The Afghan Taliban acknowledged that its Political Office in Qatar met with a U.S. delegation regarding a "peaceful resolution to the Afghan conflict".

Just two months after rescinding its "security commitment" to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban announced its reinstatement.

The Afghan Taliban released a video focusing on the daily life of fighters at the Abu Obaidah bin Jarrah training camp and their military drills and exercises there.

The Afghan Taliban ordered its fighters to halt the upcoming parliamentary elections by creating "severe obstacles" for it, and called on voters to boycott the process and candidates to step down.

The Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed bombing the USAID building in Khogyani district in Nangarhar, eastern Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing over 10 U.S. troops in attacks in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan and Parwan in the northeast of the country.

The Afghan Taliban again accused U.S. forces of supporting the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISKP) through airstrikes, this time charging that drone strikes on their positions in Nangarhar seek to halt their progress against the rival group.

The Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed killing 35 people and wounding 55 others in a suicide bombing at an election rally in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban challenged the assertion made by General Austin Miller, the new commander of U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan, that its fighters cannot outlast the coalition.

The Afghan Taliban reported two insider attacks by fighters in the enemy ranks in neighboring Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces in a close timespan.

Listing nine examples in the last ten days of alleged U.S. initiated and directed attacks on civilians in multiple provinces, the Afghan Taliban accused America of "crimes against humanity" and demanded a unified opposition to what it called "genocide".

The Afghan Taliban established an agriculture and livestock department and encouraged aid groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to contact it for coordination.

The Afghan Taliban boasted that 877 Afghan government "administration workers" joined its group in August 2018 and that 50 soldiers have thus far switched sides to it in September.

The Afghan Taliban claimed shooting down an Afghan military helicopter by RPG fire in Farah province and provided a video of the wreckage.

The Afghan Taliban threatened to shut down private transportations companies it determines to have violated agreed upon rules.

Al-Bayda' Province, a division of the Islamic State (IS) in Yemen, released a video showing its celebration of Eid al-Adha in Hadramawt.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed inflicting 55 casualties among Afghan security forces and government staff in a suicide bombing in the capital, Kabul.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province issued a formal communique for the suicide bombing and VBIED blast at a sports club in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban provided a summary of what it called its "jihadi progress" in Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan, boasting of its controlling the supply routes and "shattering" its defensive lines.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported 150 casualties among Shi'ite civilians, news correspondents, and security forces in a suicide bombing and car bomb explosion at a sports club in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Kashmir-focused Islamic State (IS) supporters promoted Jammu and Kashmir as an alternative jihadi battlefield for those Muslims who wish to travel to Afghanistan or Afghanistan to fight but are unable.

The Afghan Taliban released a statement from the Haqqani family eulogizing its patriarch, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and noting his parting advice on continuing jihad and maintaining the cohesiveness of the Taliban.

The Afghan Taliban announced the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a member of its Leadership Council and the head of what is known as the "Haqqani Network".

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing two American soldiers in an attack in Muhammad Agha district in Logar province of northern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed an RPG attack on a dining facility for U.S. soldiers in Bagram district in Parwan, Afghanistan.

In a follow-up to its condemnation of the Muhammad cartoon contest organized by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders and his PVV party in the Netherlands, the Afghan Taliban deemed the Dutch people complicit in the "crime" and threatened Dutch troops in Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban issued a statement condemning the Muhammad cartoon contest organized by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders and his PVV party in the Netherlands.

In the Arabic message, which was posted on its website on August 29, 2018, the group's spokesman Zabihullah denounced the offense to Muslims and appealed to Muslim countries and Islamic organizations to stand against it.

The Afghan Taliban again boasted of rendering the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province an "exemplary defeat" in northern Afghanistan and charged the U.S. with not only backing the IS there but in Iraq, as well.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed a suicide bombing on Afghan security elements and local officials in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban again accused American forces of "rescuing" Islamic State (IS) fighters from its clearing operations, and charged U.S. General John Nicholson with deliberately lying to the American people about the success of President Donald Trump's strategy in Afghanistan.

An al-Qaeda (AQ)-linked group released a video showing what it described as Bangladeshi fighters attacking U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

After previously claiming credit for the mortar strike on the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul during the Eid al-Adha speech delivered by President Ashraf Ghani, the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province took responsibility for a two-man suicide raid in the capital.

The Afghan Taliban promoted its suicide attackers in the 12th episode of its "Caravan of Conquest" video series and highlighted the March 2017 7-man raid at PD6 in Kabul and the May 2017 suicide bombing on a U.S. military convoy in Nangarhar.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the group is responsible for the mortar strike targeting the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban released a video documenting its purging Darzab district in Jowzjan, a province in northern Afghanistan, from Islamic State (IS) fighters.

A statement attributed to Afghan Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada for the occasion of Eid al-Adha boasted of the group's success and what it describes as America's failure in the war in Afghanistan, and expressed willingness for direct negotiations with the U.S.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding a total of 120 Afghan intelligence elements and policemen in a two-man suicide raid and a suicide bombing, two days apart, in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that a suicide attack waged by the group at an Afghan intelligence headquarters in Kabul resulted in nearly 110 casualties.

Just a half-hour following 'Amaq News Agency reporting the group's responsibility, the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province issued a formal communique for the suicide bombing at a Hazara private school in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the group is responsible for the suicide bombing at a Hazara private school in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban announced its decision to rescind its "security commitment" to the International Committee of the Red Cross due to inaction by the humanitarian organization towards a hunger strike at Pul-e-Charkhi prison.

After providing daily updates on its military activities and conquests over the past four days in the capital city of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, including the killing of over 200 Afghan and 10 American soldier, the Afghan Taliban boasted of its success and the "failure" on U.S. strategy in the country.

In a video featuring disabled fighters, including those blind and wheelchair-bound, the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province urged Muslims to immigrate for jihad and not find excuses for inaction.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing American soldiers in a bomb blast on their vehicle in Nazyan district in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed killing and wounding 64 from Afghan Taliban Forces in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed killing and wounding 64 from Afghan Taliban Forces in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed inflicting a total of 22 casualties among Afghan Taliban fighters in a suicide attack, a clash, and 3 bombings in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

Jihadists reported that a son of al-Qaeda (AQ) explosives expert Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar (AKA Abu Khabab al-Masri) was killed in a U.S. raid in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province published photos from its "Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah" training camp in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding 10 enemy elements in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint for the Afghan intelligence and army in Nangarhar.

The Afghan Taliban claimed inflicting casualties among 15 U.S. soldiers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Parwan province.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed credit for the car bombing on UAE-backed Security Belt Forces (SBF) in Yemen's Abyan governorate.

After announcing its defeat of the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province in Jowzjan, Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban invited displaced citizens to return and assured them of safety and a "dignified life".

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing five American soldiers in a mine blast on their armored vehicle in Bagram district in Afghanistan's Parwan province.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing 3 U.S. soldiers during clashes in Shindand district in Afghanistan's Herat province.

The Afghan Taliban issued a statement boasting of defeating the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province in Jowzjan and "purging" its fighters from the whole of northern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed credit for a two-man suicide raid on the Department of Refugees and Returnees in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed credit for the suicide bombing killing prominent militia commander and tribal leader Hayat Khan in Nangarhar in Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province issued a formal communique for the two-man suicide raid on what it described as a USAID headquarters in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the group is responsible for a two-man suicide raid at the USAID headquarters in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban claimed suicide bombings in the capital, Kabul, and in Wardak province on Afghan intelligence unit commandos as "retribution" for alleged crimes.

The Afghan Taliban criticized General John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, for encouraging its fighting the Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province, arguing that such a remark provides propaganda to the IS against Taliban fighters.

The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency reported responsibility for the suicide operation on a welcoming committee for Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum at Kabul Airport, killing and wounding more than 115.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province issued a formal communique claiming the suicide bombing on supporters of Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum at Kabul Airport.

The Afghan Taliban charged "American invaders" with complicity in dozens of civilian deaths in Kunduz and Paktia provinces in Afghanistan and vowed revenge.

The Afghan Taliban accused a recent report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) of leveraging civilian death count as propaganda against the group and misrepresenting the numbers.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province issued a formal communique claiming credit for the suicide bombing on Rural Development Ministry staff in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and threatening more operations on those who assist the "Crusaders".

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported 60 casualties among Rural Development Ministry staff in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and noted French nationals among the wounded.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing 2 U.S. soldiers and wounding a third and killing 19 Afghan Special Forces during clashes in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan.

Two days after the Afghan Taliban claimed wounding two U.S. soldiers in a clash in Paktia province, the group promoted news that one of the soldiers died from his injuries.

'Amaq News Agency reported that two American soldiers were killed in an ambush by Islamic State (IS) fighters in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban released a video of fighters training at "Camp Usama bin Zayd" in a variety of military and physical exercises.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed credit for a suicide bombing on Afghan intelligence agents in the capital of Nangarhar, Jalalabad.

The Afghan Taliban reported that a "conscientious" Afghan soldier shot and killed four foreign soldiers and wounded three others in an attack at Tarinkot airport in Uruzgan province.

The Afghan Taliban reported that a "conscientious" Afghan soldier shot and killed four foreign soldiers and wounded three others in an attack at Tarinkot airport in Uruzgan province.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing five American soldiers in a suicide bombing in Pul-i Alam, the capital of Afghanistan’s Logar province, and declared that the attack to be an act of revenge for U.S. airstrikes and raids there.

The Afghan Taliban claimed the execution of a suicide bombing with a VBIED on a U.S. convoy in Logar province.

The Islamic State’s (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding 60 Afghan soldiers and “polytheists” as the result of a suicide operation in central Jalalabad.

Over the course of two days, the Islamic State (IS) claimed a suicide bombing on Afghan Special Forces, and targeting the inauguration of a medical complex, wherein it reported the presence of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, both in the Nangarhar capital Jalalabad.

The Afghan Taliban reported that it has killed nine Islamic State (IS) fighters amidst its "large scale operations" against the group in Kunar province in northeastern Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed credit for a suicide bombing at an Afghan Local Police (ALP) camp in Kunar.

The Afghan Taliban criticized as "inappropriate" a remark by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan in a training position is necessary for lasting peace in the country.

The Afghan Taliban reported that its fighters in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan have nearly eliminated the Islamic State (IS) presence there, and claimed that U.S. aircraft interfered in its operations.

Following its ceasefire with Afghan soldiers and security forces during Eid al-Fitr, the Afghan Taliban claimed killing at least 40 in operations in the east, north, and west of the country.

At the conclusion of Eid al-Fitr and its accompanying ceasefire with Afghan security forces, the Afghan Taliban remarked that the "successful implementation" of the suspension of operations demonstrates its controlling the "trajectory" of battles and the cohesiveness of its fighters.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding nearly 100 Afghan Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces in a suicide bombing in Nangarhar, which the former regarded as a "mysterious explosion" in its own statement.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed a second suicide bombing within 24-hours on the Afghan Taliban and Afghan security forces in Nangarhar.

The Afghan Taliban released a video focusing on fighter training at multiple camps in Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban alleged that 51 Afghan soldiers and policemen were killed and 33 others were wounded in a suicide bombing at a government complex in Ghazni province.

In a celebratory message for Eid al-Fitr, the Afghan Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada offered amnesty and protection to Afghan nationals who cease “aiding the invaders,” and condemned the U.S. moving its embassy to Jerusalem.

Responding to a U.S. airstrike on the group's "Voice of Shariah" radio station in Ghazni, an Afghan Taliban spokesman argued that it constitutes an attack on its "freedom of speech" and warned of an escalation in operations.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region published a photo report of graduate class of fighters from the "Abu Yusuf al-Khorasani" training camp.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding 90 staff members of the Afghan Ministry of Rural Development in a suicide bombing at its building in Kabul.

In a statement attributed to Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Afghan Taliban leader ordered fighters to continue attacks on foreign soldiers during Eid al-Fitr but to suspend offensive operations against "domestic opposition forces".

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the group is responsible for the suicide bombing at the entrance to the Afghan Ministry of Rural Development in the capital, Kabul.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed credit for a suicide attack at the home of an Afghan parliamentarian in Jalalabad.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding 70 scholars and security elements in a suicide bombing near Polytechnic University in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban claimed destroying a British armored personnel carrier (APC) in Kabul and killing those soldiers onboard, including a female officer, and provided a video of the vehicle debris.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the group is responsibility for the suicide bombing on a gathering of Muslim scholars near Polytechnic University in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding "dozens" in a ten-man suicide raid on an Afghan Interior Ministry building in the capital, Kabul.