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Troops clash with militants in Afghanistan
18:27:41, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Afghan and international troops have killed more than 30 militants in a clash near the capital Kabul.
International troops target Islamic militants in Pakistan
16:16:58, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Eight people have been killed in South Waziristan, Pakistan following a missile strike fired from Afghanistan.
French president in Kabul to support troops
22:21:03, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The French president has spent time holding the coffins of the troops killed in Afghanistan during yesterdays attack by Taliban insurgents.
Sarkozy heads to Afghanistan after 10 French troops killed
08:02:43, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is ready to fly to Afghanistan after 10 French soldiers were killed in a clash with Taliban insurgents, saying France remains committed to the mission there.
French soldiers killed in Afghanistan
02:40:30, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Heavy fighting between NATO forces and Taliban militants just outside of the Afghan capital Kabul has left 10 French soldiers dead and 21 injured.
Australians claim role in death of senior Taliban leader
02:40:29, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian troops operating in Afghanistan have played a key role in an operation in Oruzgan province which led to the death of a senior Taliban extremist.
French soldiers die in Afghan fighting
02:40:29, 20 August 2008, Radio Australia News
An Afghan military officer says 10 French soldiers have been killed in fighting with the Taliban just outside the capital Kabul.
Concern for Australian troops after Musharraf resignation
11:11:16, 19 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he is concerned about what implications recent political developments in Pakistan may have for Australia's troops in Afghanistan.
Mass weddings in Afghanistan
02:48:51, 19 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Fifty Afghan couples have been married in northern Afghanistan, a day after a similar mass wedding ceremony took place.
Suicide bomber kills civilians at Afghan military base
19:30:50, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A suicide bomber has killed nine Afghan civilians after ramming his car into a foreign military base in the country's southeast province of Khost.
Insurgence fears in Kabul for Independence Day
19:30:49, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Security in the Afghan capital Kabul has been stepped up amid fears of an insurgent attack on Independence Day.
Aid group pulls out of violent Afghanistan
10:52:08, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The International Rescue Committee, which has worked in Afghanistan for 25 years, is suspending relief work indefinitely after three of its female aid workers were shot dead by Taliban insurgents.
Afghans shift indepenence celebration to secret venue
04:27:36, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Afghanistan has changed the venue for its independence celebration on Monday to an undisclosed location.
US Marines stretched for training of Afghan troops
21:07:07, 17 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The US Marine Corps says it will not be able to increase military training teams needed to bolster security forces in Afghanistan unless it draws down in Iraq which has 24 thousand marines.
Indonesia police detain Afghan asylum seekers
19:28:19, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesian police have confirmed that nine Afghan asylum seekers who had been planning to travel to Australia have been detained on the island of Flores.
Rockets fired at Afghanistan's main airport
21:39:23, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Two rockets were fired at Afghanistan's main international airport in Kabul injuring two civilians but causing little damage.
Aid group suspends Afghan work after murders
21:10:57, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The International Rescue Committee, which has worked in Afghanistan for 25 years, is suspending relief work indefinitely after three of its female aid workers and their Afghan driver were shot dead by Taliban insurgents.
International aid workers killed in Afghanistan
14:58:51, 14 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations has appealed for the protection of aid workers in Afghanistan after the killing of three female western aid workers and their driver.
Australian soldiers injured in Afghanistan
11:59:42, 12 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Two Australian soldiers have been injured in Afghanistan after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the Oruzgan Province.
Afghan leader calls for world's help in fighting Taliban
14:30:42, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The Afghan president Hamid Karzai is urging the world to target the Taliban in Pakistan.
Australian forces nab Taliban leader
14:30:42, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A senior Taliban leader has been captured by Australian troops in Aghanistan.
Afghanistan probes deaths involving foreign forces
10:08:19, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Officials in Afghanistan say they are investigating reports that 11 people have been killed in clashes and air strikes north of Kabul involving foreign forces.
US expands Iraq, Afghanistan spy plane surveillance
10:11:49, 8 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States is to spend more than $US2 billion to expand surveillance of Iraq and Afghanistan by manned and unmanned spy planes.
Afghanistan cracks down on child sex abuse
10:11:48, 8 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Afghanistan's interior ministry says police have begun a crackdown on child sex abuse in the north of the country after the arrest of a number of offenders in recent weeks.
US extends Marine deployment in Afghanistan
01:34:57, 6 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States will extend the mission of more than one-thousand Marines in Afghanistan for an extra 30 days until November, to maintain momentum in training Afghan security forces.
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