Sources: BBC
The Taliban claims to have captured the strategic city of Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. One of the group's spokesmen, Zabihullah Mujahid, says that the city was "under mujahideen control". Pakistan confirms the capture, saying that the Taliban removed the Afghan flag and raised theirs. The Afghan Ministry of Defense says that they were checking information. If this is confirmed by the Afghan government, it would be the latest territorial gain by the armed group. 2021-07-14
The Taliban attacked the Maruf District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing two policemen and wounding twelve others. The assault was repulsed, resulting in 27 Taliban fighters being killed. 2020-07-23
A motorcycle bomb explodes in front of a hotel in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Seven are wounded. 2019-10-30
A suicide bomb attack kills the police chief of a district in southern Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. 2014-09-8
Five British ISAF personnel are killed in a military helicopter crash in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. 2014-04-26
Five U.S. service members are killed after a helicopter crash during a rainstorm in Daman district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. 2013-03-11
A suicide bomber kills five policeman at a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. 2012-05-31
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province kills ten people and injures 28. 2011-05-24
Abdul Latif Ashna, the deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, is killed in a suicide attack. 2011-01-29
A suicide bomber kills 17 people and wounds at least 20 others in a public bathhouse in Kandahar province, Afghanistan; the Taliban claims responsibility for the attack. 2011-01-7