Helmand

The Taliban seized more major cities on Friday as they raced to take full control of Afghanistan and inched closer to Kabul, with the United States and Britain deploying thousands of troops to evacuate their citizens from the capital.

Afghan government forces struggled against Taliban assaults on several major cities on Aug. 1 as the insurgents stepped up a nationwide offensive that saw a key airport in the south come under rocket fire overnight.

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Turkey on March 30 condemned the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which reportedly claimed 60 lives of many Afghan security forces.

A German national believed to be a military advisor to the Taliban in Afghanistan has been arrested in the insurgency-racked province of Helmand, officials told AFP late on Feb. 28.

At least 29 people were killed in a total of four attacks in different locations in Afghanistan, local officials said.

The Taliban are controlling not less than a third of Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted, reports sega. 

In order to limit their financial resources, US aviation launched bombings against drug production workshops.

A suicide bomber took the lives of five civilians and injured at least 25 in southern Afghanistan, AFP reported, quoting a local source.

An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, as another 11 police were killed and six wounded in clashes with the Taliban, Afghan officials said on July 22.

Afghanistan saw a 10 percent jump in opium cultivation this year, a sharp rise owing to favorable weather, growing insecurity and declining international support for counter-narcotics operations, the U.N. said on Oct. 23.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Jan. 18 a small increase in the Australian troop commitment to the NATO-led force supporting the Afghan central government during a surprise visit to Kabul.