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Following peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to an extended ceasefire, while Pakistan continues to allege that Afghanistan is sheltering militant groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban.
2025-10-30

Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 504,000 in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. The record increase is primarily due to non-EU migration, the resumption of post-pandemic travel, the arrival of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, and immigration from Hong Kong.
2022-11-24

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says that around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan following the August 31 withdrawal deadline. He also says that the Biden administration will still try to rescue them.
2021-09-5

Afghanistan reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in Herat Province.
2021-02-25

Afghanistan's incumbent President Ashraf Ghani wins a slim majority of the votes in a September 28 election, delayed preliminary results showed after a poll that plunged the country into political crisis and was marred by allegations of fraud.
2019-12-22

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make an unannounced Thanksgiving visit to troops at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, their second visit to a combat zone since taking office. While there he also claims he has re-started talks with the Taliban.
2019-11-28

An Azerbaijani cargo airplane crashes during landing in southern Afghanistan, killing seven out of its nine crew members.
2016-05-19

Several American personnel are suspended after an official report finds that human error was to blame for an airstrike on a Doctors without Borders hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz in October that killed 30 people. No criminal charges were filed.
2015-11-25

Explosions and gunfire are reported near Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan as militants temporarily capture a building under construction.
2014-07-17

More than 200 Afghan militants cross over into Pakistan and attack a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, sparking a clash in which 28 Pakistani security forces and six civilians die, along with 45 Afghans.
2011-06-3