Jalalabad
24 Aug 2021
Jalalabad residents tell of the changes in the city since the Taliban took control of the city and Afghanistan, coming just two weeks before an August 31 deadline for all troops to fully withdraw from the country.
20 Aug 2021
Firing is heard in Jalalabad as residents protest over the removal of Afghan flags that were replaced with that of the Taliban, according to local media, after the group's takeover of Afghanistan after being ousted by a US-led invasion in 2001.
5 Aug 2021
Afghans in Jalalabad city chant "Allah-u Akbar" (God is greatest) in support of the Afghan security forces, as part of calls to gather on rooftops at 9 pm following similar scenes the night before in the western city of Herat, that is under siege, after government forces countered the latest Taliban assault.
30 Jul 2018
Afghan security forces surrounded gunmen who stormed a facility for trainee midwives in the eastern city of Jalalabad.