Ghani offers peace talks to the Taliban without preconditions

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...

Repeated U.S. airstrikes hit Médecins Sans Frontières’ functioning trauma hospital during fighting in Kunduz. MSF later reported 42 deaths, including patients, staff and caretakers. A U.S....

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...

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...

The United States and Taliban signed an agreement setting out a U.S. troop withdrawal timetable and Taliban commitments concerning al-Qaeda and intra-Afghan negotiations. Afghanistan’s elected...

Gunmen attacked the MSF-supported Dasht-e-Barchi maternity ward in Kabul. Mothers, newborns and staff were killed. Responsibility was disputed; MSF later withdrew from the facility.