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At least 14 security forces are killed across Afghanistan in attacks in Takhar, Badakhshan, and Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility for the first two attacks but denies involvement in Kabul's. The group reiterated that it will not enter peace talks with the government until all prisoners are released.
2020-08-22

A suicide-bomb attack on a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan's Parwan Province, kills at least six U.S. soldiers and wounds another six. The Taliban's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claims responsibility for the attack in a message on Twitter.
2015-12-21

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan calls for a re-think of the War on Terror.
2012-09-12

A British soldier is killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan.
2011-11-9

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

A US army medic receives 9 months in jail after pleading guilty to shooting two unarmed Afghan farmers for "no apparent reason".
2010-12-1

Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking via an audio message, criticises the Turkish government for what he says is co-operation with Israel, as well as "killing Muslims in Afghanistan".
2010-08-15

William Hague, the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, says that British soldiers should be out of Afghanistan by 2014.
2010-07-20

Militants kill 12 police officers in a string of attacks and six civilians die in bombings in Afghanistan, and a U.S. soldier is killed in a gun battle in eastern Afghanistan in the latest fighting in the war in Afghanistan.
2010-06-15