Operation Moshtarak drives displacement from Marjah

NATO-led ISAF took command of the southern region from the U.S.-led coalition, adding six provinces including Helmand and Kandahar. The change expanded NATO’s direct role in areas where the Taliban...

NATO-led ISAF took command of international forces in eastern Afghanistan, completing its expansion across the country. The result was a nationwide NATO-led military mission, while Afghan institutions...

U.S.-led airstrikes in Gerani, Bala Baluk district, killed civilians during fighting with Taliban forces. UNAMA attributed 63 deaths; the Afghan human rights commission reported a higher toll. The...

President Barack Obama announced that the United States would send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and set a timetable to begin transferring forces out in July 2011. The surge aimed to reverse...

UNAMA reported 2,412 conflict-related civilian deaths in 2009, a 14 percent rise from 2008. It attributed most deaths to armed opposition groups, while documenting civilian harm by all parties. The...

Afghan delegates gathered for a three-day Consultative Peace Jirga to discuss a path toward ending the conflict. The process showed Afghan efforts to shape negotiations, though women and other...

U.S. special forces killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The operation occurred outside Afghanistan, but it became a major marker in the U.S. counterterrorism campaign...

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...