https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least six people including a Ukrainian, sparking a 12-hour battle with Afghan forces backed by Norwegian troops that left terrified guests scrambling to escape. https://www.thelocal.no/20180121/norwegian-troops-battle-taliban-gunman-in-siege-at-luxury-kabul-hotel Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:53:09 +0100 norwegian-troops-battle-taliban-gunman-in-siege-at-luxury-kabul-hotel A parliamentary majority of 66 percent has voted in favour of the opposition Labour party’s proposal for rule changes which require certain asylum cases to be reassessed. https://www.thelocal.no/20171114/norways-government-loses-vote-over-october-children-asylum-reassessments Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:29:21 +0100 norways-government-loses-vote-over-october-children-asylum-reassessments Norway’s foreign minister Ine Eriksen Søreide and immigration minister Sylvi Listhaug have both spoken in parliament over calls to freeze returns of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.no/20171108/norway-government-ministers-advise-against-change-as-parliament-discusses-freeze-on-afghan-deportations Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:15:44 +0100 norway-government-ministers-advise-against-change-as-parliament-discusses-freeze-on-afghan-deportations Norway will send ten extra soldiers to Afghanistan as it responds to calls by Nato and Donald Trump for more troops in the central Asian country. https://www.thelocal.no/20170928/norway-responds-to-nato-request-for-afghanistan-troops Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:51:23 +0200 norway-responds-to-nato-request-for-afghanistan-troops Norwegian Defence Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide suggested Norway might be willing to increase its own small-but-longstanding commitment to Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.no/20170518/norway-could-send-more-soldiers-to-afghanistan-defence-minister Thu, 18 May 2017 11:29:48 +0200 norway-could-send-more-soldiers-to-afghanistan-defence-minister Norway’s immigration authorities have denied an Afghan family reunification due to a lack of documentation which has its roots on the Asian country’s civil law, which is partly derived from Islamic sharia. https://www.thelocal.no/20170426/norwegian-authorities-refusal-of-afghan-family-reunification-related-to-sharia-law-report Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:41:05 +0200 norwegian-authorities-refusal-of-afghan-family-reunification-related-to-sharia-law-report Norway wants to set up a care centre in Kabul that will accept underage asylum seekers who have had their residence applications rejected, but Afghanistan has no tradition of providing public care for children. https://www.thelocal.no/20160203/norway-wants-to-open-care-centre-in-afghanistan Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:26:40 +0100 norway-wants-to-open-care-centre-in-afghanistan Ads from the Norwegian government are in Afghan newspapers this week warning that potential asylum seekers “will be returned by force”. https://www.thelocal.no/20151126/norway-publishes-anti-refugee-ads-in-afghanistan Thu, 26 Nov 2015 10:32:46 +0100 norway-publishes-anti-refugee-ads-in-afghanistan Taliban militants arrived in Norway on Monday for peace talks with Kabul officials, as militants continue to launch attacks on army, police and civilians in Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.no/20150616/taliban-peace-talks-start-in-oslo Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:56:03 +0200 taliban-peace-talks-start-in-oslo Members of Afghanistan's Taliban are in Norway for informal talks with representatives of Afghan society, the Norwegian government said on Thursday, in a new sign of a nascent dialogue. https://www.thelocal.no/20150604/taliban-in-norway-for-informal-talks Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:52:43 +0200 taliban-in-norway-for-informal-talks The world's largest cargo plane, originally designed to carry the Russian space shuttle, touched down at Oslo's Gardamoen airport on Thursday morning, watched by crowds of excited locals. https://www.thelocal.no/20140619/world-largest-plane-touches-down-in-oslo Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:08:10 +0200 world-largest-plane-touches-down-in-oslo Norwegian authorities have agreed to allow the recently deported Afghan interpreter Faizullah Muradi to return to the country to have his asylum case heard. https://www.thelocal.no/20140603/afghan-interpreter-gets-all-clear-to-return Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:40:00 +0200 afghan-interpreter-gets-all-clear-to-return Data collected by Norway's intelligence services in Afghanistan is used by US and Nato forces to target controversial drone attacks, the organisation's head has revealed. https://www.thelocal.no/20131220/norways-spying-helps-target-us-drones Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:27:00 +0100 norways-spying-helps-target-us-drones Norway's opposition moved on Tuesday to demand a review of the country's engagement in Afghanistan, with a clear majority of the country's MPs likely to back the proposal. https://www.thelocal.no/20131126/norway-parliament-to-force-afghanistan-review Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:50:32 +0100 norway-parliament-to-force-afghanistan-review Norway will cut its aid to Afghanistan in 2014 due to a lack of progress on women's rights and efforts to combat corruption, a senior Norwegian official said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20131004/norway-cuts-afghan-aid-in-graft-protest Fri, 04 Oct 2013 23:43:00 +0200 norway-cuts-afghan-aid-in-graft-protest Norway's male soldiers will be permitted to sport ponytails and braids under new gender-neutral regulations, Dagbladet has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20130809/norways-male-soldiers-alllowed-ponytails Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:19:00 +0200 norways-male-soldiers-alllowed-ponytails Norway has threatened to reduce aid to Afghanistan, signalling increasing frustration among donor nations over the Kabul government's failure to implement reforms as NATO troops prepare to withdraw. https://www.thelocal.no/20130707/norway-threatens-to-cut-afghan-aid Sun, 07 Jul 2013 21:13:00 +0200 norway-threatens-to-cut-afghan-aid Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has pledged to continue to offer aid to Afghanistan, during President Hamid Karzai’s official visit to Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20130206/norway-to-continue-to-offer-aid-to-afghanistan Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:32:00 +0100 norway-to-continue-to-offer-aid-to-afghanistan Fearing they will be targeted once NATO troops pull out, Afghan interpreters who have worked closely with Norway’s armed forces have appealed to Oslo to grant them asylum. https://www.thelocal.no/20120919/afghan-interpreters-ask-norway-for-protection Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:53:53 +0200 afghan-interpreters-ask-norway-for-protection Afghan President Hamid Karzai has postponed a visit to Norway fearing a violent backlash at home over an anti-Islam film that sparked riots which killed the US ambassador in Libya, officials said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20120913/karzai-calls-off-norway-visit-over-riot-fears Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:58:15 +0200 karzai-calls-off-norway-visit-over-riot-fears