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2021-08-30
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/feed/2021/08/30/marine-corps-general-kenneth-f-mckenzie-jr-announces-that-the-final-american-troops-have-left-afghanistan-concluding
Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announces that the final American troops have left Afghanistan, concluding U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan war. U.S. President Joe Biden also confirms the end of the war in a statement.
2021-03-23
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/feed/2021/03/23/united-nations-special-envoy-on-afghanistan-deborah-lyons-says-that-efforts-by-the-united-states-and-russia-should-be-f
United Nations special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons says that efforts by the United States and Russia should be "focused and coherent" and complement peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. She also urges an end to the violence in the country.
2020-02-29
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/feed/2020/02/29/american-and-afghan-taliban-leaders-will-meet-at-the-sheraton-grand-doha-resort-convention-hotel-in-doha-qatar-ahead
American and Afghan Taliban leaders will meet at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel in Doha, Qatar, ahead of a signing ceremony to bring an end to the 18-year war in Afghanistan, which is now the longest war in U.S. history. Taliban deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani says "everyone is tired of war, it has exhausted everyone", while the longest-serving NATO Commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, describes the situation as a "stalemate".
2020-02-6
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A U.S. civil contractor is kidnapped by Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province. A Taliban leader who declined to be named tells Reuters they had kidnapped an American in Khost but did not provide further details.
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2020-02-6
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A U.S. civil contractor is kidnapped by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan's Khost Province. A Taliban leader who declined to be named tells Reuters they had kidnapped an American in Khost but did not provide further details.
2018-11-28
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/feed/2018/11/28/a-series-of-us-airstrikes-kills-at-least-30-afghan-civilians-including-16-children-in-garmsir-district-helmand-prov
A series of U.S. airstrikes kills at least 30 Afghan civilians, including 16 children, in Garmsir District, Helmand Province. Additional civilians were left injured or buried in the rubble. The target of the strikes was a suspected Taliban compound. The United States' strategy aims to push the Taliban into talks.
2018-08-5
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/feed/2018/08/5/a-taliban-suicide-bomber-kills-three-czech-soldiers-on-a-routine-patrol-in-charikar-afghanistan-a-us-soldier-and-two
A Taliban suicide bomber kills three Czech soldiers on a routine patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan. A U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops are also injured in the bombing.
2016-02-9
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/feed/2016/02/9/the-united-states-sends-more-troops-to-afghanistan-s-southern-helmand-province-to-shore-up-security-forces-who-are-facin
The United States sends more troops to Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to shore up security forces who are facing sustained attacks from the Taliban.
2015-12-21
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/feed/2015/12/21/a-suicide-bomb-attack-on-a-joint-afghan-us-patrol-near-bagram-air-base-in-afghanistan-s-parwan-province-kills-at-leas
A suicide-bomb attack on a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan's Parwan Province, kills at least six U.S. soldiers and wounds another six. The Taliban's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claims responsibility for the attack in a message on Twitter.
2015-10-7
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/feed/2015/10/7/medecins-sans-frontieres-doctors-without-borders-calls-for-activating-the-international-humanitarian-fact-finding-comm
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) calls for activating the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission – for the first time since its 1991 creation under the Geneva Conventions – to investigate the deadly U.S. bombing of MSF's hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. MSF says it does not trust internal military inquiries into the bombing that killed at least 22 people, which it considers a war crime.
2013-04-27
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/feed/2013/04/27/the-taliban-announces-the-start-of-their-spring-offensive-signaling-plans-to-step-up-attacks-as-the-weather-warms-acros
The Taliban announces the start of their spring offensive, signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier.
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Key Taliban commander killed in US strike
2018
Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund was the insurgent group's commander of the southern Helmand province.
A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan.