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The Taliban say there will be no intra-Afghan talks if about 5,000 of their prisoners are not released.
2020-03-2

Officials announce that Afghan security forces have retaken Nawa District from the Taliban.
2017-07-17

An Afghan soldier kills 3 U.S. troops and injures 1 other in Achin, Nangarhar Province. The Taliban claims responsibility, saying the Afghan soldier was one of several Taliban infiltrators in the Afghan Armed Forces.
2017-06-10

A Taliban raid kills at least 20 Afghan police officers in southern Afghanistan.
2017-05-21

The Taliban launches an offensive entering the city of Kunduz which they briefly captured last year.
2016-10-3

A suicide bomber kills 12 new police recruits in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
2016-04-11

Taliban forces overrun the Sangin District in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province following clashes with Afghan security forces which left dozens dead. Taliban militants have reportedly surrounded the local police compound with around 170 officers trapped inside the compound, according to a local official.
2015-12-21

Taliban insurgents seize the Darqad District in the northeast Takhar Province near the border with Tajikistan. At least six Afghan troops are killed in the fighting.
2015-10-28

The Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mohammad Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan of natural causes.
2015-07-29

The Taliban announces the start of its annual spring offensive warning it would attack foreign embassies as well as military targets.
2015-04-22