Seven people are killed during a stampede at the airport in Kabul. 2021-08-21
Four separate bombings kill eleven civilians and injure many others across the country as the three-day ceasefire declared by the Taliban to observe Eid al-Fitr remains in place. No group claims responsibility for any of the bombings. 2021-05-13
The Australian Defence Force's special report into war crimes in Afghanistan is released to the public, revealing that 39 civilians and prisoners had been killed unlawfully by special forces since 2001. Chief of the Defence Force Angus Campbell issues an apology to the Afghan people and promises significant reform. 2020-11-19
At least twelve police officers, including the district chief, are killed when two bombs explode in Kang District, Nimruz Province. 2020-10-20
A highway is closed and power is shut off in parts of Helmand Province amidst brutal fighting in which 71 Taliban fighters have been killed and the deputy shadow governor of Helmand, Mawlawi Ghafoor, has been arrested. The governor's office says that Ghafoor was recently released as part of peace negotiations. 2020-10-12
A car bombing by the Taliban kills 14 and injures over 150 in Kabul, Afghanistan. 2019-08-7
Afghan general and Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai is assassinated by one of his bodyguards during a high-level meeting inside the governor's compound with U.S. general Austin S. Miller. Gen. Miller escaped unharmed according to officials while the governor was critically injured. The Taliban claims responsibility. 2018-10-18
An explosion occurs near police offices and a mosque in Herat, killing at least ten people. 2017-06-6
A suicide attack on a police station in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, kills five police officers while seven attackers die. 2013-03-26
David Cameron, on his first visit to Afghanistan, and Hamid Karzai issue a joint condemnation of a recent suicide attack on a wedding, labelling it "a crime of massive inhuman proportions". 2010-06-10