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...

Aug 14, 2024 · The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for 3 years. Take a look at their transition from insurgency to authority as they strive for legitimacy.

5 days ago · The Taliban has instinctively rejected Western demands to attach conditions to aid. Thus, back-channel diplomacy with the mediation of regional states should be the starting point for engagement. That should focus on long-term goals in Afghanistan and diffusing the Taliban perception that the West only seeks zero-sum outcomes.

[112] [113] By mid-August 2021, the Taliban controlled every major city in Afghanistan; following the near seizure of the capital Kabul, the Taliban occupied the Presidential Palace after the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.

Aug 13, 2024 · Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to the “striking” erasure of women from public life, which is also reflected at the community and household levels, a senior official with the...

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.

Aug 14, 2024 · Three years into the renewal of Taliban rule, some aspects of Afghans’ lives have deteriorated and others have improved, though the institutionalised exclusion of women and girls from many aspects of public life curbs the benefits that half the population derives from the positive changes.

Jan 27, 2025 · Taliban, ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan’s communist regime, and the subsequent breakdown in civil order. Learn more about the Taliban in this article.

Aug 11, 2024 · (New York) – The Taliban have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis since taking power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today.

Aug 28, 2024 · Under the Taliban, Afghanistan has become the only country in the world where girls and women are prohibited from pursuing secondary and higher education. Last week, the Taliban announced yet...