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Fate of military equipment ‘unsure’

Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen said neither he nor military brass know what's happened to around NOK 600 million worth of weapons, vehicles, communications equipment...

Afghan evacuation ‘completely over’

Norway pulled its last remaining military personnel out of Afghanistan in the early morning hours of Monday. That also brings an end to the...

Bombing in Kabul halts evacuations

UPDATED: Norway's military field hospital inside the airport in Kabul was still operating and busy on Friday, after bomb blasts in and around the...

Defense minister comes under fire

Frank Bakke-Jensen has stirred controversy in his role as defense minister on earlier occasions, but this week he was all but being publicly shamed....

Police and special forces sent to Kabul

Norwegian police and members of the military's special forces have been sent back to Afghanistan, while Norway's military field hospital in Kabul has to...

Bitter end to being ‘a good NATO ally’

NEWS ANALYSIS: As more flights land in Oslo with evacuees from Afghanistan, there's no end to the soul-searching over Norway's involvement in the war-torn...

Evacuees arriving from Afghanistan

UPDATED: The first flights to evacuate both Norwegian and Afghan citizens from Kabul have arrived in Oslo, but hundreds if not thousands more people...

Norway closing its embassy in Kabul

Norway joined other western allies late Friday afternoon in announcing closure of their embassies in Afghanistan, at least temporarily. The announcement came after the...

Norway ‘betraying’ Afghan colleagues

A former chief of the Norwegian Army who went on to become a UN special envoy in the Middle East is accusing Norwegian officials...

UDI prepares for Afghan refugees

Norwegian immigration agency UDI is preparing for a new wave of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, after the US and NATO pulled out of the...
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