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A U.S. civil contractor is kidnapped by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Khost Province. A Taliban leader who declined to be named tells Reuters they had kidnapped an American in Khost but did not provide further details.
2020-02-6

Local officials say Taliban have killed 17 local militiamen in an attack on their base in Khwaja Bahauddin District, Takhar Province. A Taliban spokesman says they killed 21 gunmen. The Taliban propose a 7 to 10-day nationwide ceasefire, after which a peace deal with the United States would be signed.
2019-12-29

A suicide bomber kills four people and injures over 100 others in a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2019-01-14

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

Gunfire is heard in the Afghan capital Kabul with security forces looking for attackers with at least one person killed and six injured.
2016-09-6

A battle rages in the Kunduz Province of Afghanistan as the Taliban launches its spring offensive to capture the city of Kunduz. According to a Taliban spokesperson, several outposts already fell to them but this could not be verified immediately while a police chief says that the security forces were keeping "the situation under control".
2016-04-15

Taliban militants kill eight people, including a police commander, in an ambush in northern Afghanistan.
2016-04-14

U.S. airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit an ISIS radio station and kill 29 militants.
2016-02-2

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, previously the only United States military prisoner held captive in Afghanistan, is released in exchange for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.
2014-05-31

10 people are killed in a camp by insurgents in western Afghanistan.
2013-08-17