Two civilians on a motorcycle hit a roadside bomb in Shajoe District, killing both of them. Jan. 7 Faryab Province: one soldier killed. The Taliban have been encroaching on key cities around Afghanistan for months, threatening to drive the country to its breaking point and push the Biden administration into a no-win situation just as the United Statesâ longest war is supposed to be coming to an end. Two groups of gunmen engaged in a firefight in the Abganda village of Shahr-e-Bozorg District. Feb. 6 Herat Province: one police officer killed. Feb. 16 Nangarhar Province: one police officer killed. The attackers managed to escape from the area. Feb. 4 Faryab Province: three soldiers killed. Feb. 3 Kabul Province: one police officer killed. The Taliban captured an outpost and destroyed a Humvee. OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:58 AM PT â Saturday, February 13, 2021. Five soldiers were killed, and four others were wounded in the clashes. Jan. 8 Balkh Province: five soldiers killed. Unknown gunmen assassinated a tribal elder in front of his house in the Third Police District of Ghazni city, the provincial capital. Jan. 25 Kunduz Province: one police officer killed. The Afghan army fired a mortar to target the Taliban, but it hit a house in the Dewana Khana village of Almar District. Two civilians were also wounded in the bombing. The Taliban attacked a security outpost in the Folad area of Paghman District, killing two police officers and seizing their weapons. The Taliban captured the outpost, which was later recaptured. The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan for the month. According to local accounts, security forces opened fire on civilians. The Taliban attacked security outposts in the Shakh-e-Mazar and Pule-Kibaly area of Jurm District, killing four soldiers and wounding another in two hours of fighting. Similarly, the reports do not include Taliban claims for their attacks on the government unless they can be verified. Jan. 29 Kunduz Province: one police officer killed. officerâs house in Ali Abad District. Feb. 8 Badghis Province: four police officers and one civilian killed. Unknown armed men shot dead three civilians in Sholgara District. Feb. 20 Kabul Province: three civilians killed. At least 14 soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack. Jan. 18 Nimroz Province: one civilian killed. The Taliban attacked security outposts in the Aaq Gonbad village of Gosfandi District, killing six members of the territorial army and wounding eight others after capturing the outpost and seizing weapons and equipment. Jan. 12 Faryab Province: one police officer killed. A magnetic bomb attached to a taxi exploded in the 13th Police District of Kandahar City, the provincial capital, killing the driver. The Taliban attacked a security outpost in the Kata Kopruk area of Khwaja Sabz Posh District, killing one police officer. Jan. 9 Faryab Province: two civilians killed. Unknown gunmen shot and killed a police officer on duty in the Dand Chowk area in Kandahar city, the provincial capital. Feb. 16 Takhar Province: four soldiers and two civilians killed. During clashes between security forces and the Taliban in the village of Qodus Abad in Kohsan District, a mortar fired by the Taliban hit a house killing a woman and wounding 11 civilians, including women and children. Feb. 8 Balkh Province: 11 soldiers killed. Feb. 6 Faryab Province: one civilian killed. Jan. 18 Logar Province: two security forces killed. At least 106 pro-government forces and 14 civilians were killed in Afghanistan the past week. Jan. 26 Faryab Province: one militia member killed. With Afghan peace talks making little progress, the latest report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) makes for grim ⦠Jan. 4 Nangarhar Province: two police officers killed. The attackers were on motorbike and managed to flee the area. Jan. 7 Kunduz Province: 14 security forces killed. Jan. 26. Jan. 20 Herat Province: three soldiers killed. officer killed. The outpost collapsed to the Taliban. A police officer was shot and killed by the Taliban in the center of Qala-e-Zal District. Afghan warlords â some accused of war crimes â have been co-opted by international forces since the 2001 collapse of the Taliban regime, amassing power and wealth. The Taliban attacked the Shirin Tagab district center, killing two pro-government militia members and wounding two others. Insurgents seized weapons and equipment in the outpost then burned it down. Feb. 22 Balkh Province: three civilians killed. Feb. 18 Daikundi Province: 10 security forces killed. Jan. 26 Ghazni Province: one civilian killed. Local authorities claimed that two Taliban fighters were also killed in the battle. The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Pashto: د اÙغاÙ-اÙګرÛز دÙÙ٠٠جګÚÙ â) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. A protest broke out in response to the special forcesâ presence. A roadside bomb hit a police vehicle in the 15th Police District in Kabul city, the capital, killing one police officer and wounding three others. A Taliban infiltrator, who was working as a soldier, first poisoned seven of his colleagues in the outpost, and then shot and killed them with a suppressed firearm. Five members of the Afghan Directorate of Protection were killed when they drove off the road after their convoy came under attack while escorting a U.N. convoy in the Tangi Abreshum area of Sarobi District. Seven police officers were killed when their Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Almar District. The Taliban attacked the center of Almar District, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others. Jan. 11 Nangarhar Province: one security force killed. Jan. 12 Balkh Province: two soldiers killed. Feb. 10 Kabul Province: two police officers killed. The Taliban attacked a security outpost in the First Police District of Kunduz city, the provincial capital, killing four police officers and wounding three others in three hours of fighting. An N.D.S. Jan. 27 Herat Province: one civilian killed. Jan. 20 Badghis Province: three police officers killed. The Taliban attacked security outposts in the Chashma-e-Shir area of Puli-Khumri, the provincial capital, killing nine soldiers and wounding another after capturing the outpost. Jan. 27 Herat Province: one police officer killed. A roadside bomb exploded near a group of children in Bagh Dari area of Zazai Aryoub District, killing one child and wounding four others. Reporting was contributed by Najim Rahim from Kabul, Zabihullah Ghazi from Nangarhar, Farooq Jan Mangal from Khost, Taimoor Shah from Kandahar and Asadullah Timory from Herat. The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan for the month. When he didnât listen, the soldier shot him. The Taliban seized equipment and weapons in the outpost and destroyed one Humvee. Another civilian was wounded in the explosion. Two civilians were killed in a magnetic bomb explosion in the Fourth Police District in Kabul city, the capital. During the attack, two territorial army soldiers were killed and three others were wounded. A roadside bomb hit a police vehicle in the 14th Police District of Kandahar City, the capital, killing one police officer. The Taliban attacked a security outpost in the Baba Nazar area of the Second Police District in Puli-Khumri, the provincial capital, killing three police officers and wounding another in three hours of fighting. Jan. 27 Paktia Province: one civilian killed. Feb. 4 Nangarhar Province: one civilian killed. Jan. 26 Kabul Province: one civilian killed. A civilian was also killed, and six others were wounded. Jan. 16 Badakhshan Province: one police officer killed. The Taliban captured the military base, seizing weapons and equipment. officer was gunned down by armed men in Kabul cityâs 13th Police District. The driver and his passenger were both killed by Afghan forces. A roadside bomb hit a military vehicle in the Gorgori area of Deh Bala District, killing six border soldiers. Jan. 15 Zabul Province: two civilians killed. The infiltrators seized military gear and equipment and escaped from the area. Jan. 18 Helmand Province: one police officer killed. The Taliban attacked security outposts in Kunduz cityâs Third Police District, killing three police officers and wounding three others. Feb. 11 Nangarhar Province: one civilian was killed. The attackers managed to escape. Jan. 21 Kabul Province: one civilian killed. Feb. 11 Kabul Province: five security forces killed. The Taliban seized two Humvees and some heavy and light weapons. A magnetic bomb attached to a private vehicle exploded in the Fifth Police District of Kabul city, killing one civilian. Jan. 31 Takhar Province: two civilians killed. A number of officers were trapped under the ruined walls of the outpost. The Taliban attacked a security outpost in the Chashma-e-Shir area of Puli-Khumri City, the provincial capital, where fighting continued for nearly seven hours. Three police officers were also taken prisoner by the Taliban, who captured the outpost and seized weapons and equipment. The Taliban attacked Dasht-e-Qala district center, killing four soldiers and two civilians and wounding seven civilians and six soldiers. A Taliban infiltrator in Ghoryan District attacked his colleagues in a police outpost, killing 13 local police officers. Feb. 1 Kabul Province: one security force killed. The Taliban attacked the governor’s office in Ghoryan District, killing four police officers, including the district police chief, and wounding four others in more than three hours of fighting. A bomb attached to the motorcycle of a member of the National Directorate of Security, exploded in the center of Kaldar District, killing the N.D.S. Feb. 11 Nangarhar Province: one civilian killed. Jan. 4 Kandahar Province: nine police officers killed. One police officer was shot and killed in his outpost by a Taliban marksman in the village of Sanjidak in Moqor District. Feb. 6 Faryab Province: one soldier killed. Jan. 17 Faryab Province: two security forces killed. Two members of the National Directorate of Security were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Puli-Alam, the provincial capital. The First Anglo-Afghan War (Pashto: د اÙغاÙ-اÙگرÛز ÙÙÙ ÚÛ Ø¬Ú«ÚÙ â, also known by the British as the Disaster in Afghanistan) was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. Three police officers and two soldiers were killed and five security forces were wounded in the attacks, and the outpost was destroyed by the explosion. Feb. 20 Kabul Province: two civilians killed. In Kandahar Province, nine members of a police special forces unit were killed in an apparent insider attack in Arghandab District. The bomb was placed by the Taliban. Jan. 3 Ghazni Province: three police officers killed. Australian Spy Found Dead Reportedly Planned to Release Classified Data on Afghan 'War Crimes' Top News 2021-02-22. Feb. 21 Helmand Province: one civilian killed. The Taliban attacked the center of Shirin Tagab District, killing one soldier and wounding two security forces. Two people were assassinated in the 12th Police District of Kabul city, the capital. Afghan special forces had been sent to two districts â Hesa-e-Awal Behsud and Hesa-e-Dowam Behsud â to introduce new police commanders, though local residents were opposed to their arrival. Jan. 8 Baghlan Province: two civilians killed. Jan. 3 Balkh Province: one police officer killed. A civil engineer working in the police headquarters in Gardiz city, the provincial capital, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in the Second Police District. A Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Kujran District, killing five soldiers, including a company commander, and wounding two others. The Taliban attacked a security outpost in Darqad District, killing one police officer and wounding six others. Jan. 23 Baghlan Province: one police officer killed. Feb. 4 Herat Province: one security force killed. The Taliban attacked a military base in Qaramqul District, killing one soldier and one member of the National Directorate of Security in three hours of fighting. The Taliban attacked military bases and security outposts in Dasht-e-Archi District, where fighting continued for three hours. Local officials claimed that three Taliban fighters were also killed. Unknown gunmen shot and killed two brothers in the Seventh Police District in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. The same attackers, who were on a motorcycle, shot and killed a civilian Kalota area of Hese-e-Dowam Kohistan District. Jan. 11 Farah Province: three soldiers killed. Three soldiers and two police officers were killed when the Taliban attacked two security outposts in Sholgara District. Six police officers were killed and another was wounded when the Taliban attacked Afghan forces in the village of Sanjidak of Moqor District. officer were killed and 15 others, including eight soldiers, were wounded when the Taliban attacked a security outpost in Firoz Koh, the provincial capital. Feb. 14 Kabul Province: one soldier killed. Feb. 8 Badghis Province: one N.D.S. An officer of the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistanâs intelligence agency, and his son who worked at the Ministry of Defense were shot and killed by unknown armed men in Bagrami District. Two civilians were killed and another was wounded by Taliban fighters in the Akbar Bai area of Taloqan, the provincial capital, after they failed to stop at a checkpoint. Jan. 30 Kandahar Province: three civilians killed.