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After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan. The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022. [2] [3] The Islamic State continue their insurgency, carrying out many bombings.
Border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan rose after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. The Taliban denied harboring anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan, but they were infuriated by Pakistan's erection of a barbed barrier along their 2,670 km (1,660 mi) border, known as the Durand Line, which was demarcated by the British in 1893 and divided the homeland of ethnic Pashtuns ...
The Ministry of Finance has collected over $2 billion in 2022. [19] The GDP of Afghanistan is estimated to have dropped by 20% following the Taliban return to power. Following this, after months of free-fall, the Afghan economy began stabilizing, as a result of the Taliban's restrictions on smuggled imports, limits on banking transactions, and ...
In February 2022, an executive order was released by President Joe Biden to unfreeze half of Afghanistan's US$7 billion in the United States. [ 128 ] According to USAID on 28 June US$55 million in immediate humanitarian relief would be provided to address the urgent issues faced by survivors. [ 129 ]
In May 2022, floods affected several parts of Afghanistan, killing 429 people. [2] [3] It was later reported the 182 people died due to flooding in August, as well as 40 people in July and 19 in June.
On 12 December 2022, insurgents attacked a hotel popular with foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan. [1] [2] At least 3 civilians were killed and 18 others, including foreigners, were reported to be injured. [3] [1] Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack. [4]
On 3 April 2022, Akhundzada signed a decree banning the cultivation of opium in Afghanistan, with any violators being treated "according to sharia law." The order and transportation of other narcotics was also banned. [54] On 29 April 2022, Akhundzada urged the world to recognise the Taliban government in a message ahead of the Eid holidays. [55]
Protests in Afghanistan held by Islamic democrats and feminists against the treatment of women by the Taliban began on 17 August 2021, following the fall of Kabul.Supported by the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, the protesters also demanded decentralization, multiculturalism, social justice, [4] labor, education, and food. [5]