Sources: Business Standard
U.S. President Joe Biden says that around 70,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan. He also announces that the United States will stick to its August 31 deadline, but says that there should be "contingency plans" if necessary. 2021-08-24
The Taliban captures Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the Nangarhar Province. The jihadist group faced no resistance as the Afghan military and provincial governor surrendered. Taliban forces also enter the Char Asiab District of the Kabul Province, advancing within 11 km of Kabul. 2021-08-15
A report published from the Afghanistan Papers by "The Washington Post" journalist Craig Whitlock accuses former U.S. President George W. Bush and his administration of lying about the Taliban attempting to kill former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a 2007 attack on the Bagram Airfield base. 2021-08-10
Taliban gunmen and a suicide car bomber attack Kabul. Thirteen people, including five attackers, are killed. 2021-08-3
The last Italian troops leave Afghanistan after handing over their base in Herat to Afghan security forces, thereby ending Italy's involvement in the war. 2021-06-29
Five members of the National Directorate of Security, the head of the economy directorate of the province, and a manager of the Central Bank branch in Logar Province are killed in three separate incidents, all of which involved attacks by unknown gunmen. In a fourth incident in the same province, two civilians are killed and six more are wounded after two mortar shells hit their house on Sunday evening. 2021-05-10
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
Thirteen people are killed and two others injured after two bombs explode in Spin Boldak, Kandahar. 2020-08-28
A bomb blast kills nine children, aged seven to ten, who were on their way to school in Takhar Province. 2019-11-2
A suicide bomber kills four civilians and a police officer in the Afghan city of Kandahar. 2012-01-3