Sources: AP via Google News
President Ashraf Ghani blames the worsening security situation in Afghanistan on the sudden withdrawal of U.S. troops amid a rapid advance of the Taliban across the country. Ghani warns that the Islamist group has not severed ties with other terrorist groups. The Taliban rejects Ghani's statement. 2021-08-2
At least six civilians are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. A provincial government spokesman blames the Taliban though no group claimed responsibility. 2020-07-11
An insider attack by seven Taliban infiltrators killed 25 Afghan Armed Forces in Qarabagh, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. 2019-12-14
UK citizen Khalid Ali is found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of plotting a terror attack after he was found with knives in the city, and of building and detonating bombs for the Taliban in Afghanistan. He was detained within metres of Parliament, and wished to murder MPs and police officers. 2018-06-26
The Taliban kills 12 members of Afghanistan's security forces who were captured in recent ambushes in the Ghazni Province on June 3 and 5. 2016-06-8
Taliban insurgents assassinate Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy, a district administrator in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province. 2015-10-22
The Taliban gains control of the Ajristan District in Afghanistan's Ghazni Province after a week of battle. 2014-09-26
Taliban insurgents kill 17 Afghan government-affiliated militia personnel in an overnight attack in Andar District of eastern Ghazni Province. 2013-02-27
Taliban insurgents attack the United States embassy, NATO headquarters and police buildings in the Afghan capital Kabul. 2011-09-13
General Stanley A. McChrystal, America's top military commander in Afghanistan, submits his resignation after being summoned home by an "angry" Barack Obama due to his expression of critical opinions about senior American politicians and diplomats in a "Rolling Stone" magazine profile. Afghan President Hamid Karzai supports McChrystal, while the Taliban say the incident is "another sign of the start of the political defeat" for America's Afghan policies. 2010-06-23