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The Badri 313 Battalion (Pashto: بدري ٣١٣ قطعه) is a unit of the Taliban. [7] The unit's name is closely associated with the Haqqani network, which has reportedly provided them with training. [2] [1] Elite Taliban units like the Badri 313 have been reported as being "critical in the taking over of Afghanistan". [8]
The Islamic State–Taliban conflict is an ongoing insurgency waged by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP) against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. [61] The conflict initially began when both operated as rival insurgent groups in Nangarhar; since the formation of the Taliban's state in 2021, IS-KP members have enacted a campaign of terrorism targeting both civilians and ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban on Wednesday released a video showing the handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for ...
The Taliban is an Afghan political and militant movement which has ruled Afghanistan under a theocratic emirate several times in the last 30 years. In August 2021, the Taliban took control of the country, and subsequently established a new government that as of 2024, two countries recognize as the legitimate government.
The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing ...
Taliban control of Afghanistan during the 2021 Taliban offensive and capture of Kabul. In April 2021, the newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden announced that all U.S. troops would withdraw from the country by 11 September 2021, the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. [168] He later brought this date forward to 31 August. [169]
A Reuters photograph, by Goran Tomasevic, featuring Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Lance Corporal Chris Sanderson and Sergeant Travis Dawson protecting an Afghan man and his child after Taliban fighters opened fire went viral across social media, often being featured as a meme discussing the difference between the ...
Afghan news outlet Tolo News posted footage on August 17 of one of its female anchors, Beheshta Arghand, interviewing a spokesman of the Taliban after the group’s takeover of Afghanistan.Another ...