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8 October 2026 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA reports dozens of women detained over dress rules
5 October 2026 Afghanistan, Netherlands Afghan war ICC unseals four warrants against Taliban leaders
1 September 2026 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA report centers victims of decades of armed conflict
28 July 2026 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA documents rights abuses and hijab enforcement in Herat
28 June 2026 Afghanistan, Pakistan Afghan war Pakistan airstrikes kill civilians in three Afghan provinces
15 June 2026 Afghanistan Afghan war Security Council renews UNAMA mandate for one year
9 June 2026 Afghanistan Afghan war Herat protest against women’s arrests ends in lethal force
18 March 2026 Afghanistan, Pakistan Afghan war Regional mediators secure a temporary Eid ceasefire
16 March 2026 Afghanistan Afghan war Security Council extends UNAMA mandate for three months
16 March 2026 Afghanistan, Pakistan Afghan war Airstrike hits Kabul addiction-treatment hospital
3 March 2026 Afghanistan, Pakistan Afghan war UNAMA records 146 civilian casualties in border clashes
24 February 2026 Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan Afghan war UNHCR records 2.9 million returns to Afghanistan in 2025
22 February 2026 Afghanistan, Pakistan Afghan war Pakistan airstrikes cause civilian casualties in Afghanistan
10 December 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA warns of rights risks for involuntary returnees
19 October 2025 Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar Afghan war Qatar-mediated ceasefire pauses Afghanistan–Pakistan fighting
29 September 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war Nationwide internet and telecommunications shutdown
19 September 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war University curriculum purges books by women
9 September 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war ICC issues warrants for two Taliban ministers
7 September 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war Afghan women barred from entering UN premises
31 August 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war Earthquake devastates eastern Afghanistan
8 July 2025 Afghanistan, Netherlands Afghan war ICC issues warrants for Taliban leaders over gender persecution
3 July 2025 Afghanistan, Russia Afghan war Russia becomes first state to recognize Taliban government
10 April 2025 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA reports on enforcement of the morality law
2 December 2024 Afghanistan Afghan war Women barred from studying at medical institutes
21 August 2024 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban publish Law on Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
30 June 2024 Afghanistan, Qatar Afghan war UN convenes third Doha meeting on Afghanistan
29 December 2023 Afghanistan Afghan war Security Council requests a special envoy for Afghanistan
5 November 2023 Afghanistan Afghan war UNODC reports a 95 percent drop in opium cultivation
1 November 2023 Afghanistan, Pakistan Afghan war Pakistan’s deadline for undocumented Afghans to leave takes effect
22 August 2023 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA documents violations against former officials and security forces
27 April 2023 Afghanistan Afghan war Security Council adopts Resolution 2681 on women’s UN work ban
4 April 2023 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban bar Afghan women from working for the United Nations
24 December 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban ban Afghan women from NGO work
20 December 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban suspend women’s access to universities
30 September 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war Suicide attack hits Kaaj education centre in Kabul
31 July 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S. drone strike kills al-Qaeda leader in Kabul
20 July 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA publishes first post-takeover human rights report
22 June 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war Earthquake devastates southeastern Afghanistan
3 April 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban issue a nationwide opium cultivation ban
23 March 2022 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban reverse course on girls’ secondary schools
11 February 2022 Afghanistan, United States Afghan war U.S. executive order preserves Afghan central bank assets
15 October 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war ISKP suicide bombing targets Shia worshippers in Kandahar
13 September 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war UN launches emergency appeal for Afghanistan
7 September 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban announce an interim cabinet
4 September 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war Women protest exclusion from public and political life
30 August 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war Last U.S. military aircraft leaves Afghanistan
26 August 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war IS-K suicide bombing strikes Kabul airport evacuation
15 August 2021 Afghanistan, United States Afghan war U.S. blocks Afghan central bank reserves after takeover
15 August 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban enter Kabul as the republic collapses
26 July 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA warns civilian casualties are surging
2 July 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S. forces leave Bagram Air Base
14 April 2021 Afghanistan, United States Afghan war Biden announces final U.S. and NATO withdrawal
23 February 2021 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA documents 3,035 civilian deaths in 2020
12 September 2020 Afghanistan, Qatar Afghan war Intra-Afghan peace negotiations begin in Doha
12 May 2020 Afghanistan Afghan war Attack on Kabul maternity ward kills patients and staff
29 February 2020 Afghanistan, Qatar Afghan war United States and Taliban sign the Doha Agreement
8 September 2019 Afghanistan, United States Afghan war U.S. president cancels Camp David peace meetings
15 June 2018 Afghanistan Afghan war Government and Taliban begin a rare Eid ceasefire
26 March 2018 Afghanistan Afghan war Helmand residents begin a grassroots peace march
28 February 2018 Afghanistan Afghan war Ghani offers peace talks to the Taliban without preconditions
23 July 2016 Afghanistan Afghan war Suicide attack targets Hazara protest in Kabul
3 October 2015 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S. airstrikes destroy the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz
1 January 2015 Afghanistan Afghan war NATO launches the Resolute Support training mission
28 December 2014 Afghanistan Afghan war NATO formally ends the ISAF combat mission
29 September 2014 Afghanistan Afghan war Ashraf Ghani is inaugurated under a national unity agreement
18 June 2013 Afghanistan Afghan war Afghan forces take the lead for security nationwide
11 March 2012 Afghanistan, United States Afghan war U.S. soldier kills civilians in Panjwai villages
2 May 2011 Pakistan Afghan war U.S. operation kills Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
2 June 2010 Afghanistan Afghan war Consultative Peace Jirga opens in Kabul
13 February 2010 Afghanistan Afghan war Operation Moshtarak drives displacement from Marjah
13 January 2010 Afghanistan Afghan war UNAMA reports increased civilian deaths in 2009
1 December 2009 Afghanistan Afghan war Obama announces a 30,000-troop escalation
4 May 2009 Afghanistan Afghan war Airstrikes in Bala Baluk cause mass civilian casualties
5 October 2006 Afghanistan Afghan war ISAF expansion covers eastern Afghanistan
31 July 2006 Afghanistan Afghan war ISAF assumes command of the southern region
18 September 2005 Afghanistan Afghan war Parliamentary elections complete a new political transition
10 February 2005 Afghanistan Afghan war NATO announces expansion of ISAF into western Afghanistan
9 October 2004 Afghanistan Afghan war Afghans vote in the first presidential election under the new constitution
4 January 2004 Afghanistan Afghan war Constitution approved after the Constitutional Loya Jirga
11 August 2003 Afghanistan Afghan war NATO assumes command of ISAF in Kabul
13 June 2002 Afghanistan Afghan war Emergency Loya Jirga selects transitional leadership
20 December 2001 Afghanistan Afghan war UN authorizes the ISAF security force
5 December 2001 Afghanistan, Germany Afghan war Bonn Agreement establishes interim political process
13 November 2001 Afghanistan Afghan war Northern Alliance enters Kabul
7 October 2001 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S.-led military campaign begins
11 September 2001 Afghanistan, United States Afghan war Al-Qaeda attacks the United States
9 September 2001 Afghanistan Afghan war Ahmad Shah Massoud is assassinated
8 January 2001 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban forces retake Yakaolang and civilians are killed
20 August 1998 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S. missiles strike alleged al-Qaeda sites
8 August 1998 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban capture of Mazar-i-Sharif followed by mass abuses
27 September 1996 Afghanistan Afghan war Taliban capture Kabul
1 January 1994 Afghanistan Afghan war Fighting among rival factions devastates Kabul
28 April 1992 Afghanistan Afghan war Mujahideen factions take Kabul
16 April 1992 Afghanistan Afghan war Najibullah agrees to leave office
31 December 1990 Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan Afghan war UNHCR estimates more than six million Afghan refugees
15 February 1989 Afghanistan Afghan war Soviet troop withdrawal is completed
14 April 1988 Afghanistan Afghan war Geneva Accords set timetable for Soviet withdrawal
19 December 1986 Afghanistan, Soviet Union, United States Afghan war Soviet Union reports Afghan resistance use of Stinger missiles
4 May 1986 Afghanistan Afghan war Najibullah takes leadership of the PDPA
20 November 1980 Afghanistan Afghan war UN General Assembly renews call for foreign troop withdrawal
28 December 1979 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S. covert program expands to lethal aid
27 December 1979 Afghanistan Afghan war Soviet forces seize key sites in Kabul
24 December 1979 Afghanistan Afghan war Soviet forces begin entering Afghanistan
3 July 1979 Afghanistan Afghan war U.S. authorizes covert aid to Afghan opposition
15 March 1979 Afghanistan Afghan war Herat uprising challenges the PDPA government
27 April 1978 Afghanistan Afghan war Saur Revolution brings the PDPA to power
17 July 1973 Afghanistan Afghan war Daoud Khan overthrows the monarchy