U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that the U.S. will ensure that all American citizens will be evacuated to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. 2021-08-22
U.S. president Joe Biden says that the Taliban "must decide if it wants international recognition", but that the group had not changed its priorities during the past 20 years. 2021-08-19
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says that the Taliban will hold their first news conference this afternoon in a media center in Kabul previously used by the former Afghan government. 2021-08-17
A spokesperson for the Taliban says that they now control "85% of the territory" as the Afghan government vows to retake all seized districts. 2021-07-9
The last Polish troops leave Afghanistan, thereby ending Poland's involvement in the war. Around 33,000 Polish troops have served in Afghanistan during the war, with 44 being killed in action. 2021-06-30
Insurgents kills at least 14 security forces in Gizab District, Uruzgan Province. 2020-09-22
The Taliban attacks two units of Afghan security forces in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan Province, killing at least 39 soldiers and police officers. 2018-08-15
The United Nations reports that civilian casualties reached a record level in 2015; at least 3,545 non-combatants were killed and 7,457 injured. 2016-02-14
CNN estimates that the death toll of NATO forces reaches 3,000. 2012-05-26