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He spoke on condition he and his station remain anonymous for fear of retribution from Taliban authorities. After nearly two decades of war more than 6000 American lives lost over 100000 Afghans killed and more than 2 trillion spent by the US the speed of the Taliban takeover of.

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Taliban fighters last year swept through Afghanistan and seized the capital in a matter of weeks.

. Taliban fighters take control of the Afghan presidential palace after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country in Kabul Afghanistan Aug. The Taliban ordered all women TV presenters in Afghanistan to cover their faces while on air. They say they are followers of Islam but their beliefs are much more extreme than those.

The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 with an iron fist and implemented a harsh version of Islamic rule including banning women from education and. The Talibans swift return to power after two decades has left Afghanistans neighbors scrambling to figure out how to adjust to a shifting geopolitical outlook experts told. Zabi Karimi AP.

The legendary anti-Soviet turned anti-Taliban commander was a figure of global renown. The Taliban or students in the Pashto language emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. During the Talibans last time in power in Afghanistan from 1996.

The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 ousted the insurgents from power. Taliban Pashto Ṭālebān Students also spelled Taleban ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s following the. The Taliban a militant group that ran the country in the late 1990s have again taken control.

He even overshadowed ally Burhanuddin Rabbani the man who was recognized by. Security assistance between 2002 and 2021. 1 day agoDuring the Talibans last time in power in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 they imposed overwhelming restrictions on women requiring them to wear the whole-body covering.

The move is part of a. The Taliban is an extreme Islamic group which ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. War in Afghanistan 2001-present At Afghanistans border with Uzbekistan a cargo train rolls over a bridge and into the newly created Islamic Emirate.

The head of a journalists advocacy group told Human Rights Watch that the Taliban have taken at least 32 journalists into custody since they took power in Kabul on. 5 hours agoAfghanistans Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. Staff at Afghanistans independent TOLOnews were told about the new rule on.

The Talibans swift success has prompted questions over how the insurgent group was able to gain control so soon after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan -- and after almost 20 years of conflict. Afghanistans army special forces air force and militarized police were supported with almost 90 billion in US. Sirajuddin Haqqani Afghanistans acting interior minister and the Talibans co-deputy leader since 2016 made the comments in an exclusive first on-camera interview.

How they were able to do so and why the Afghan military collapsed so quickly. The Taliban in Afghanistan have mediated a temporary ceasefire between Pakistan and a local Pakistani Taliban militant group following talks between the two sides in.

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