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href="/wiki/2023_in_Afghanistan" title="2023 in Afghanistan">2023</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2000s in Afghanistan">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2010s in Afghanistan">2010s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2020s in Afghanistan">2020s</a></b></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">Other events of 2020</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Afghanistan" title="List of years in Afghanistan">List of years in Afghanistan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events in the year <b><a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a> in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1119456059">.mw-parser-output .tocnumber{display:none}.mw-parser-output #toc ul,.mw-parser-output .toc ul{line-height:1.5em;list-style:none;margin:.3em 0 0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist #toc ul ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist .toc ul ul{margin:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1097603156">.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-center{clear:none}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-center .toc{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-right{clear:right}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-left{clear:left}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-none{clear:none}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist horizontal-toc"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan" title="President of Afghanistan">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_(Afghanistan)" title="Chief Executive (Afghanistan)">Chief Executive</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Abdullah" title="Abdullah Abdullah">Abdullah Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wolesi_Jirga" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolesi Jirga">Wolesi Jirga</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rauf_Ibrahimi" title="Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi">Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> of <a href="/wiki/Meshrano_Jirga" class="mw-redirect" title="Meshrano Jirga">Meshrano Jirga</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fazel_Hadi_Muslimyar" title="Fazel Hadi Muslimyar">Fazel Hadi Muslimyar</a></li> <li>First <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Afghanistan" title="Vice President of Afghanistan">Vice President of Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum" title="Abdul Rashid Dostum">Abdul Rashid Dostum</a></li> <li>Second <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Afghanistan" title="Vice President of Afghanistan">Vice President of Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sarwar_Danish" title="Sarwar Danish">Sarwar Danish</a></li> <li>First <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/deputy" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:Search/deputy">Deputy</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a> of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Khyal_Mohammad_Mohammad_Khan" title="Khyal Mohammad Mohammad Khan">Khyal Mohammad Mohammad Khan</a></li> <li>Second <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/deputy" class="extiw" title="wikt:Special:Search/deputy">Deputy</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a> of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>: Vacant</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>27 January – A <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Global_Express" title="Bombardier Global Express">Bombardier Global Express</a> E-11A aircraft <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Air_Force_E-11A_crash" title="2020 United States Air Force E-11A crash">crashed</a> in Afghanistan's <a href="/wiki/Dih_Yak_District" title="Dih Yak District">Dih Yak District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghazni_Province" title="Ghazni Province">Ghazni Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 January – Afghan special forces raided a <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> compound in <a href="/wiki/Bala_Murghab" title="Bala Murghab">Bala Murghab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badghis_Province" title="Badghis Province">Badghis Province</a>, freeing 62 hostages.<sup id="cite_ref-Jan29_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jan29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Taliban attack in <a href="/wiki/Kunduz" title="Kunduz">Kunduz</a> killed multiple Afghan security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Jan29_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jan29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>6 February – The <a href="/wiki/CASA-1000" title="CASA-1000">CASA-1000</a> project was <a href="/wiki/Inaugurate" class="mw-redirect" title="Inaugurate">inaugurated</a>, in a ceremony attended by Afghan President <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a> and Pakistani <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">Ambassador</a> to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan.<sup id="cite_ref-Feb6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feb6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 February – Two senior militants of the anti-Pakistan terrorist group <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan</a> - Sheikh Khalid Haqqani and Qari Saif Younis - were found <a href="/wiki/Assassinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassinate">assassinated</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Inter-Continental_Kabul" title="Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul">Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 February – Two <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> Special Forces soldiers were killed, and six more were wounded, in an <a href="/wiki/Insider_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Insider attack">insider attack</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sherzad_District" title="Sherzad District">Sherzad District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_Province" title="Nangarhar Province">Nangarhar Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPoFeb9_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPoFeb9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 February – A <a href="/wiki/Suicide_bomber" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide bomber">suicide bomber</a> killed <a href="/wiki/Mass_murder" title="Mass murder">at least six people</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Marshal_Fahim_National_Defense_University" title="Marshal Fahim National Defense University">Marshal Fahim National Defense University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 February – U.S. negotiators and the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> agreed on a seven-day "reduction in violence" period, with the ultimate aim of reducing U.S. forces from 12,000 to 8,600 over coming months. U.S. Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a> said the period was "conditions-based" but would involve suspending a "significant part" of U.S. operations, though no start date had been selected till then. Consultations were scheduled for 21 February between Esper, Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Mike Pompeo</a>, and Afghan president <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a>. The announcement followed an earlier Taliban ultimatum to reply to their proposal for such a reduction, though the Taliban still refused to meet with Afghan government officials in any capacity but as private citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 February – President <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a> was formally declared the winner of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Afghan_presidential_election" title="2019 Afghan presidential election">2019 Afghan presidential election</a>, though <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Abdullah" title="Abdullah Abdullah">Abdullah Abdullah</a> disputed the results, and announced his intentions to form his own government.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>19 February – President Ashraf Ghani and U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation <a href="/wiki/Zalmay_Khalilzad" title="Zalmay Khalilzad">Zalmay Khalilzad</a> met to discuss U.S. peace negotiations with the Taliban.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 February – The United States and the Taliban sign an agreement that may lead to the end of the war in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>6 March – Two <a href="/wiki/ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIL">ISIL</a> <a href="/wiki/Insurgent" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurgent">insurgents</a> <a href="/wiki/Mass_shooting" title="Mass shooting">shot</a> <a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">32 people dead</a> in Kabul.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 March – ISIL <a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">attack</a> a <i><a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">gurdwara</a></i> (Sikh house of worship) in Kabul, killing 25 people.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 March – The Taliban kill six Afghan troops and police officers in <a href="/wiki/Zabul_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Zabul province">Zabul province</a> and five in <a href="/wiki/Baghlan_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Baghlan province">Baghlan province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eleven_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eleven-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 March – A sticky bomb attached to a vehicle detonated Kabul, wounding four people. The Taliban are to send ten representatives to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Bagram_Airfield" title="Bagram Airfield">Bagram Airfield</a>, to oversee the release of 5,000 prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-eleven_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eleven-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> reports 27 security forces and 13 Taliban killed in fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">May 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>1 May – <a href="/wiki/Drowning_of_Afghan_refugees_in_the_Hari_River" title="Drowning of Afghan refugees in the Hari River">Drowning of Afghan refugees in the Hari River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12 May – <a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">A mass shooting in Kabul and a suicide bombing in Nangarhar Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unknown attackers killed 24 and injured 16 others, including new-born babies, mothers, and nurses at a maternity hospital in Kabul.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 May – A <a href="/wiki/Car_bomb" title="Car bomb">car bomb</a> was detonated in <a href="/wiki/Gardez" title="Gardez">Gardez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paktia_Province" title="Paktia Province">Paktia Province</a>, killing 5 people and wounding 14. Taliban spokesman <a href="/wiki/Zabihullah_Mujahid" title="Zabihullah Mujahid">Zabihullah Mujahid</a> claimed responsibility for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 May – The Taliban and Afghan government announce a three-day ceasefire beginning on <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a>. It is only the third time that a truce has been agreed upon since the conflict began.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UN Secretary-General <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres" title="António Guterres">António Guterres</a> welcomed the announcement and urged all parties to embrace the Afghan peace process.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">June 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>6 June – Eleven members of the security forces and four <a href="/wiki/Insurgent" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurgent">insurgents</a> <a href="/wiki/June_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="June 2020 Afghanistan attacks">were killed</a> in <a href="/wiki/Badakhshan_Province" title="Badakhshan Province">Badakhshan Province</a>. Three police officers were killed in a gun battle in <a href="/wiki/Guldara_District" title="Guldara District">Guldara District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kabul_Province" title="Kabul Province">Kabul Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12 June – Four people were killed and another eight injured in a bombing at a Kabul mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17 June – Twelve security forces members were killed and five were wounded during a <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> attack in <a href="/wiki/Aqcha_District" title="Aqcha District">Aqcha District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jowzjan_Province" title="Jowzjan Province">Jowzjan Province</a>. Four soldiers were taken hostage in the attack, and five Taliban militants killed.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two security checkpoints in the Aqcha district were hit from different angles by the attackers, in an attempt to take over their control, a spokesman in the Jawzjan province confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the actual extent of casualties are yet to be ascertained, as the group behind the attack has not issued a statement yet.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 June – At least 23 people were killed in rocket attacks on a <a href="/wiki/Cattle_market" class="mw-redirect" title="Cattle market">cattle market</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sangin_District" title="Sangin District">Sangin District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a>. Both the government and the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> blamed each other for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">July 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>13 July – 11 people <a href="/wiki/July_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="July 2020 Afghanistan attacks">were killed</a> and several others injured, as a result of a car bomb blast at a government facility in northern Afghanistan's Samangan Province.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the hospital chief of the province, most of the casualties of the attack were civilians, including children. The deputy governor of the province stated that the insurgents breached the intelligence complex agency after the blast, subsequently engaging in a struggle with the Afghan forces for hours. Officials added that the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 July – Local officials disclosed that an Air strike was launched by the Afghan forces against Taliban fighters in the western Afghan province of Herat, killing at least 45 people, including civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witnesses claimed that the attack was carried out when several people came out in Herat's Adraskan district to welcome a Taliban fighter that was recently released from jail. Further claims suggest that at least 8 civilians lost their lives in the attack, with several others injured including children.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Afghan defense ministry has assured that it would look into this lethal attack which resulted in civilian casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 July – The Taliban has declared a temporary ceasefire for three days in Afghanistan, ahead of Muslim's holiday for Eid.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Washington Times, the Afghan government has accepted the deal, as they have urged their forces to uphold the truce.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Ashraf Ghani has indicated that negotiations could begin next week, which would mark the commencement of the procrastinated peace talks.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, spokesman of the Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid, has maintained that the Taliban would respond if attacked by Afghan forces, despite ordering their fighters to stand-down in order to observe Eid peacefully.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/August_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="August 2020 Afghanistan attacks">August 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>2–3 August – The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant_%E2%80%93_Khorasan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province</a> (ISKP) group's suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a prison in <a href="/wiki/Jalalabad" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a> Nangarhar Province, in eastern <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. Beginning on August 2, the battle between soldiers went on for 20 hours. At least 29, including at least 8 ISIS attackers, were killed in the <a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad attack</a>, while around 50 were injured. More than 25 prisoners escaped, while around 1,025 inmates, who tried to flee the compound, were recaptured.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 August – <a href="/wiki/Flash_flood" title="Flash flood">Flash floods</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_Afghanistan_flood" title="2020 Afghanistan flood">kill at least 72 people</a> and destroy hundreds of homes in <a href="/wiki/Parwan_Province" title="Parwan Province">Parwan Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">September 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>9 September – Ten people are killed and 31 including First Vice-president <a href="/wiki/Amrullah_Saleh" title="Amrullah Saleh">Amrullah Saleh</a> are injured in a <a href="/wiki/September_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="September 2020 Afghanistan attacks">bombing</a> in Kabul. The Taliban deny responsibility for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12 September – Representatives of the government and the Taliban meet in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> to begin peace talks. U.S. Vice-president <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> attends to inauguration in <a href="/wiki/Doha" title="Doha">Doha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 September <ul><li>A bomb kills two people and injures 12 others in <a href="/wiki/Kalafgan_District" title="Kalafgan District">Kalafgan District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takhar_Province" title="Takhar Province">Takhar Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A member of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Afghanistan" title="Government of Afghanistan">Afghan</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Directorate_of_Security" title="National Directorate of Security">National Directorate of Security</a> was shot dead and his driver was injured in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/October_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="October 2020 Afghanistan attacks">October 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>18 October – A car bomb was placed outside a police headquarter in the western province of Ghor. The explosion left 13 civilians dead and more than 120 people wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 October <ul><li>During an application for visas to <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> at Jalalabad Stadium, at least twelve women were killed in a <a href="/wiki/Human_stampede" class="mw-redirect" title="Human stampede">human stampede</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Air_Force" title="Afghan Air Force">Afghan Air Force</a> airstrike against a mosque in <a href="/wiki/Baharak_District,_Takhar" title="Baharak District, Takhar">Baharak District, Takhar</a> reportedly killed 12 children, though the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Afghanistan)" title="Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)">Ministry of Defense</a> claimed all of those killed were <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> militants.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/November_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="November 2020 Afghanistan attacks">November 2020 Afghanistan attacks</a> </p> <ul><li>2 November – Three gunmen stormed the campus of <a href="/wiki/Kabul_University" title="Kabul University">Kabul University</a> killing 32 people and wounding 50 others in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">2020 Kabul University attack</a>.</li> <li>24 November – Around 70 countries and 30 international organizations participate in the United Nation's 2020 Afghanistan Conference, pledging US$3.3 billion to support the Afghani peace process.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 June – <a href="/wiki/Munir_Mangal" title="Munir Mangal">Munir Mangal</a>, Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Police" title="Afghan National Police">Afghan National Police</a> (2010–2016) (b. 1950).<sup id="cite_ref-52" 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href="#cite_ref-Jan29_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHassanGeorgeSalahuddin2020" class="citation news cs1">Hassan, Sharif; George, Susannah; Salahuddin, Sayed (January 29, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20200131154657/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghan-forces-rescue-more-than-60-hostages-from-taliban-prison-in-night-raid/2020/01/29/86ae33f6-42b8-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html">"Afghan forces rescue more than 60 hostages from Taliban prison in night raid"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. 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href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_18th_century_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Years of the 18th century in Afghanistan">18th century</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1729_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1729 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1729</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1738_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1738 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1738</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_19th_century_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Years of the 19th century in Afghanistan">19th century</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1823_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1823 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1834_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1834 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1839_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1839 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1840_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1840 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1842_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1842 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1842</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1878 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_Afghanistan" title="1879 in Afghanistan">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1881_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1881 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1882_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1882 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1883_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1883 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1885 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1887_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1887 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1888_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1888 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1889 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1891_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1891 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1893_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1893 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1894_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1894 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_Afghanistan" title="1896 in Afghanistan">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_Afghanistan" title="1897 in Afghanistan">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_Afghanistan" title="1898 in Afghanistan">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_Afghanistan" title="1899 in Afghanistan">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_Afghanistan" title="1900 in Afghanistan">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_20th_century_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan">20th century</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_Afghanistan" title="1901 in Afghanistan">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_Afghanistan" title="1902 in Afghanistan">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_Afghanistan" title="1903 in Afghanistan">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_Afghanistan" title="1904 in Afghanistan">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_Afghanistan" title="1905 in Afghanistan">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_Afghanistan" title="1906 in Afghanistan">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_Afghanistan" title="1907 in Afghanistan">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_Afghanistan" title="1908 in Afghanistan">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_Afghanistan" title="1909 in Afghanistan">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_Afghanistan" title="1910 in Afghanistan">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_Afghanistan" title="1911 in Afghanistan">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_Afghanistan" title="1912 in Afghanistan">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_Afghanistan" title="1913 in Afghanistan">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_Afghanistan" title="1914 in Afghanistan">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_Afghanistan" title="1915 in Afghanistan">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_Afghanistan" title="1916 in Afghanistan">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_Afghanistan" title="1917 in Afghanistan">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_Afghanistan" title="1918 in Afghanistan">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_Afghanistan" title="1919 in Afghanistan">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_Afghanistan" title="1920 in Afghanistan">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_Afghanistan" title="1921 in Afghanistan">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_Afghanistan" title="1922 in Afghanistan">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_Afghanistan" title="1923 in Afghanistan">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_Afghanistan" title="1924 in Afghanistan">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_Afghanistan" title="1925 in Afghanistan">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_Afghanistan" title="1926 in Afghanistan">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_Afghanistan" title="1927 in Afghanistan">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_Afghanistan" title="1928 in Afghanistan">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_Afghanistan" title="1929 in Afghanistan">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_Afghanistan" title="1930 in Afghanistan">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_Afghanistan" title="1931 in Afghanistan">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_Afghanistan" title="1932 in Afghanistan">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_Afghanistan" title="1933 in Afghanistan">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Afghanistan" title="1934 in Afghanistan">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_Afghanistan" title="1935 in Afghanistan">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_Afghanistan" title="1936 in Afghanistan">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_Afghanistan" title="1937 in Afghanistan">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_Afghanistan" title="1938 in Afghanistan">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_Afghanistan" title="1939 in Afghanistan">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Afghanistan" title="1940 in Afghanistan">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_Afghanistan" title="1941 in Afghanistan">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_Afghanistan" title="1942 in Afghanistan">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_Afghanistan" title="1943 in Afghanistan">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_Afghanistan" title="1944 in Afghanistan">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_Afghanistan" title="1945 in Afghanistan">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_Afghanistan" title="1946 in Afghanistan">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_Afghanistan" title="1947 in Afghanistan">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_Afghanistan" title="1948 in Afghanistan">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_Afghanistan" title="1949 in Afghanistan">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_Afghanistan" title="1950 in Afghanistan">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_Afghanistan" title="1951 in Afghanistan">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_Afghanistan" title="1952 in Afghanistan">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_Afghanistan" title="1953 in Afghanistan">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_Afghanistan" title="1954 in Afghanistan">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_Afghanistan" title="1955 in Afghanistan">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_Afghanistan" title="1956 in Afghanistan">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_Afghanistan" title="1957 in Afghanistan">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_Afghanistan" title="1958 in Afghanistan">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_Afghanistan" title="1959 in Afghanistan">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Afghanistan" title="1960 in Afghanistan">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Afghanistan" title="1961 in Afghanistan">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Afghanistan" title="1962 in Afghanistan">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_Afghanistan" title="1963 in Afghanistan">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Afghanistan" title="1964 in Afghanistan">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_Afghanistan" title="1965 in Afghanistan">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Afghanistan" title="1966 in Afghanistan">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Afghanistan" title="1967 in Afghanistan">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_Afghanistan" title="1968 in Afghanistan">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_Afghanistan" title="1969 in Afghanistan">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_Afghanistan" title="1970 in Afghanistan">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_Afghanistan" title="1971 in Afghanistan">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_Afghanistan" title="1972 in Afghanistan">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_Afghanistan" title="1973 in Afghanistan">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_Afghanistan" title="1974 in Afghanistan">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_Afghanistan" title="1975 in Afghanistan">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_Afghanistan" title="1976 in Afghanistan">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_Afghanistan" title="1977 in Afghanistan">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_Afghanistan" title="1978 in Afghanistan">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_Afghanistan" title="1979 in Afghanistan">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_Afghanistan" title="1980 in Afghanistan">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_Afghanistan" title="1981 in Afghanistan">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_Afghanistan" title="1982 in Afghanistan">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_Afghanistan" title="1983 in Afghanistan">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_Afghanistan" title="1984 in Afghanistan">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_Afghanistan" title="1985 in Afghanistan">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_Afghanistan" title="1986 in Afghanistan">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_Afghanistan" title="1987 in Afghanistan">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_Afghanistan" title="1988 in Afghanistan">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_Afghanistan" title="1989 in Afghanistan">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_Afghanistan" title="1990 in Afghanistan">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_Afghanistan" title="1991 in Afghanistan">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_Afghanistan" title="1992 in Afghanistan">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Afghanistan" title="1993 in Afghanistan">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_Afghanistan" title="1994 in Afghanistan">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_Afghanistan" title="1995 in Afghanistan">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_Afghanistan" title="1996 in Afghanistan">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_Afghanistan" title="1997 in Afghanistan">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_Afghanistan" title="1998 in Afghanistan">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_Afghanistan" title="1999 in Afghanistan">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Afghanistan" title="2000 in Afghanistan">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_21st_century_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Years of the 21st century in Afghanistan">21st century</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Afghanistan" title="2001 in Afghanistan">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Afghanistan" title="2002 in Afghanistan">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Afghanistan" title="2003 in Afghanistan">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Afghanistan" title="2004 in Afghanistan">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Afghanistan" title="2005 in Afghanistan">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Afghanistan" title="2006 in Afghanistan">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 in Afghanistan">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Afghanistan" title="2008 in Afghanistan">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Afghanistan" title="2009 in Afghanistan">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Afghanistan" title="2010 in Afghanistan">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Afghanistan" title="2011 in Afghanistan">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Afghanistan" title="2012 in Afghanistan">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Afghanistan" title="2013 in Afghanistan">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Afghanistan" title="2014 in Afghanistan">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Afghanistan" title="2015 in Afghanistan">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Afghanistan" title="2016 in Afghanistan">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Afghanistan" title="2017 in Afghanistan">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Afghanistan" title="2018 in Afghanistan">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Afghanistan" title="2019 in Afghanistan">2019</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Afghanistan" title="2021 in Afghanistan">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Afghanistan" title="2022 in Afghanistan">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Afghanistan" title="2023 in Afghanistan">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Afghanistan" title="2024 in 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