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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Khost, Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500 others.
2022-06-22

Afghanistan reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in Herat Province.
2021-02-25

At least five Afghan National Army soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
2018-09-15

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan reports 289 civilians were killed ("301 with MSF update") and 559 injured during fighting in Kunduz between Taliban militants and Afghan National Security Forces in September and October. The U.N. says these numbers include casualties from the friendly-fire attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital and noted the totals were likely to rise as more information becomes available.
2015-12-12

Pakistan's military claims to have killed 18 militants in air strikes near the Afghanistan border.
2014-10-26

A bomb hits a minibus in the Paghman District in Afghanistan's Kabul Province, killing at least nine people.
2012-08-7

At least nine people die in Afghanistan after a gunman attacks a wedding party in the Dur Baba District of Nangarhar Province.
2011-06-9

A US marine shoots and kills an Afghan police officer after the officer advanced on him with his weapon raised.
2011-01-15

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan near the town of Sibi set fire to more than 20 oil tanker trucks carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
2010-10-9

Afghan police seize a cache of hundreds of rockets hidden on the outskirts of Kabul.
2010-05-22