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The Taliban regime appoints Khalil Haqqani as head of security in Kabul. Haqqani, a veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War and war on terror, is a designated terrorist by the United States, and is currently wanted on a US$5 million bounty.
2021-08-27

Russian Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov denies allegations by NATO Commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti that Russia was "perhaps" supplying the Taliban.
2017-03-24

The Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mohammad Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan of natural causes.
2015-07-29

An independent report reveals that the American Psychological Association was complicit in the participation of its members with the use of torture during the Iraq and Afghan wars, such as in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Many experts suspected that the bizarre torture and humiliation were not "a few bad apples" but meticulously planned techniques.
2015-07-12

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, to discuss plans for the Taliban to open an office in Doha in order to help solve the conflict in Afghanistan.
2013-03-31

Ten Afghan soldiers are killed by Taliban fighters in southern Helmand province.
2012-08-27

Afghanistan: Insurgents kill four men including three soldiers in the Afghan Army in Paktia Province. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-police-insurgents-kidnap-kill-afghan-soldiers-17070410#.UDcaqqMsBx4 (AP via ABC News)]date=August 2019
2012-08-24

Afghanistan: ISAF announces 11 people have been killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, including seven U.S. soldiers and four members of the Afghan National Army. Taliban insurgents claim they downed it.
2012-08-16

NATO claims to have killed two Taliban leaders in fighting in the Afghanistan War while a soldier was lost in fighting during an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan. [http:--www.washingtonexaminer.com-breaking-nato-2-afghan-insurgent-leaders-killed-1-captured-service-member-dies-in-militant-attack-104844584.html (AP via "Washington Examiner")]date=August 2019
2010-10-13

An Australian Special Air Service Regiment soldier Jason Brown, is killed in fighting the Taliban in northern Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
2010-08-13