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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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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…
INSIDER
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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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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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The Taliban has reintroduced public floggings and executions in Afghanistan, reports say
The Taliban are returning to the brutal enforcement of sharia law that has not been seen in Afghani…
Bethany Dawson
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The Taliban says it has provided 'a comfortable and prosperous life' for women in Afghanistan. 'Absurd' says a human rights advocate.
The Taliban wants to dispel the narrative that its restrictive policies harm women to gain legitima…
Hannah Getahun
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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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Afghanistan's non-violent resistance against the Taliban is led by women who risk torture and detention: 'Fear is everywhere'
One protestor told Insider that talking to the Taliban doesn't work but the protests have brought i…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Edris Lutfi
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Afghan news executive says 'we thought we'd be shut down by now' and predicts imminent press restrictions by the Taliban
Saad Mohseni, who oversees Tolo News, told Politico that the Taliban has for now adopted a "laissez…
Bryan Metzger
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The Department of Defense could be housing 30,000 Afghan refugees in locations like Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and Fort Bliss in Texas: report
A report from a Fox News correspondent cited an unnamed source saying 30,000 Afghans under Special …
Cheryl Teh
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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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The Taliban said women should join its new government, but Afghans are deeply skeptical given the militant group's brutal history
The Taliban's brutal and ultra-conservative history means that many Afghan women are skeptical of r…
Mia Jankowicz
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Trump is claiming that the situation in Afghanistan would be 'totally different' with a Trump administration in charge
Trump released six statements on August 16 in an email titled: "Afghanistan is the most embarrassin…
Cheryl Teh
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China's state media mocked the US withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban takeover was 'more smooth than the presidential transition in the US'
Hu Xijin, editor of China's state-affiliated Global Times, referenced posts on Weibo that compared …
Cheryl Teh
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The Afghan Embassy in India sent out a tweet calling Afghan President Ashraf Ghani a 'traitor' who 'screwed and f---ed everything up'
In a now-deleted tweet, the official account of the Afghan Embassy said Ghani's legacy "will be a s…
Cheryl Teh
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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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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan as Taliban fighters enter Kabul, reports say
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his immediate team have left Afghanistan for Tajikistan, accordin…
Joshua Zitser
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Taliban forces seize Jalalabad, the fifth-largest city in Afghanistan
Jalalabad's governor surrendered the capital of Nangarhar to Taliban forces in order to avoid citiz…
Morgan Keith
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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…