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In this undated and unknown location photo, the new leader of Taliban fighters, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada poses for a portrait. (Afghan Islamic Press via AP)
October 31, 2021, 10:06 am
Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearance since 2016
Reclusive Akhundzada addresses his ‘brave soldiers and disciples’ at Kandahar madrassa; no photos or video of event, but audio recording shared on social media
By AFP
A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag fly above of supporters gathered to celebrate the US withdrawal of all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021. (JAVED TANVEER / AFP)
September 1, 2021, 8:39 pm
Taking Black Hawk on victory flight, Taliban parade plundered US hardware
Helicopter flying Islamists’ flag buzzes convoy of captured Humvees parading through movement’s heartland in Khandar province of Afghanistan
By David Fox
Taliban show off US-made Afghan military helicopters captured at Kandahar Airport, screen grab from video uploaded to Twitter on August 14, 2021.
August 15, 2021, 3:36 pm
Taliban show off US-made Afghan army helicopters captured at Kandahar airport
Militants are not known to have pilots or technical personnel needed to fly aircraft; Russian choppers also seen in footage; not clear if any of the helicopters are airworthy
By AFP
Taliban fighters stand on a vehicle along the roadside in Kandahar on August 13, 2021. (AFP)
August 13, 2021, 7:51 pm
Taliban nears gates of Kabul as embassies prepare for evacuations
US and Britain deploying thousands of troops to evacuate their citizens from capital as insurgents conquer more and more cities
By Elise BLANCHARD
US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad arrives for talks in Doha, Qatar, on August 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)
August 10, 2021, 6:36 pm
US vows Taliban will become global pariah if it takes Afghanistan by force
After group captures 7 of 34 provincial capitals, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tells insurgents a military takeover of Kabul would guarantee international isolation
By KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR
Afghan men line up to cast their vote at a polling centre for the country's legislative election in Mazar-i-Sharif on October 20, 2018. (FARSHAD USYAN / AFP)
October 21, 2018, 4:28 am
Chaos, violence mark Afghan parliamentary elections
First vote in eight years marred as at least 36 people killed in attacks, election officials fail to show up and allegations of ballot stuffing cast doubt over credibility of poll
By AP
Afghan policemen standing guard at the site of an explosion near the governor's compound in Kandahar, January 10, 2017. (AFP/JAWED TANVEER)
January 11, 2017, 3:01 pm
United Arab Emirates says 5 diplomats killed in Afghan blast
Federation orders flags to be flown at half-staff for 3 days; bomb, likely hidden inside sofa at guesthouse, killed 11
By Jon Gambrell and Mirwais Khan
Kandahar, Afghanistan (YouTube screenshot)
December 17, 2016, 9:23 am
Gunmen kill five female airport workers in Afghanistan
Victims had received death threats from those opposed to women working outside the home
By AFP
File: An unmanned US Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night, on January 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
August 29, 2016, 7:30 pm
Iran claims to ward off American recon drone
Unmanned aerial vehicle allegedly took off in Afghanistan; no confirmation from US military
By ToI Staff
Afghan Crisis Response Unit personnel stand guard at the site of bomb attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015 (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)
December 11, 2015, 7:30 pm
Spanish police officer hurt in central Kabul car bomb attack
Taliban claims assault on foreign guesthouse in diplomatic area of Afghan capital
By AP
Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch at the Kandahar airport after at least 50 people were killed in an attack by Taliban insurgents dressed in military uniforms. (Jawed Tanveer/AFP)
December 10, 2015, 12:42 pm
50 dead after Taliban attacks Afghan airport
Suicide bombers lay 27-hour seige to Kandahar site, as president arrives in Pakistan to discuss peace process
By AFP
Former Guantanamo detainee and al-Qaeda trainee Mourad Benchellali talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Gennevilliers, suburban Paris, France, on May 13, 2015. (AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)
June 8, 2015, 12:51 am
Al-Qaeda veteran steers Europe’s youths away from jihad
Mourad Benchellali, a former inmate at Guantanamo, has made it his mission to dissuade young men from joining extremist groups
By Elaine Ganley
US President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the situation in Ukraine while meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Toluca, Mexico, on February 19, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
February 25, 2014, 9:27 pm
Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout
US president orders full withdrawal of 33,600 troops by year’s end
By Julie Pace
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales pictured at the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, in 2011 (photo credit: Ryan Hallock/US Army)
August 23, 2013, 10:14 pm
Jury sentences soldier to life for Afghan murders
US Staff Sgt. Robert Bales plead guilty to massacring 16 civilians while on his 4th deployment in Afghanistan
By Gene Johnson
Illustrative photo of former Taliban fighters relinquishing their rifles to Afghan government officials in Ghor, Afghanistan, May 2013 (photo credit: Joe Painter/US Department of Defense)
June 11, 2013, 1:37 pm
Taliban allegedly beheads two young Afghan ‘spies’
Boys aged 10, 16 caught looking for food near police station, executed as warning to villagers against collaborating with officials
By Asher Zeiger
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