U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that the U.S. will ensure that all American citizens will be evacuated to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. 2021-08-22
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says that the Taliban will hold their first news conference this afternoon in a media center in Kabul previously used by the former Afghan government. 2021-08-17
A spokesperson for Kandahar Province Governor Rohullah Khanzada says that the Taliban has captured the city of Kandahar. 2021-07-9
Afghan presidential advisor Hamdullah Mohib says that there will be a counter-offensive against the Taliban in the north after the group captured six districts in Badakhshan Province. On Sunday, at least 1,037 Afghan troops abandoned their positions and fled into Tajikistan. 2021-07-5
The Taliban kill at least 12 police officers and injure 10 others in Jurm District, Badakhshan Province. 2020-11-17
At least four people are killed and another six injured by a roadside bomb exploding in Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. 2020-08-13
In the first attack since the end of a truce declared by the Taliban, and despite a petition of the government for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire, at least 14 security forces members are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Parwan. A government spokesperson says the Taliban also suffered casualties. The group has not commented on the attack. 2020-05-28
Gunmen storm a mosque in Afghanistan's central Parwan Province, killing seven people and wounding 12 others. 2020-05-19
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan calls for a re-think of the War on Terror. 2012-09-12
The Parliament of Afghanistan approves a strategic pact with the United States which should see US troops present in Afghanistan until 2014. 2012-05-26