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Thousands of people flee the northern Afghan city of Kunduz as heavy fighting between government forces and Taliban insurgents nears the city. Heavy clashes are also reported in Kandahar and Baghlan Provinces.
2021-06-27

A shootout during joint exercises with U.S. and Afghan soldiers in Nangarhar Province leaves between four and six Americans, and six Afghans dead. It is unknown if the Taliban or rogue Afghan forces were responsible.
2020-02-8

A Taliban attack on an Afghan military base in Sangin District, Helmand Province, kills at least 10 Afghan soldiers and injures 4 others.
2019-12-28

Taliban insurgents ambush an Afghan National Army checkpoint, killing 15 members of the security forces.
2019-12-24

The Afghan National Army abandons the western Shib Koh District after the government failed to resupply troops stationed there. The district, which borders Iran, is now effectively under Taliban control.
2018-12-12

At least 11 Afghan civilians are killed and 16 wounded when a NATO helicopter attacked a house where Taliban insurgents had taken shelter in Logar Province, east of Kabul.
2017-08-30

The death toll from yesterday's Taliban attack on the National Directorate of Security in Kabul rises to 64, with 347 others wounded, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.
2016-04-20

The U.S.-led coalition dispatches American troops to Kunduz to help Afghan forces combat Taliban militants.
2015-09-30

In a friendly fire incident, a NATO air strike hits an Afghan National Army outpost in Logar Province, about 30 miles east of Kabul, with at least seven soldiers killed and five wounded.
2015-07-20

A rogue member of the Afghan National Army opens fire on Australian Army soldiers in Kandahar Province killing four, including an Afghan interpreter.
2011-10-29