U.S. president cancels Camp David peace meetings

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...

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.

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.

Negotiators representing the Afghan government and the Taliban opened direct talks in Doha. The negotiations followed the U.S.-Taliban agreement and a difficult prisoner exchange, but did not...

UNAMA and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission recorded 3,035 civilian deaths and 5,785 injuries in 2020. Anti-government elements caused the majority of casualties, while...

President Joe Biden announced that U.S. forces would leave Afghanistan by 11 September 2021, later completing the withdrawal in August. The decision followed the 2020 U.S.-Taliban agreement and was...