The government imposes a nighttime curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. in 31 of the country's 34 provinces in an attempt to reduce both the level of violence as well as the surveillance of the Taliban and its movements. 2021-07-24
At least nine security personnel are killed in Kunduz, near the border with Tajikistan, when Taliban insurgents simultaneously attack two checkpoints. 2021-01-15
Over 100 Taliban insurgents are killed as the Afghan Armed Forces retake parts of Helmand Province. 2020-10-28
A suicide bomber in a vehicle detonated explosives in Helmand Province at a police checkpoint, killing five security force members and four civilians passing the area. Four other people are wounded. 2020-09-30
In response, President Ashraf Ghani orders that the armed forces switch to the "offensive" and to "start operations against the enemy". 2020-05-12
Afghan officials say a government strike Sunday night on a militant facility in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, killed 35 or more civilians at a wedding party nearby. The Afghan Defence Ministry says the operation targeted a training facility for suicide bombers and it killed 22 members of the Taliban. The Taliban say 18 members of the Afghan forces were killed. 2019-09-23
A motorcycle rigged with explosives is detonated at an election rally in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including civilians and security forces. 2018-10-13
Two bombs explode near the National Assembly in Kabul, killing at least 38 people. 2017-01-10
At least twelve people are killed in three bombing attacks in southern Afghanistan. 2012-01-3