Sources: BBC
Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public performance of music is banned by the Taliban. 2024-09-20
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
Four civilians are killed in Ghor, Afghanistan, when police open fire on protesters who grew angry at the local distribution of food, which they said favored those with political connections. Two policemen also are killed. Police say they responded when protesters tried to enter the governor's house. 2020-05-9
An Azerbaijani cargo airplane crashes during landing in southern Afghanistan, killing seven out of its nine crew members. 2016-05-19
Aid workers warn that survivors of the earthquake are at risk of dying of exposure as temperatures in Pakistan and Afghanistan fall to near freezing levels. 2015-10-28
Six British Army soldiers are missing presumed killed in Afghanistan. 2012-03-7
Two British soldiers from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards are killed fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand province. 2011-03-24
A British Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. 2011-02-14
William Hague, the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, says that British soldiers should be out of Afghanistan by 2014. 2010-07-20
Two dozen Afghan Taliban insurgents launch coordinated attacks against the presidential palace and other buildings in central Kabul on the day a new government is to be sworn in. 2010-01-18