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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US missiles have killed the most senior Pakistani in Al Qaeda, a man who was wanted over attacks that killed scores of people, officials said.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, pakistan, afghanistan
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Defence Minister Stephen Smith says detainees in Afghanistan have made 71 allegations of mistreatment against the Australian Defence Force since August last year.
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Afghan school children will receive new textbooks that pass over the country's modern history of conflict and bloodshed in an effort to promote national unity.
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A US army officer has accused the American military of painting a misleading picture of progress in the war in Afghanistan.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, afghanistan
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More than 3,000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011, the fifth year in a row the number has risen, the United Nations said on Saturday in a report likely to revive tension between the Afghan government and its Western backers.
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The US army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face court martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, according to an army statement.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan, united-states
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Defence Minister Stephen Smith has rejected reports that the United States will end its combat role in Afghanistan by late next year.
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Defence Minister Stephen Smith discusses US plans to possibly wind back military operations in Afghanistan.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, foreign-affairs, defence-forces, australia, afghanistan, united-states
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The United States is looking to reduce military operations in Afghanistan during 2013.
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Defence secretary Leon Panetta says the United States intends to end combat operations in Afghanistan before the end of 2013, laying down a new marker for winding down America's longest war.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, government-and-politics, afghanistan, united-states
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A Defence Force inquiry into the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan nearly 18 months ago has cleared the ADF of any failure to properly plan and provide fire support for the patrol.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, army, australia, afghanistan
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A leaked NATO report has provided further evidence that Pakistan's ISI security service has been helping the Taliban.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, world-politics, afghanistan, pakistan
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The Afghanistan government and the Taliban will reportedly meet in a historic move as the country struggles to find peace.
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A decade after the war began in Afghanistan, the Karzai government is looking to hold peace talks directly with the Taliban. Preliminary talks have already been held between Taliban and US officials, but now the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan are planning to open another avenue for peace talks, to be held in Saudi Arabia.
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Afghanistan wants Saudi Arabia to host direct peace talks with the Taliban, while the United States is preparing to go into separate talks with the Taliban in Qatar.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, afghanistan, qatar, united-states, saudi-arabia, pakistan
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