Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans …
9 hours ago · A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.
Why India is reaching out to the Taliban now - BBC
The Taliban is fully in control in Afghanistan, say experts. This marks a sharp decline in relations since the fall of Kabul in 2021, when a top Pakistani intelligence official was among the first ...
Taliban - Wikipedia
In mid 2021, the Taliban led a major offensive in Afghanistan during the withdrawal of US troops from the country, which gave them control of over half of Afghanistan's 421 districts as of 23 July 2021.
The Taliban in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
Jan 19, 2023 · The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. Under their harsh rule, they have cracked down on women’s rights and neglected basic...
Tensions Escalate After Pakistan Pounds Afghanistan With Airstrikes
Jan 1, 2025 · Airstrikes by Pakistani warplanes inside Afghanistan have intensified tensions in recent days in an already volatile region. Once-close ties between Pakistan’s leaders and the Afghan Taliban...
Afghanistan Three Years after the Taliban Takeover
Aug 14, 2024 · What has happened since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan? The Taliban came back to power in Kabul as the previous Afghan government collapsed amid the U.S. and NATO withdrawal from the country in August 2021.
Where is Afghanistan Three Years into Taliban Rule?
Sep 19, 2024 · Three years into Taliban rule, the Afghan people are beset by a host of human rights, economic and humanitarian challenges, with women and girls particularly impacted.
Who are the Taliban and how did they take over Afghanistan so ... - CNN
Aug 16, 2021 · Formed in 1994, the Taliban were made up of former Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, who fought the invading Soviet forces in the 1980s. They aimed to impose their...
Who are the Taliban? - BBC News
On 7 October 2001, a US-led military coalition launched attacks in Afghanistan: by the first week of December, the Taliban regime had collapsed. The group's then leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar,...
Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan - BBC
Aug 16, 2021 · The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, almost 20 years after being ousted by a US-led military coalition. Emboldened by the withdrawal of US troops, they now control all key cities in...