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The Taliban takes control of several further districts overnight as Afghan troops abandon their posts and flee into neighboring Tajikistan via Badakhshan Province. The State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan reports that more than 300 Afghan troops crossed the Tajik border as Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid confirms that most of the territory was gained without a fight.
2021-07-4

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the U.S. and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan.
2020-02-13

At least nine Afghan security forces are killed in clashes with Taliban forces in northeastern Afghanistan.
2019-11-3

A Taliban prisoner kills eight policemen after seizing their weapons. The condition of the Taliban gunman is unknown.
2018-09-24

A BBC study finds that, October 2017 lc=y, the Taliban presently maintains control of or has some territorial presence in 70% of Afghanistan, with full control of 14 districts (totaling 4% of the country) and demonstrating an open physical militant presence in 263 others (encompassing the remaining 66% of the group's occupied territory).
2018-01-31

According to Afghan Police, eight of their forces have been killed by the Taliban at a checkpoint in Faryab Province.
2017-02-3

A suicide bomber attacks a charity in the Kabul suburb of Shāre Naw with the Taliban claiming responsibility.
2016-09-6

A Taliban attack on Kandahar International Airport results in at least 50 civilian and Afghan National Security Forces personnel dead and 35 injured.
2015-12-9

The Taliban launches a major offensive in the Yamgan District of Badakhshan Province with hundreds of militants involved.
2015-06-6