Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby says that evacuations have resumed at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport. 2021-08-17
The British government announces that 600 troops will be deployed to Afghanistan on a short-term basis in order to help evacuate British citizens and protect Afghan staff and interpreters. Around 4,000 UK nationals are currently in the country. 2021-08-12
A roadside double bombing at a market in the city of Bamyan kills 17 people and wounds another 50. The Bamyan Province is considered one of the safest places in Afghanistan, and this marks the first time that such an attack has occurred there. 2020-11-24
Two Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission workers are killed when a bomb attached to their vehicle explodes in Kabul. The Taliban denies responsibility and no other group has claimed responsibility. The attack is condemned by the United Nations. 2020-06-27
An improvised explosive device planted by the Taliban detonates when a child steps on a pressure plate in Pashtun Kot. The explosion kills five, all children. A sixth child survives but is injured. 2019-10-27
At least two people are killed and dozens more are wounded in a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province. 2016-07-2
The U.S. military warns that the Kabul Attack Network, comprised of fighters from various jihadist groups such as the Taliban and Haqqani networks, is planning attacks on people in the Parwan, Khost, Kabul, and Logar Provinces, Afghanistan, and asks for information from the Afghan public. 2016-04-27
The United Nations reports that civilian casualties reached a record level in 2015; at least 3,545 non-combatants were killed and 7,457 injured. 2016-02-14
"The Washington Post" reports that U.S. special operations personnel temporarily halt the training of all Afghan army and police recruits while a full background check of 27,000 people is ongoing. 45 NATO troops have been killed this year in so-called green-on-blue attacks. 2012-09-2