Sources: Business Standard
The Russian ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov says that the Panjshir resistance led by Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud is "doomed". Zhirnov also praises the Taliban and says that the situation in Kabul is better than it was when Ashraf Ghani was governing the country. 2021-08-20
Afghan special forces claim that 1,369 Taliban fighters have been killed in recent operations, including key commanders. 2021-07-14
The Australian Defence Force's special report into war crimes in Afghanistan is released to the public, revealing that 39 civilians and prisoners had been killed unlawfully by special forces since 2001. Chief of the Defence Force Angus Campbell issues an apology to the Afghan people and promises significant reform. 2020-11-19
A truck bombing kills at least three people and injures another 41 in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. 2020-08-25
Afghan actress and filmmaker Saba Sahar survives an assassination attempt in Kabul while on the way to work, she suffered four gunshot wounds and was taken to a private hospital. The Taliban's spokesman denies any involvement in the attack. 2020-08-25
A suicide bomber attacks a police station in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least six police officers are killed and another seventeen wounded. 2019-09-2
A U.S. special forces service member is killed while taking part in an operation against ISIL militants in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province. 2017-04-8
A suicide bomber kills four civilians and a police officer in the Afghan city of Kandahar. 2012-01-3
Justin Cannon, a former Blackwater Worldwide (now called Xe Services LLC) employee, is sentenced to thirty months in jail for involuntary manslaughter of an Afghan civilian in a shooting in 2009. 2011-06-27