Taliban forces seize the palace of U.S.-backed Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum in Mazar-i-Sharif amid reports that the warlord had left the country. Former warlord and Governor of Balkh Atta Muhammad Nur had also left the country, according to reports. 2021-08-14
The Taliban enters Lashkargah, the provincial capital of Helmand Province, capturing large areas of the city, according to a provincial government spokesman, who reported heavy fighting between government forces and the Islamist group as civilians flee the city. 2021-07-30
Tajikistan says that over 350 citizens from Afghanistan have crossed the Afghan–Tajik border. 2021-07-14
The Taliban seizes control of Shir Khan Bandar, a town that contains Afghanistan's main border crossing into Tajikistan. 2021-06-22
A mine explosion killed at least three people and left another injured in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. 2020-09-3
A landmine blast in the Khakrez District kills 11 pilgrims, including seven children. 2019-07-15
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
A suicide attack on a police station in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, kills five police officers while seven attackers die. 2013-03-26