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United Nations special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons says that efforts by the United States and Russia should be "focused and coherent" and complement peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. She also urges an end to the violence in the country.
2021-03-23

Two Afghan journalists are killed by gunmen in an attack on a radio station in Taloqan, Takhar province.
2019-02-5

A suicide bomber kills four people and injures over 100 others in a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2019-01-14

A mosque being used for voter registration is bombed in Khost, Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people and injuring 33.
2018-05-6

A BBC study finds that, October 2017 lc=y, the Taliban presently maintains control of or has some territorial presence in 70% of Afghanistan, with full control of 14 districts (totaling 4% of the country) and demonstrating an open physical militant presence in 263 others (encompassing the remaining 66% of the group's occupied territory).
2018-01-31

The United States Air Force drops the GBU-43-B Massive Ordnance Air Blast in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, reportedly on an ISIL complex of tunnels and caves. This is the first use of the weapon on the battlefield.
2017-04-13

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 Taliban kill 22 policemen and kidnap 19 others, including the district’s security chief, during clashes with Afghan troops who kill 12 of the insurgents in the battle in Faryab Province in northern Afghanistan.
2015-10-20

A suicide car bomb kills 25 people and wounds 10 in southeastern Afghanistan close to a U.S. base.
2015-07-12

An unexploded mine kills 10 girls collecting firewood in the east of Afghanistan.
2012-12-17