World Aug 08 Taliban takes key northern Afghan cities as battles rage on By Rahim Faiez, Brian Rohan, Associated Press
World Jun 21 Taliban take key Afghanistan district, bringing militants closer to provincial capital Taliban militants were within a kilometer (mile) of Kunduz, the provincial capital but had not entered into the city, although there were reports of small bands of Taliban near the outskirts. By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press
World Aug 20 Afghan forces free most hostages taken in new Taliban attack Afghan forces rescued nearly 150 people Monday, including women and children, hours after the Taliban ambushed a convoy of buses and abducted them. The quick response marked a rare if limited battlefield success for the troops after weeks of unrelenting… By Amir Shah, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press
World May 25 Watch Did Afghan troops manipulate the U.S. into bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital? Last October, U.S. forces bombed an Afghan hospital in Kunduz, killing 42 people. An Army inquiry last month found that the attack was an accident, but Matthieu Aikins of the Nation Institute blames Afghan troops who told the Americans that… By PBS News Hour
World Apr 29 Watch 8:43 Pentagon: Hospital bombing due to U.S. offensive strike to assist Afghan forces The Pentagon revealed that the bombing of an Afghan hospital occurred when U.S. forces preemptively fired to clear the way for an Afghan offensive. U.S. and Afghan forces were not under fire when U.S. aircraft destroyed the hospital. Hari Sreenivasan… By PBS News Hour
Apr 29 16 blamed for mistakes in deadly U.S. attack on Afghan clinic By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. aerial gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process mistakes and equipment failures, and none of the aircrew or U.S. ground troops knew the target was a… Continue reading
Mar 16 More than 12 punished for mistaken Afghan hospital attack By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined — but face no criminal charges — for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year,… Continue reading
Feb 14 Afghanistan set record for civilian casualties last year By Michael D. Regan More than 3,500 noncombatants died in Afghanistan during 2015, and nearly 7,500 were injured, the highest number of civilian casualties recorded since 2009. Continue reading
Dec 12 Report: More than 800 Afghan civilians killed or wounded during Taliban siege By Michael D. Regan At least 289 people were killed and 559 injured as the Taliban attacked the city in northern Afghanistan during a two-week period, according to a United Nations report. Many were killed by small arms fire and explosives and during a… Continue reading
Nov 28 NATO tries to reconcile death totals in Kunduz hospital strike By Robert Burns, Associated Press Nearly two months after a U.S. warplane mistakenly attacked a hospital in northern Afghanistan, officials said Friday it remains unclear how many civilians were killed. Continue reading