Five pro-government militia men are killed in an overnight attack in the Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan. 2021-03-28
U.S. President Joe Biden warns that the country will not meet the May 1 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan. However, he also said that it is unlikely that troops will remain in the country next year. 2021-03-25
Taliban militants attack an Afghan National Army base in Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar Province, killing at least 15 soldiers. 2017-05-26
United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving behind 8,400 troops stationed at 4 garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram, and Jalalabad). 2016-12-31
According to a police chief, at least 40 Taliban fighters are killed after launching an offensive against Afghan security forces to seize the strategic northern city of Kunduz while four security force personnel are also killed. 2016-04-16
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
U.S. airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit an ISIS radio station and kill 29 militants. 2016-02-2
At least three rockets hit the capital Kabul, with two landing in the diplomatic zone of the Wazir Akbar Khan neighbourhood near the U.S. embassy building, while the other struck near the presidential palace complex. There were no reports of any casualties. 2015-12-21
Several Taliban insurgents storm into Kandahar International Airport and engage Afghan security forces in a firefight. 2015-12-8
Taliban forces take over the Warduj District of the Badakhshan Province as government forces retreat. 2015-10-1