Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott announces that the network has evacuated 24 people from Afghanistan, including three Afghan nationals who assisted with the network's coverage of the war. 2021-08-22
Taliban member of the cultural commission Enamullah Samangani announces an amnesty across Afghanistan and urges women to join their government in the first mention of women's rights by the group since seizing Kabul: while Samangani did not specify what he meant by "amnesty", he said that "the Islamic Emirate doesn't want women to be victims" and that "they should be in the government structure according to sharia law". 2021-08-17
Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Suhail Shaheen says that the organization does not plan to attack the Afghan–Tajik border. 2021-07-8
The United States formally begins withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan to mark the final phase of the end to its longest war. Additionally, NATO also starts withdrawing their troops. 2021-05-1
At least seven policemen are killed and 15 others injured after a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan. As yet nobody has claimed responsibility. 2020-08-9
Afghanistan's Loya Jirga approves to release 400 "hard-core" Taliban prisoners after deliberation. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says he will sign the order and that doing this, the Afghan government complies with the Taliban demand of freeing prisoners to start intra-Afghan peace talks. 2020-08-9
A landmine blast in the Khakrez District kills 11 pilgrims, including seven children. 2019-07-15
Six police officers are killed in an insider attack in Uruzgan province. 2016-05-21
The Afghan Ministry of the Interior states that it has killed 27 Taliban insurgents during the previous 24 hours. 2012-09-4
President of France Nicolas Sarkozy visits Afghanistan to meet with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and commander of the International Security Assistance Force David Petraeus before visiting French troops stationed in Surobi. 2011-07-12