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Fall of Kabul; Part of the 2021 Taliban offensive of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the war on terror: Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, US Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport, coalition soldiers assist a child during the evacuation, armed Taliban fighters in Kabul, Taliban ...
2021–2022 Afghan protests. Improvement of women's rights in Afghanistan, particularly in education. [1] Protests in Afghanistan against the Taliban started on 17 August 2021 following the Fall of Kabul to the Taliban. These protests are held by Islamic democrats and feminists.
2021 Taliban offensive. 150,000–200,000 combat-oriented troops, including an unknown number of junior and ghost soldiers. [68] The 2021 Taliban offensive was a military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and allied militants that led to the fall of the Kabul -based Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year War in ...
But it was a Taliban government that took in al-Qaida's leaders in the mid-1990s and allowed them to plot the 9/11 attacks there, sparking the 20-year U.S.-led war there.
The Taliban celebrated the third anniversary of their return to power Wednesday at a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan, but there was no mention of the country’s hardships or promises to help ...
Taliban. The Taliban (/ ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn /; Pashto: طَالِبَانْ, romanized: ṭālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [79][80][a] is an Afghan political and militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi ...
Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. [1] The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations.
Position. Situation. Abdul Ghani Baradar. Governor of Herat and Nimruz Province. One of the founders of the Taliban along with Omar. Said to be the Deputy leader of the Taliban [2] Captured by Pakistani forces in 2010 [3][4][5][6] and released at the request of the United States government in 2018 [7][8] Obaidullah Akhund. Minister of Defense.