### [2021-08-18](/feed/2021/08/18/index.md)

##### War in Afghanistan
# 2021 Taliban offensive




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1. [It is announced that the Afghanistan pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai will remain closed to visitors due to the Taliban takeover of the country. ](/feed/2021/10/1/it-is-announced-that-the-afghanistan-pavilion-at-expo-2020-in-dubai-will-remain-closed-to-visitors-due-to-the-taliban-ta.md) _Context: Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan_
2. [The United States House of Representatives votes 407–16 to pass the Allies Act, a bill that would improve and provide visas for Afghan interpreters who worked for American personnel during the war. ](/feed/2021/07/22/the-united-states-house-of-representatives-votes-407-16-to-pass-the-allies-act-a-bill-that-would-improve-and-provide-vi.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
3. [Tajikistan holds its largest military exercise, mobilizing 130,000 servicemen in addition to 100,000 active servicemen and parades more than 1,000 military vehicles and many more warfare equipment and military helicopters. President Emomali Rakhmon urged Tajik people to protect the "peace and stability achieved at a high price" amid a Taliban offensive in neighboring Afghanistan. ](/feed/2021/07/22/tajikistan-holds-its-largest-military-exercise-mobilizing-130000-servicemen-in-addition-to-100000-active-servicemen-a.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
4. [Two bombs explode in a Hazara district in western Kabul, killing ten people and injuring twelve others. ](/feed/2021/06/1/two-bombs-explode-in-a-hazara-district-in-western-kabul-killing-ten-people-and-injuring-twelve-others.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
5. [A bombing targeting a Hindu shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills three people. Attacks against Hindu and Sikh minorities increased in the country in the last years, mainly by Islamic State militants. ](/feed/2021/02/6/a-bombing-targeting-a-hindu-shop-in-kabul-afghanistan-kills-three-people-attacks-against-hindu-and-sikh-minorities-in.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
6. [U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis criticizes The Pentagon for wasting US$28 million for Afghan woodland camouflage that did not match the country's terrain. ](/feed/2017/07/24/us-defense-secretary-james-mattis-criticizes-the-pentagon-for-wasting-us-28-million-for-afghan-woodland-camouflage-tha.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
7. [2016 Bagram Airfield bombing: An explosion at NATO's Bagram Airfield kills four Americans and injures at least 16 U.S. service members and a Polish soldier. The Taliban claims responsibility. ](/feed/2016/11/12/2016-bagram-airfield-bombing-an-explosion-at-nato-s-bagram-airfield-kills-four-americans-and-injures-at-least-16-us-s.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
8. [A suicide bombing at a funeral in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar kills at least 25 people. ](/feed/2012/09/4/a-suicide-bombing-at-a-funeral-in-the-eastern-afghan-province-of-nangarhar-kills-at-least-25-people.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_
9. [The International Assistance Mission says it now believes that the Taliban was responsible for the 2010 Badakhshan massacre of its medical team in Afghanistan. ](/feed/2010/08/12/the-international-assistance-mission-says-it-now-believes-that-the-taliban-was-responsible-for-the-2010-badakhshan-massa.md) _Context: War in Afghanistan_