Rahmat Gul / AP Photo Militants Storm Maternity Hospital, Kill Newborn Babies and Mothers The violence could further undermine a peace process in the wake of a deal signed between the United States and the Taliban in February. By The Associated Press May 12, 2020
Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images US Military Base Hit by Rocket Attack, ISIS Claims Responsibility The Afghanistan affiliate of the Islamic State group fired five rockets at a base where U.S. personnel are currently stationed. By Jack Davis April 9, 2020
Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Dems Will Blame Trump for Taliban Victory in Afghanistan, but POTUS' Move Shows True Leadership President Trump’s use of diplomacy here is a shrewd and prudent tool to jumpstart Afghan self-reliance. By James Morganelli March 10, 2020
Noor Mohammad / AFP via Getty Images Peace Deal Signed, U.S. To Withdraw All Troops from Afghanistan in 14 Months In the next 3-4 months, the U.S. will withdraw about 4,400 troops from Afghanistan, bringing the number of troops there down from 13,000 to 8,600. By Erin Coates February 29, 2020
Banaras Khan / AFP via Getty Images New York Times Blasted by Its Own Reporter After Publishing Op-Ed by a Terrorist Leader Despite writing that 'the killing and maiming must stop,' Haqqani was outed in 2017 as the key planner of a Kabul truck bombing that killed 150 people. By Andrew J. Sciascia February 21, 2020
Javed Tanveer / AFP / Getty Images American Citizen Kidnapped by Taliban-Affiliated Group in Afghanistan, Official Says It was not immediately clear why Frerichs was in Afghanistan or where precisely he was picked up. By The Associated Press February 6, 2020
Tariq Ghazniwal / AP US Military Aircraft Crashes in Taliban-Held Area of Afghanistan An American military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said, and an investigation of its causes is ongoing. By The Associated Press January 27, 2020
Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images Taliban Claims Responsibility for Death of US Soldier Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted a purported photo ID of the slain U.S. soldier, without saying how it was obtained. By The Associated Press December 23, 2019
U.S. Veterans' Network / Facebook Hero Paralyzed in Search for Coward Bergdahl Dies of His Injuries at 46 Army Master Sgt. Mark Allen, shot in the head in 2009 while searching for the deserter Bowe Berghdal in Afghanistan, died Saturday. By Jared Harris October 15, 2019
Twitter screen shot US Embassy in Afghanistan Attacked on 9/11 Anniversary A rocket blast shook the United States Embassy in Afghanistan on Wednesday, minutes into the eighteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. By Andrew J. Sciascia September 11, 2019