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Constant ISIS terror attacks are challenging the Taliban's tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan
Months after the Afghan government collapsed and US forces left, the Islamic State's Afghanistan af…
Jake Epstein
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The Taliban says it will not cooperate with the US to weed out the Islamic State from Afghanistan
"We are able to tackle Daesh independently," a Taliban spokesperson told the AP, using an Arabic ac…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Blast near Kabul airport, as per media reports
According to the BBC, images posted on social media show black clouds of smoke rising into the a…
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Military planes at Kabul airport have been performing corkscrew landings and sending out flares to avoid potential missile attacks, report says
Countries like the US and UK have stepped up their warnings over the possibility of attacks at Kabu…
Sinéad Baker
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Girls targeted in bomb carnage at school that left 55 dead in Afghan capital, Kabul
Most of the casualties were female students aged between 11 and 15 years old, who were leaving scho…
Sophia Ankel
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What is ISIS-K? The Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate is the Taliban's enemy, and killed 13 US service members in Kabul
"ISIS-K has struggled to gain a large foothold in Afghanistan but it remains a potent threat," one …
John Haltiwanger
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Adam Kinzinger slammed Lauren Boebert for saying she was 'tired' of the separation between church and state
"There is no difference between this and the Taliban," Kinzinger wrote in a tweet on Wednesday even…
Matthew Loh
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Video shows thousands of prisoners, reportedly including Islamic State and al Qaeda fighters, freed from Kabul jail by the Taliban
Afghan government troops surrendered Bagram airbase to the Taliban on Sunday. The base houses Pul-e…
Sophia Ankel
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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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Afghan forces are going on the offensive against the Taliban after deadly attacks
The Afghan president said he is "ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defense m…
Ryan Pickrell
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Stock market regulator issues a warning against Islamic State, Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked accounts
The United Nations' Security Council (UNSC) came out with the updated list on January 14 this y…
PTI
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A Taliban leader said a group of Islamic scholars will decide whether women can work or be educated under their new regime
"Our ulema will decide whether girls are allowed to go to school or not," a Taliban leader said, am…
Thomas Colson
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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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How small-town Maine embraced a family that fled the Taliban
In fall 2021, an Afghan family was resettled in Maine. This is the story of how they rebuilt their …
Elyse Lightman Samuels
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The Taliban is banning female journalists at a state television outlet from coming to work, reports say
Two female broadcasters at Radio Television Afghanistan were turned away from the station by the ne…
Grace Panetta
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'A daily burden of survival': Deadly Afghanistan earthquake piles more agony onto the country's widespread humanitarian woes
A Kabul-based aid worker told Insider that "it's all hands on deck" as organizations manage bad wea…
Jake Epstein
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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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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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'Naughty women' should stay home, says secretive Taliban official while also pledging improvements for women's rights
Sirajudin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani Network terrorist organization, said that "good news" is i…