompense for family lost in a 2009 NATO airstrike near a German base have failed ...
Gunmen kill female TV anchor, driver in Afghanistan | DW | 10.12.2020
Journalist Malalai Maiwand and her driver were shot dead at 7:10 a.m. local time (2:40 UTC) on their way ...
NATO meeting: Germany hopes for continued US support in Afghanistan | DW | 01.12.2020
Ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he hoped for continued support of ...
Afghanistan: Car bomb kills dozens of people in Ghazni province | DW | 29.11.2020
At least 30 people died when a suicide car bomber struck an army base in the Afghan province of Ghazni ...
Afghanistan secures billions in aid, but donors urge progress | DW | 24.11.2020
Ministers from some 70 countries attending a donor conference for Afghanistan on Tuesday pledged $12 billion (€10.1 billion) in ...
