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Afghanistan reports a record 515 new cases and 101 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2021-06-17

Taliban insurgents kill 13 and injure 55 people in an attack on a police headquarters in Puli Khumri, Afghanistan, using guns and suicide vests. The Taliban's high command recently rejected a ceasefire offer from the Afghan government.
2019-05-5

First Vice President of Afghanistan Abdul Rashid Dostum survives an assassination attempt on his convoy while traveling to the Jowzjan Province in Afghanistan. The attack killed one bodyguard and injured two others.
2019-03-30

Twin suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 25 people, including prominent Agence France-Presse photographer Shah Marai and three Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty journalists who were covering the first bombing. ISIL's Afghan branch claims responsibility.
2018-04-30

An explosion kills at least 29 people and injures dozens more at a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
2017-08-1

A suicide bomber kills at least 13 people and injures 14 in the Afghan city of Jalalabad.
2016-01-17

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan reports 289 civilians were killed ("301 with MSF update") and 559 injured during fighting in Kunduz between Taliban militants and Afghan National Security Forces in September and October. The U.N. says these numbers include casualties from the friendly-fire attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital and noted the totals were likely to rise as more information becomes available.
2015-12-12

The Taliban kill 20 policemen in an attack in Helmand, Afghanistan.
2015-06-13

A suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 20 people, including 10 children.
2013-06-3

The President of the United States Barack Obama and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron meet at the White House in Washington D.C. to discuss Afghanistan, Syria, the global economy and Iran.
2012-03-14