Afghan special forces claim that 1,369 Taliban fighters have been killed in recent operations, including key commanders. 2021-07-14
Afghan presidential advisor Hamdullah Mohib says that there will be a counter-offensive against the Taliban in the north after the group captured six districts in Badakhshan Province. On Sunday, at least 1,037 Afghan troops abandoned their positions and fled into Tajikistan. 2021-07-5
Fourteen people are killed and many others are wounded in a series of explosions and shootings in three provinces. 2021-04-24
The Pentagon announces a partial withdrawal of 2,000 more U.S. troops from Afghanistan by mid-January. The withdrawal will reduce the number of U.S. military personnel stationed in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500. 2020-11-17
A car bombing near the district governor’s compound in Shinwar District, Nangarhar Province, kills at least 15 people and wounds another 30. Gunmen tried to enter the district governor’s compound but were killed by security forces. 2020-10-3
The military retake a prison in Jalalabad, Nangarhar that came under attack yesterday by ISIL, resulting in a mass jailbreak and shootout between Afghan forces and jihadists that ended today. At least 29 people are killed and 50 injured, among them civilians, prisoners, guards and Afghan security forces. 2020-08-3
Over 80 Taliban members are killed in Afghan and U.S. airstrikes. 2019-10-27
A suicide bomber kills four civilians and a police officer in the Afghan city of Kandahar. 2012-01-3