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Taliban will declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in resounding defeat of the US-backed government
A Taliban official said the regime will return the nation to its pre-war name, which was only recog…
Jake Lahut
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The Taliban have declared the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,' the same name it used when it brutally ruled the country in the 1990s
The Taliban's spokesperson made the announcement on Thursday, marking the defeat of the US-backed A…
Sinéad Baker
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Taliban asks to keep getting UN aid money despite ending education for women
Tensions have escalated between the United Nations and the Taliban in Afghanistan after they banned…
Sophia Ankel
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Top Stories this PM: Taliban declares 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'; 3 vaxxed senators get COVID
The Taliban declared the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," marking a nail in the coffin of the US-b…
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'Long live Afghanistan:' Crowds in Kabul celebrate Independence Day in defiance of Taliban fighters
The Taliban used the occasion to declare the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the same name it use…
Jake Epstein,John Haltiwanger
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Senior Taliban cleric killed by a suicide bomber who had hidden explosives in his artificial leg
Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, who supported access to education for Afghanistan's girls and women, had…
Bethany Dawson
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The Taliban says women in Afghanistan can study at universities apart from men and must wear Islamic dress
Prior to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, women learned in co-ed spaces within universities a…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Pompeo refused to sign a US-Taliban peace deal in a sign of how shaky it is
The Taliban is assured of its victory, TIME reports, telling followers that all foreign forces will…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Taliban to retake power in Afghanistan 20 years after being ousted by US-led forces and the country's president has fled
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan for Tajikistan, a senior interior ministry offic…
Joshua Zitser
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Harrowing video shows Afghan woman pleading for help from an American soldier: 'Taliban coming for me'
Under the Taliban's rule in the 1990s, women were severely oppressed, facing restrictions like bein…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Striking photos and video show Taliban fighters holding guns inside Afghanistan's presidential palace
After the Afghan president fled the country, Taliban fighters took over the presidential palace and…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A female Afghan judge says the men she had once sentenced to jail are now hunting her
After taking over Afghanistan, the Taliban freed thousands of prisoners - including ISIS-K and al-Q…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Video shows an Afghan girl being lifted over the wall at Kabul airport into the arms of a US soldier as desperate crowds gathered to flee the Taliban
Thousands of Afghans have tried to flee to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in an attemp…
Jake Epstein
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Taliban says boys can re-enter secondary school but does not mention girls
The Taliban on Saturday said girls aren't banned from attending secondary school but they first wan…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Taliban urges restraint in Ukraine, 6 months after it took over Afghanistan by force
The Taliban, which has a brutal history, expressed concern over the "real possibility of civilian c…
Mia Jankowicz
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Dropping the 'mother of all bombs' doesn't change the disastrous reality on the ground in Afghanistan
But the Taliban's recent territorial gains, along with its new relationships with Russia and Iran, …
Daniel Brown
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Taliban spokesperson celebrates US withdrawal as a 'victory' and says he hopes the group's fighters will 'treat the people nicely'
"We want to have good relations with the US and the world," Zabihullah Mujahid said after the final…
Grace Panetta
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Taliban officials in Afghanistan 'beat girls just for smiling and talking too loud,' report says
Farkhunda, a 16-year-old girl, stopped going to school in September and has since been diagnosed wi…
Yelena Dzhanova
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An Afghan woman who aspired to become a business executive says 'now my dream in Afghanistan is to stay alive' after Taliban takeover
"I am lost. I have lost my motivation and energy I had before," Sajida told the Washington Post. "N…