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A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year.
2022-08-1

The United States says that it is sending an additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, as well as heavy weapons, including artillery systems, artillery rounds, armored personnel carriers, Mi-17 helicopters transferred from Afghanistan, 300 Switchblade drones and unmanned surface vehicles for coastal defence.
2022-04-13

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis criticizes The Pentagon for wasting US$28 million for Afghan woodland camouflage that did not match the country's terrain.
2017-07-24

United States President Barack Obama praises U.S. troops and reflects on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during his annual Christmas message from Hawaii.
2014-12-25

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai alleges that the U.S. armed forces are collaborating in some way with the Afghan Taliban in an effort to ensure that some troops remain after the scheduled 2014 pullout.
2013-03-10

Taliban insurgents attack the United States embassy, NATO headquarters and police buildings in the Afghan capital Kabul.
2011-09-13

France announces plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in a similar timeframe to that announced for United States forces by President Barack Obama yesterday.
2011-06-23

General David Petraeus expresses doubt during an interview on American television that the United States will be able to definitely begin withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2011.
2010-08-15

The United States opens fire on a bus in Afghanistan, knocking the driver unconscious, killing as many as five civilians, including a woman, and wounding at least 18 other passengers.
2010-04-12

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates reviews allegations of misconduct in Afghanistan by the private military company formerly known as Blackwater, Xe Services LLC.
2010-03-6