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Taliban celebrate ‘victory day’ five years after seizing power in Afghanistan

Five years after seizing power, the Taliban are projecting control in Afghanistan while rights groups warn of deepening humanitarian crises and sweeping restrictions on women.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.
Taliban security personnel climb barefoot up a steep and sandy mountainside on a weekend at the Sayad area of Reg-e-Rawan in Kapisa province on April 24, 2026.

Russia says it's establishing 'full-fledged partnership' with Afghan Taliban

Residents gather as heavy machinery clears the rubble of a damaged police post after a car bombing in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan May 10, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Fourteen Pakistani police officers killed in car bombing, ambush in Bannu

People carry the coffins of victims, who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre, during a mass burial, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.

Taliban, Pakistan declare Eid al-Fitr ceasefire in conflict that has killed hundreds


Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri likely killed by special Hellfire missiles with swords

A senior administration official told reporters two Hellfire missiles were fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle at Zawahiri.

 A US-made AH-1W Cobra helicopter launches hellfire missiles during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 Military Exercise in Ilan county, 80 km. west of Taipei, on July 20, 2006

Jenin, Pelosi, sanctions and al-Qaeda: Four stories, one denominator - analysis

The denominator in each of these cases is that decisions to act were made even though non-action would have preserved the quiet.

 US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike, in Washington, US August 1, 2022.

United Arab Emirates set to run Kabul airport in deal with Taliban

In the months leading up to the ground services being awarded to the UAE, Taliban reportedly made unexplained changes to its team negotiating with Qatar and Turkey.

 TALIBAN FORCES stand guard a day after the US troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month.

Attack on Sikh temple in Afghan capital Kabul kills two

A Sikh worshipper and a Taliban fighter were killed following a blast in a car loaded with explosives.

 Afghan Sikh men light the funeral pyre for the victims who were killed during yesterday's attack at Sikh religious complex during a funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan March 26, 2020

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif

The explosions killed at least nine and injured 15 members of the local Shi'a community, who are a religious minority in Afghanistan. A bomb also went off in a mosque in Kabul.

 Men inspect the site of a blast inside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan June 12, 2020.

Second bombing in two days in Kabul

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according to the group's Telegram channel.

An Ambulance is seen near the site of explosions at Khalifa Sahib Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan April 29, 2022.

Blast hits mosque in Kabul during prayers, injuring six

The blast was the second in a week in the Afghan capital, after another tore through the main money exchange center, killing one person and injuring dozens. 

 Afghan men read the Koran at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 5, 2022.

Operation Magic Carpet: Helping people, animals flee Afghanistan

These efforts have helped at least 92 Afghans and foreigners, and a bunch of domestic animals, make it to relative safety across the border to Pakistan.

 SOME OF the Operation Magic Carpet group and their pets in Islamabad eagerly await entry to a third country.

Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift found, returned to family

Sohail Ahmadi was just two months old when he went missing on Aug. 19 as thousands of people rushed to leave Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban.

The sun sets over Kabul, Afghanistan, October 7, 2021.

Afghan Taliban leaders appeal for help as migrant crisis looms

The movement's deputy Foreign Minister said it was the responsibility of countries like the United States to help Afghanistan recover after decades of war.

 Taliban fighters check on injured comrades at the entrance of the emergency hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan November 2, 2021