### [2021-08-13](/feed/2021/08/13/index.md)

##### War in Afghanistan
# Battle of Lashkargah




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1. [Seven people are killed during a stampede at the airport in Kabul. ](/feed/2021/08/21/seven-people-are-killed-during-a-stampede-at-the-airport-in-kabul.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
2. [The Taliban captures the city of Farah, the capital of the southwestern Farah Province, as well as the city of Puli Khumri, the capital of the northern Baghlan Province. These are the seventh and eighth provincial capitals to fall under Taliban control in the past five days. ](/feed/2021/08/10/the-taliban-captures-the-city-of-farah-the-capital-of-the-southwestern-farah-province-as-well-as-the-city-of-puli-khum.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
3. [Pakistan rejects accusations by the Afghan first vice-president Amrullah Saleh that the Pakistani Air Force provides air support to the Taliban. Pakistani authorities rebuffed the accusation on Friday, saying that the Air Force limits itself to safeguarding Pakistani territory. ](/feed/2021/07/16/pakistan-rejects-accusations-by-the-afghan-first-vice-president-amrullah-saleh-that-the-pakistani-air-force-provides-air.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
4. [The Taliban proposes a three month ceasefire to the Afghan government in exchange for the release of 7,000 captured fighters. Nader Nadery, an Afghan government negotiator, says that it is a "big demand" and that it will be evaluated. This move comes after major territorial gains by the insurgent group. The Taliban also demands that they be removed from a United Nations blacklist. ](/feed/2021/07/15/the-taliban-proposes-a-three-month-ceasefire-to-the-afghan-government-in-exchange-for-the-release-of-7000-captured-figh.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
5. [Ten mine clearers are killed and 12 others are injured while working at a Halo Trust compound in Baghlan. Afghan officials blamed the Taliban for the attack while the ISIL claimed responsibility for it. The Taliban denied responsibility for the attack and Halo Trust reports that local Taliban militants arrived at the scene of the attack defending the miners and shooting the attackers. ](/feed/2021/06/9/ten-mine-clearers-are-killed-and-12-others-are-injured-while-working-at-a-halo-trust-compound-in-baghlan-afghan-officia.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
6. [United States Army General Austin S. Miller announces that U.S. troops have started their withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, he also warned that Afghan security forces "must be ready" to take over. ](/feed/2021/04/25/united-states-army-general-austin-s-miller-announces-that-us-troops-have-started-their-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-h.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
7. [An improvised explosive device detonates in a partially constructed building in Bati Kot, Afghanistan. The bomb kills two labourers and injures five more, three seriously. ](/feed/2019/10/28/an-improvised-explosive-device-detonates-in-a-partially-constructed-building-in-bati-kot-afghanistan-the-bomb-kills-tw.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
8. [Fourteen people are killed and nearly 200 are injured in a suicide car bombing by the Taliban in Ghazni, Afghanistan. ](/feed/2019/07/7/fourteen-people-are-killed-and-nearly-200-are-injured-in-a-suicide-car-bombing-by-the-taliban-in-ghazni-afghanistan.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
9. [Five US soldiers are killed when a bomb detonates in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Additionally, three more are killed in separate incidents. ](/feed/2013/05/4/five-us-soldiers-are-killed-when-a-bomb-detonates-in-kandahar-afghanistan-additionally-three-more-are-killed-in-separ.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_