The Taliban captures Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the Nangarhar Province. The jihadist group faced no resistance as the Afghan military and provincial governor surrendered. Taliban forces also enter the Char Asiab District of the Kabul Province, advancing within 11 km of Kabul. 2021-08-15
The Taliban captures Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimruz Province, making it the first major capture of a provincial city by the group since the 2001 invasion. A spokesperson for the local police confirms that the city has fallen into Taliban control and blames the lack of reinforcements of military from the central government. 2021-08-6
The Biden administration announces that it will launch Operation Allies Refuge, an operation that will evacuate Afghan interpreters who aided American troops during the war. The operation will begin by the end of July. 2021-07-14
China evacuates 210 nationals from Afghanistan on a flight to Wuhan. 2021-07-9
A truck bombing kills at least three people and injures another 41 in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. 2020-08-25
In Kabul, gunmen wearing police uniforms open fire, killing at least 24 people, including two newborns, in the maternity ward of a hospital. Security forces kill the attackers. In Kuz Kunar, a suicide bomber kills at least 32 people at a funeral. 2020-05-12
United States soldier Bowe Bergdahl is convicted of desertion and dishonorably discharged, but is not imprisoned. 2017-11-3
A suicide attack on a police compound in Gardez, Paktia Province, kills at least 20 people, while a separate gun attack at a training facility in neighboring Ghazni Province leaves another 15 people dead. 2017-10-17
President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai orders the United States to leave Wardak province amid allegations of torture associated with US special forces. 2013-02-24
The bodies of two Australian soldiers killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan begin their journey home. 2010-06-9