March 24 - During a visit to the US by Ghani and Abdullah, the US President announced that the US forces will remain at a level of about 9800 troops through 2015 and will not be drawn down to 5000 as had been originally planned.
April 18 - A major suicide bomb attack in Jalalabad killed more than 30 people and injured over 100 persons. A spokesman for the ISIL said it carried out the attack.[8]
Late May - Secret talks were held in the Chinese city of Urumqi between Afghanistan's peace envoy and representatives of the Taliban.[9] The meeting was reportedly facilitated by Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI.[10]
2015 Kabul Parliament attack - the Taliban use a car bomb and assault rifles and RPGs to attack the parliament, killing a woman and injuring 30 civilians.
July 7 - The third senior group commander of ISIL in Afghanistan; Shahidullah Shahid, was killed along with 5 other terrorists in a U.S. drone strike in Nangarhar province.[11]
July 13 - At least 33 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near Camp Chapman housing both Afghan and international troops in Khost province.[12]
July 20 - Eight Afghan soldiers were killed and 5 wounded by friendly fire from a U.S. Apache helicopter in Logar province, south of Kabul during a battle with insurgents[13][14]
October 10 - An RAF Puma Mk2 helicopter crashed as it was landing at NATO training and support mission HQ in Kabul, killing 5 NATO personnel.[19]
October 11 - In Shorabak district, Kandahar province, 200 U.S. and Afghan Special forces operators supported by 63 U.S. airstrikes destroyed 'probably the largest ever' AQIS training camp, killing Some 160 al-Qaeda terrorists.[20] Also that day, the Taliban attacked a British military convoy in Kabul, there were no British casualties however 7 Afghans were injured.[15]
October 13 - A U.S. F-16 was struck by insurgent small arms fire whilst flying over Paktia province, forcing it to return to base.[21]
October 14 - U.S. and Afghan forces retake the city Kunduz after the Taliban withdraws from the city.[22]
October 15 - President Obama announces that he will be keeping 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through most of 2016 and 5,500 into 2017, rather than reducing the force to about 1,000 service members by the end of 2016.[20]
October 26 - The 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hits north-east Afghanistan, with tremors reported in India and Pakistan, with at least 260 killed.[24]
