Sources: BBC
Australia imposes economic sanctions and travel bans on four Afghan government officials over their involvement in human rights violations, particularly the Taliban's treatment of women. 2025-12-6
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 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
92 Afghan asylum seekers escape from the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin, Australia as part of a protest with four people being hospitalised due to dehydration. 2010-09-1
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
An inquest into the deaths of five Afghan asylum seekers opens in Australia. 2010-01-25