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Twenty-five years ago, the Taliban were known for public executions and banishing women from public. What are their views today?
It was a triumph for the Taliban, who see themselves as the country’s only true representatives. The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for 3 years. Here are 5 things to know
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 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 ...
Flag of the Taliban. The Taliban (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ b æ n, ˈ t ɑː l ɪ b ɑː n /; Pashto: طَالِبَانْ, romanized: ṭālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [1] [2] is an Afghan militant movement, that governs Afghanistan, with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of ...
Taliban control of Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive and capture of Kabul. In April 2021, the newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden announced that all U.S. troops would withdraw from the country by 11 September 2021, the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. [168] He later brought this date forward to 31 August. [169]
A former diplomat and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute said American media coverage has largely overlooked the "most important figure" in the militant group now in control of Afghanistan.
The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation official under the previous Nato-backed government of Afghanistan ...