Sources: Reuters
Australian Army veteran and Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is arrested by police at Sydney Airport for alleged war crimes committed between 2009 and 2012 during his deployment to Afghanistan. 2026-04-7
The International Criminal Court overturns on appeal a previous decision to block an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by U.S. troops, the Taliban and the Afghan government. 2020-03-5
Taliban militants say they have kidnapped 27 local peace activists in Farah Province as they were traveling from Herat Province. 2019-12-25
The Taliban claims responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 12 people, including 8 civilians in Kabul. 2018-12-12
A suicide bombing kills at least 14 people, mostly police officers, in Lashkargah, Helmand Province, as Taliban insurgents advance upon the Afghan city. 2016-10-10
A suicide bomb attack kills at least 10 people and injures four people travelling on a bus for appeals court staff travelling west of Kabul. 2016-05-25
The Afghan Taliban announces that Haibatullah Akhundzada will be its new leader replacing Akhtar Mansour who died recently in a drone strike. Sirajuddin Haqqani and Mullah Yaqoob are named as deputy leaders. 2016-05-25
A United States Air Force operated MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes at the Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan. 2016-02-20
A bomb explodes in the Afghan capital of Kabul killing three people and wounding six. 2013-06-18