U.S. airstrikes destroy the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz

A U.S. Army staff sergeant shot civilians in Panjwai, killing 16, including nine children, according to Afghan officials and Amnesty International. The killings intensified demands for...

President Hamid Karzai announced the final tranche of the transition process, placing Afghan security forces in the lead nationwide while ISAF shifted toward a supporting role. Afghan forces assumed...

Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated president after a disputed election and a U.S.-brokered agreement with rival Abdullah Abdullah. Abdullah became chief executive in a newly created power-sharing...

NATO formally completed ISAF after a three-year transition that transferred the security lead to Afghan forces. The end of ISAF did not end foreign military involvement or the war: a smaller NATO...

Resolute Support began as a non-combat NATO mission to train, advise and assist Afghan security institutions. Its launch marked a change in the form of foreign involvement, not a full military...

Two suicide bombers struck a peaceful Enlightenment Movement protest in Deh Mazang Square. UNAMA recorded 85 civilians killed and 413 injured, nearly all Hazara and mostly Shia. The protesters opposed...

At the Kabul Process conference, President Ghani offered to recognize the Taliban as a political group and proposed peace talks without preconditions. The Afghan government sought an Afghan-led...

After a Lashkar Gah bombing, relatives of victims and residents began a sit-in. The People’s Peace Movement grew into a march through government- and Taliban-held areas, demanding an end to the war.

The government and Taliban observed a three-day Eid ceasefire from 15 to 17 June. Fighters and civilians met publicly. The pause reflected public demand for peace but did not end the war.

President Donald Trump canceled planned Camp David meetings with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after a Kabul bombing. The cancellation interrupted U.S.-Taliban talks that had...