Sources: Fox News
Afghanistan releases American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai, who has been held by the United States on drug charges since April 2005. 2022-09-19
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that 21 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan. 2021-09-10
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says that around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan following the August 31 withdrawal deadline. He also says that the Biden administration will still try to rescue them. 2021-09-5
A U.S. civil contractor is kidnapped by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Khost Province. A Taliban leader who declined to be named tells Reuters they had kidnapped an American in Khost but did not provide further details. 2020-02-6
Three Americans are confirmed to have been killed in the attack, a serviceman and two contractors. 2020-01-5
The U.S. military says two American service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. 2019-11-20
Multiple explosions inside a mosque in Haska Meyna District of Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province kill at least 62 people and severely damage the building. 2019-10-18
Pakistani forces rescue Canadian Joshua Boyle, American Caitlan Coleman, and their family, in the Kurram Valley. The family had been kidnapped by the Taliban nearly five years ago in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. 2017-10-12
The government of Australia refuses entry to American singer Chris Brown because of his 2009 conviction for domestic violence against his then girlfriend Rihanna. 2015-09-27
North Korea announces that it will place American Pae Jun-Ho on trial for unspecified "crimes aimed to topple the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". 2013-04-27