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United Nations special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons says that efforts by the United States and Russia should be "focused and coherent" and complement peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. She also urges an end to the violence in the country.
2021-03-23

At least 14 security forces are killed across Afghanistan in attacks in Takhar, Badakhshan, and Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility for the first two attacks but denies involvement in Kabul's. The group reiterated that it will not enter peace talks with the government until all prisoners are released.
2020-08-22

A suicide-bomb attack on a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan's Parwan Province, kills at least six U.S. soldiers and wounds another six. The Taliban's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claims responsibility for the attack in a message on Twitter.
2015-12-21

A suicide attack by the Taliban kills three and injures at least eighteen outside Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan.
2015-05-17

Seven heavily armed Taliban militants launch a coordinated attack near the main international airport of the Afghan capital, Kabul, and seize a five-story building under construction nearby. Afghan security forces retake the building, killing all seven militants and sustaining no military or civilian casualties.
2013-06-10

Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's faction, claims to be responsible for a suicide bomber who strikes near Kabul Airport in Afghanistan killing twelve people.
2012-09-18

Local authorities report that suspected Taliban abduct and then kill six civilians in the Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan.
2012-09-9

A suicide bomber kills at least two people in the city of Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
2011-09-27

Awal Gul, an Afghan accused of being a Taliban base commander, who has been imprisoned without charge since 2002, dies while exercising at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
2011-02-3

At least 17 people killed as Taliban suicide bombers carry out a string of attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan
2010-02-26