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The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing ...
The local Taliban leadership, including the governor and police chief, fled the city. The revolt happened shortly after the Taliban Deputy Defense Minister Mullah Fazel Mazloom arrested Makhdoom Alem, a senior Uzbek Taliban commander in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 12. The Taliban central leadership responded quickly to the revolt in Maymana ...
The Taliban said their administration took over when Afghanistan was “on the verge of collapse” and that they “managed to rescue the country and government from a crisis" by making sound ...
In June, Afghanistan was rocked by one of the deadliest earthquake in 2022. 22 June – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Khost Province, killing at least 1,163 people and injuring over 3,000. Over 25 villages were razed to the ground. The Barmal District was worst affected, with nearly half of the fatalities occurring there.
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
The Islamic State–Taliban conflict is an ongoing insurgency waged by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP) against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. [60] The conflict initially began when both operated as rival insurgent groups in Nangarhar; since the formation of the Taliban's state in 2021, IS-KP members have enacted a campaign of terrorism targeting both civilians and ...
In October 2001, the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan after the Taliban refused to hand over the Al Qaeda leader and author of 9/11. By December, the Taliban had surrendered control of the ...
The Balkhab uprising was a Hazara rebellion in Balkhab district, Sar-e Pol province, Afghanistan against the Taliban. It was led by Mehdi Mujahid, and it began on 23 June 2022 after Mehdi Mujahid's forces captured Balkhab district. Initially, the Taliban did not take Mehdi Mujahid seriously when he declared war against them.