Sources: Reuters
Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announces that the final American troops have left Afghanistan, concluding U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan war. U.S. President Joe Biden also confirms the end of the war in a statement. 2021-08-30
Over 20 civilians are killed in an operation launched by Afghan security forces against the Taliban. 2021-03-28
List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)2018-04-30
An explosion kills at least 29 people and injures dozens more at a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. 2017-08-1
Pope Francis criticizes naming the U.S. military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as the Mother of All Bombs, saying that the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon. 2017-05-6
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
The government of Afghanistan claims to have recaptured the city of Kunduz. 2015-10-1
The U.S.-led coalition dispatches American troops to Kunduz to help Afghan forces combat Taliban militants. 2015-09-30
Two NATO soldiers are shot dead by two men in Afghan military uniforms. 2015-08-26
Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers attack a NATO base in Herat. 2011-05-30