Sources: WireUpdate
A suicide car bomb kills 12 people and injures 20 others near the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. 2019-11-13
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bars the entry of International Criminal Court investigators into the United States as part of the ICC's investigation into possible war crimes committed by the United States military in Afghanistan. 2019-03-15
Afghan general and Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai is assassinated by one of his bodyguards during a high-level meeting inside the governor's compound with U.S. general Austin S. Miller. Gen. Miller escaped unharmed according to officials while the governor was critically injured. The Taliban claims responsibility. 2018-10-18
A suicide bomber kills 12 new police recruits in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack. 2016-04-11
Several Taliban insurgents storm into Kandahar International Airport and engage Afghan security forces in a firefight. 2015-12-8
A powerful, magnitude 7.2 earthquake has shaken Tajikistan. It was felt as far away as India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. No damage or casualties have been reported as the epicenter lies within the vast Badakhshan national park. The US Geological Survey describes the area as one of the “most seismically hazardous regions on Earth” because of tectonic activity along shifting fault lines. 2015-12-7
A suicide bomber kills himself and three Afghans (a guard and two civilians) outside the perimeter of Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan, the scene of an earlier attack in December 2009. 2012-12-26
A series of suicide bombings across Afghanistan kill at least 46 people and injure up to 80 others. 2012-08-14
A helicopter crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing two ISAF troops. 2012-05-28
Officials in Afghanistan said that the price of opium has doubled due to a blight. There are fears the higher prices will draw more farmers into that business. 2011-01-2