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The Taliban government confirms that it will attend the Belt and Road Initiative forum in Beijing, China, next week, as the countries form closer economic ties, including the potential construction of a large copper mine in Logar Province, Afghanistan.
2023-10-15

Nine people are killed by heavy flooding in Khoshi District, Logar, Afghanistan.
2022-08-21

It is announced that the Afghanistan pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai will remain closed to visitors due to the Taliban takeover of the country.
2021-10-1

The Taliban names Mohammad Hassan Akhund as the leader of Afghanistan and Abdul Ghani Baradar as the deputy leader of the country. Akhund was an associate of the late Mullah Omar.
2021-09-7

Taliban militants attack a checkpoint in Logar, Afghanistan, killing eight security personnel and wounding five others.
2020-05-17

The U.S. military warns that the Kabul Attack Network, comprised of fighters from various jihadist groups such as the Taliban and Haqqani networks, is planning attacks on people in the Parwan, Khost, Kabul, and Logar Provinces, Afghanistan, and asks for information from the Afghan public.
2016-04-27

Eight Afghan labourers are killed on their way to work at a U.S. military base in Logar Province.
2013-07-18

Two guards and an Afghan police officer are killed in coordinated suicide bombing attacks in Jalalabad and Logar Province in eastern Afghanistan, while a third such attack on the National Directorate of Security in Kabul is foiled.
2013-02-24

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton notifies Congress of her intent to include the Haqqani network on the government's terror list. An attaché at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington dismisses the decision as an "internal matter" of the United States and reaffirms Pakistan's commitment to "combating extremism and terrorism." Haqqani senior commanders say the decision will not help in bringing peace to Afghanistan.
2012-09-7

35 people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Logar Province.
2011-06-25