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...
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,...
Trump's immigration moves put Afghans who helped with US …
2 days ago · Others are in hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan. Afghans who eventually make it to the U.S. have to undergo an extensive process that usually involves a referral from someone they worked with, background checks, a medical screening and an interview with U.S. officials.
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.
UN Security Council raises alarm over rising IS-K threat from Afghanistan
19 hours ago · De facto Afghan leaders assert that Taliban counterterrorism forces have nearly eliminated IS-K hideouts, and the group can no longer pose a threat to Afghanistan or other nations from its territory.
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...
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill 46 people, Taliban official ...
Dec 25, 2024 · Bombardment by Pakistani military aircraft in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province on Tuesday killed at least 46 people, most of whom were children and women, the Afghan Taliban said, adding...
Afghanistan: UN warns of growing crisis under increasingly ...
Sep 18, 2024 · Concerns for women and the overall state of humanitarian rights in Afghanistan are growing following further legal clampdowns by the Taliban, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban Repression Deepens - Human Rights Watch
Jan 16, 2025 · (Bangkok) – Afghanistan’s human rights situation worsened in 2024 as the Taliban intensified their crackdown on women and girls and minority groups, Human Rights Watch said today in its World...