Three police officers are killed in a roadside bomb blast in Laghman. 2021-03-28
A ninth round of peace talks between the United States and the Taliban starts in Doha, Qatar. 2019-08-22
A Taliban suicide bomber kills three Czech soldiers on a routine patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan. A U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops are also injured in the bombing. 2018-08-5
Five anti-government-anti-Taliban protestors are shot dead by police in Kabul, Afghanistan, after demanding that the government step down in the wake of the May 2017 Kabul attack. 2017-06-2
The American University of Afghanistan in Kabul is attacked by suspected Taliban militants, resulting in at least 13 deaths and 30 injured. 2016-08-24
Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gilani, is rescued in a joint operation by U.S. and Afghan forces three years after he was kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants. 2016-05-10
Taliban forces overrun the Sangin District in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province following clashes with Afghan security forces which left dozens dead. Taliban militants have reportedly surrounded the local police compound with around 170 officers trapped inside the compound, according to a local official. 2015-12-21
A roadside bomb kills two, including the district chief, in the Charcheno District of Afghanistan. 2015-05-23
An unexploded mine kills 10 girls collecting firewood in the east of Afghanistan. 2012-12-17