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An Afghan Tajik asylum seeker who has been held in immigration detention by Australia for eight years sues the Australian Government in the Federal Court. A former employee of the Islamic Republican government, the man fled an assassination attempt by the Taliban and argues that his family is still being targeted in Afghanistan and that his indefinite detention prevents him from organising their escape from the violence. The Government has requested the case be dismissed and denied they had any legal obligations towards Afghan citizens.
2021-07-22

Australian federal police raid the headquarters of the country's public broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, regarding the alleged publication of classified material in a 2017 report on allegations that Australian Special forces engaged in unlawful killings and gross misconduct in Afghanistan. The day before, police raided "Herald Sun" journalist Annika Smethurst's home regarding an alleged leak of national security information.
2019-06-5

A suicide car bomber kills one person and injures fourteen others near the Australian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2018-03-2

Australia declares its war in Afghanistan over while the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, visits Afghanistan.
2013-10-28

Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day. Events occur in Afghanistan, France, Turkey and Vietnam, while Julia Gillard heads to South Korea.
2011-04-25

43 Afghan migrants on their way to Australia are detained by Indonesian authorities.
2011-03-31

Federal Defence Minister John Faulkner rules out withdrawing Australian troops from Afghanistan, alleging it would undo nine years of hard work.
2010-07-16

Three Australian soldiers and a United States Army soldier are killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan with nine NATO casualties overall.
2010-06-21

The bodies of two Australian soldiers killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan begin their journey home.
2010-06-9

Australia immediately suspends all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
2010-04-9