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Armed Afghans push out Taliban from 3 districts in first local assault against the militant group, according to reports
The anti-Taliban groups say they killed dozens of Taliban fighters and captured about 20 others in …
Yelena Dzhanova
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WhatsApp shut down a Taliban helpline for reporting looting and lawlessness
WhatsApp spokeswoman told Insider that it would ban official Taliban accounts "to adhere to US sanc…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The Taliban say they have taken control of the last Afghan province rejecting their rule, but local resistance fighters deny it
The Taliban's claim over Panjshir would cement their total control of Afghanistan, but local resist…
Sinéad Baker
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Footage shows the last moments of the TikTok comedian who mocked the Taliban leadership being slapped around by gunmen, before being executed
The Taliban has admitted to killing TikTok comedian Nazar Mohammad in Afghanistan after a viral vid…
Alia Shoaib
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The Taliban just seized a provincial capital as the US continues its withdrawal. They also murdered an Afghan government official
US military leaders have said the 'strategic momentum' is with the Taliban, but a takeover is not a…
Ryan Pickrell
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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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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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The Taliban's control of Afghanistan is guaranteeing Al Qaeda's 'continued personal survival', experts say
Professor Michael Semple said Al Qaeda was "delighted at the Taliban control of Afghanistan", as it…
Henry Dyer
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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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Resistance denies the Taliban claim to have seized the last rebel holdout in Afghanistan amid heavy fighting
The Taliban says it has crushed resistance in Afghanistan's mountainous Panjshir Valley. Rebel forc…
Alia Shoaib
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Taliban leaders had a massive brawl after disagreeing over which of them did the most to boot the US out of Afghanistan, report says
The fistfight between two factions inside the Taliban leadership took place inside the Afghan presi…
Bill Bostock
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The Taliban are now trying to pose as moderates after years of terror tactics and taking the country in a final, brutal sweep
The Taliban is trying to publicly rebrand itself as prominent Afghan women have expressed concerns …
John Haltiwanger
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Pompeo asks Taliban 'not to attack Americans' amid reports Russia paid militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan
The secretary of state said Tuesday that he pressed "the Taliban to live up to their commitments," …
Ryan Pickrell
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The Taliban captured a female Afghan governor who recruited militants to fight the Taliban, report says
Salima Mazari is the governor of Charkint district in north Afghanistan. She had been recruiting an…
Vanessa Gu
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Taliban leader sits down with a female Afghan reporter for an in-person TV interview as part of the militant group's effort to project moderation
"I am still astonished that people are afraid of Taliban," Mawlawi Abdulhaq Hemad told TOLO News ho…
Eliza Relman
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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 fighters killed a journalist's relative as they step up door-to-door hunts for people with links to the West
The German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said Taliban fighters looking for its journalist killed one r…
Sinéad Baker
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The Taliban is blanket banned on Facebook, but not on Twitter or YouTube
Facebook bans the Taliban and is "proactively" taking down pro-Taliban content - but YouTube nor Tw…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A female Afghan reporter says the Taliban refused to let her work. 'The regime has changed,' they reportedly said, 'Go home.'
A female Afghan reporter working for Radio Television Afghanistan says she was told by the Taliban …
Jake Epstein
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The Taliban hunted and threatened city employees who didn't show up to work in one of the first places they seized, in a sign of what could happen to the rest of the country
The Taliban took control of the capital Kabul on Sunday, completing a rapid expansion which saw the…