Taliban - Wikipedia
A map of Afghanistan showing the 2021 Taliban offensive. In mid 2021, the Taliban led a major offensive in Afghanistan during the withdrawal of US troops from the country, which gave them control of over half of Afghanistan's 421 districts as of 23 July 2021.
Who are the Taliban and how did they take over Afghanistan so ... - CNN
Aug 16, 2021 · Formed in 1994, the Taliban were made up of former Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, who fought the invading Soviet forces in the 1980s. They aimed to impose their...
The Taliban in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
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...
Taliban | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
6 days ago · 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.
Who are the Taliban? - BBC News
On 7 October 2001, a US-led military coalition launched attacks in Afghanistan: by the first week of December, the Taliban regime had collapsed. The group's then leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar,...
Afghanistan: Taliban Repression Deepens - Human Rights Watch
Jan 16, 2025 · (Bangkok) – Afghanistan’s human rights situation worsened in 2024 as the Taliban intensified their crackdown on women and girls and minority groups, Human Rights Watch said today in its World...
Where is Afghanistan Three Years into Taliban Rule?
Sep 19, 2024 · Afghanistan has a façade of domestic stability, with armed conflict decreasing since the U.S. withdrawal. But dire economic, humanitarian and human rights conditions and Taliban violence build pressure on the population. The international community remains vexed over how to engage the Taliban.
Afghanistan Three Years after the Taliban Takeover
Aug 14, 2024 · A bare-knuckles party system thrived in Kabul after foreign troops helped depose the first Taliban regime in 2001, with Afghan factions jostling for power in corrupt elections and occasional firefights between rivals.
Who Are the Taliban? - The New York Times
Aug 11, 2022 · Here is a look at the origin of the Taliban; how they managed to take over Afghanistan not once, but twice; what they did when they first took control and how they have ruled since seizing power...
Behind Afghanistan’s Fall, U.S.-Backed Militias Worse Than the Taliban
Dec 24, 2024 · A member of the Afghan Local Police, a militia organization formed to fight the Taliban, outside the unit’s hilltop base in 2012 in Taloqa, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.