Three people are killed in a car bombing in Kandahar Province. 2021-03-27
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
The International Criminal Court overturns on appeal a previous decision to block an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by U.S. troops, the Taliban and the Afghan government. 2020-03-5
A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan. 2018-12-2
A suicide bomber strikes a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan killing five civilians and wounding nine others. [https:--www.nytimes.com-aponline-2016-02-08-world-asia-ap-as-afghanistan.html?_r=0 ("The New York Times")] [http:--www.appeal-democrat.com-news-regional_news-asia-suicide-bombing-in-northern-afghanistan-kills-soldiers-article_ac5ceb5c-df0d-5b15-bb8b-70c101e9cf69.html (Appeal Democrat)]date=August 2019 2016-02-8
Gunmen mount an attack on the office of the attorney-general of Afghanistan's Balkh Province in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. 2015-04-9
An Afghan soldier kills a Slovak soldier and wounds six others. 2013-07-9
Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers attack a NATO base in Herat. 2011-05-30
A Taliban spokesman warns Afghans listed in the Afghan War Diary published on Wikileaks that "we know how to punish them". 2010-07-30