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UK special envoy Simon Gass meets with Taliban Deputy Prime Ministers Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi in Kabul for the first time since the takeover of the country to discuss Afghanistan's growing humanitarian crisis and terrorism, and to guarantee safe passage to those wishing to emigrate. Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi also said they discussed the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations, with Gass saying the foreign ministry wishes to "begin a new chapter of constructive relations".
2021-10-5

Afghanistan's power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, says that 23 electricity pylons have been destroyed or damaged by explosions in the past month, disrupting imported power from Iran and Uzbekistan to numerous provinces and districts. ISIL has claimed responsibility for destroying the towers.
2021-06-8

A United States Air Force E-11A aircraft crashes and catches fire in Ghazni Province, eastern Afghanistan. All five people on board are killed.
2020-01-27

Five people are killed and over 10 injured in an IED bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2019-06-3

A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan.
2018-12-2

Four policemen are killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in Kandahar, Afghanistan. [http:--www.appeal-democrat.com-news-regional_news-asia-afghan-policeman-opens-fire-on-colleagues-kills-article_db4dc4ab-4b19-58f2-8cc6-3e6b24bc22b2.html (Appeal Democrat)]date=July 2019
2016-02-11

2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests: A suicide car bomber explodes at Jalalabad Airport in Afghanistan, killing nine.
2012-02-27

Gunfire is reported at a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) compound in the Afghan capital Kabul.
2011-09-25

A Dutch aid worker, along with an Afghan driver, are kidnapped on a highway while traveling to Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.
2010-10-25

A United States Army soldier from 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team is to face a court martial on murder and other charges related to the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan.
2010-10-15