The brother of deposed president Ashraf Ghani, Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai, says he accepts that the Taliban won the war but that he "will not join them" and also calls for the formation of an inclusive government without Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and former president Hamid Karzai, blaming both men for "ruining the country". 2021-08-23
Two bombs explode in a Hazara district in western Kabul, killing ten people and injuring twelve others. 2021-06-1
The U.S. State Department orders a portion of their staff to leave the Kabul embassy as a step of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. 2021-04-27
Three female media workers are shot dead in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, while a fourth woman is wounded. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. 2021-03-2
Thirteen people are killed and two others injured after two bombs explode in Spin Boldak, Kandahar. 2020-08-28
The United Nations reports that civilian casualties reached a record level in 2015; at least 3,545 non-combatants were killed and 7,457 injured. 2016-02-14
CNN estimates that the death toll of NATO forces reaches 3,000. 2012-05-26