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          Taliban

          Read the latest news about the extremist group governing Afghanistan after American-led coalition forces withdrew in 2021

          Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from the northern province due to battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces, sit in the courtyard of the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul. AFP

          A divided US agrees Afghanistan withdrawal is a mess

          CommentAugust 15, 2021
          Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers an address to the country as Taliban militants close in on the capital Kabul. AP Photo

          Ashraf Ghani: talks in progress to prevent more violence in Afghanistan

          AsiaAugust 14, 2021
          Afghan Taliban patrol in a Humvee that was captured from Afghan security forces after the militants took control of Spin Boldak on the border with Pakistan. EPA

          Taliban's arsenal grows with every battlefield victory

          AsiaAugust 14, 2021
          US Marines, seen here placing barbed wire around the US embassy in Kabul on January 11, 2002, are returning to Afghanistan's capital to help embassy workers and Afghans leave the country. AFP

          Marine vanguard lands in Afghan capital Kabul as US speeds up evacuations

          WorldAugust 14, 2021
          Plumes of smoke rise into the sky after fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in Kandahar, Afghanistan, southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Photo / Sidiqullah Khan)

          Afghanistan plunged into crisis by America's troops-out strategy

          USAugust 14, 2021
          Wahid Hezb, who now lives in London, says the Afghan government and the Taliban 'should step aside because neither has legitimacy'. Layla Maghribi/The National

          Pain of Taliban's resurgence keenly felt among Afghans in UK

          UKAugust 14, 2021
          Taliban fighters stand guard inside the city of Ghazni, south-west of Kabul, Afghanistan. AP

          Taliban capture Pul-i-Alam, drawing closer to capital

          WorldAugust 14, 2021
          Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Defence Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi visit military personnel in Kabul. Reuters

          Afghan leaders hold 'chaotic' talks as Taliban advance continues

          AsiaAugust 14, 2021
          Taliban fighters on patrol in Ghazni in a vehicle seized from Afghan security forces. AP

          Collapse of Afghan forces echoes Iraqi military capitulation of 2014

          USAugust 13, 2021
          Taliban fighters gather after taking control of Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand, Afghanistan. EPA

          Republicans pile on Biden over Afghanistan as Pentagon blames Afghan forces

          USAugust 13, 2021
          Afghan school girls receive pens and bags from Unicef at a school in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, which has since fallen to the Taliban. AFP

          UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ urban warfare on Kabul’s streets

          USAugust 13, 2021
          Plumes of smoke rise into the sky after fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in Kandahar, Afghanistan, southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Photo / Sidiqullah Khan)

          Taliban 'arrive at Kabul's doorstep' after capture of Pul-i-Alam

          AsiaAugust 13, 2021
          Ismail Khan, the former Mujahideen commander talks with supporters. EPA

          Taliban detain veteran commander known as the Lion of Herat

          AsiaAugust 13, 2021
          Taliban militants gather after taking control of Herat, Afghanistan. EPA

          Taliban edge closer to Kabul as Afghanistan continues to fall

          AsiaAugust 13, 2021
          British troops patrol Showal in Nad-e-Ali district, southern Afghanistan, in 2010. AFP

          UK to send 600 troops to Afghanistan as security situation deteriorates

          UKAugust 12, 2021
          In this April 2021 photo, an Afghan family visits one of Herat's historic mosques to offer Eid Al Adha prayers. EPA

          A look at Herat as historic city reportedly falls to the Taliban

          WorldAugust 12, 2021
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