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Two Americans held in Afghanistan are freed in exchange for a Taliban fighter in the United States. The deal is brokered by Qatar and finalized during the final hours of the outgoing Biden administration.
2025-01-21

Seven people are killed and 15 are injured after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Puli Khumri, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan.
2023-10-13

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

The WHO and UNICEF launch a four-day polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan backed by the Taliban, which aims to address the 3.3 million children who have not been vaccinated against polio since 2018.
2021-11-8

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

The U.S. military says two American service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
2019-11-20

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 United Kingdom is accused of complicity in torture in Afghanistan as peace campaigner Maya Evans seeks a judicial review of the government's role in the extraordinary rendition of suspects.
2010-04-20