U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan ahead of a May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from the country. 2021-03-21
A United States airstrike in Afghanistan early Saturday kills 10 children and 3 adults. The family was displaced because of the conflict according to early findings by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. 2019-03-24
At least two people have been killed and 90 injured in an attack on the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif. The Taliban has claimed responsibility. 2016-11-10
The Taliban launches an offensive entering the city of Kunduz which they briefly captured last year. 2016-10-3
A United States Air Force operated MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes at the Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan. 2016-02-20
The government of Afghanistan claims to have recaptured the city of Kunduz. 2015-10-1
A bombing outside the Kabul police academy kills at least 20 people with the Taliban claiming responsibility. 2015-08-7
10 people are killed in a camp by insurgents in western Afghanistan. 2013-08-17
Seventeen people are killed by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan. 2013-07-9
The United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the July 2011 timetable to start withdrawing United States armed forces from Afghanistan is set in stone. 2010-08-16