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Nine people are killed by heavy flooding in Khoshi District, Logar, Afghanistan.
2022-08-21

The Taliban captures the border town of Islam Qala, Herat, Afghanistan's biggest border crossing with Iran.
2021-07-9

At least four security forces personnel, including a commander, are killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan as clashes with an unidentified terrorist group intensify. Separately, in Kandahar, a Humvee containing explosives detonates, injuring seven police officers.
2021-02-13

Afghanistan suspends travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in Herat.
2020-02-23

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan reports 289 civilians were killed ("301 with MSF update") and 559 injured during fighting in Kunduz between Taliban militants and Afghan National Security Forces in September and October. The U.N. says these numbers include casualties from the friendly-fire attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital and noted the totals were likely to rise as more information becomes available.
2015-12-12

Two guards and an Afghan police officer are killed in coordinated suicide bombing attacks in Jalalabad and Logar Province in eastern Afghanistan, while a third such attack on the National Directorate of Security in Kabul is foiled.
2013-02-24

US President Barack Obama speaks at a NATO summit concerning the future of war-ravaged Afghanistan.
2012-05-21

The Taliban warn that Kazakhstan's decision to send troops to Afghanistan will have "severe consequences".
2011-05-22

Gunmen wearing explosive suicide vests storm a government building in Khost, Afghanistan.
2011-05-22

A suicide bomber kills 17 people and wounds at least 20 others in a public bathhouse in Kandahar province, Afghanistan; the Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
2011-01-7