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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


Flight carrying Americans from Kabul departs UAE bound for US

The State Department had said that US officials were working to verify the accuracy of the list of passengers that had been evacuated to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

The first El Al flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates

US bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul

US President Joe Biden's administration has said its top priority is repatriating Americans and green card holders unable to leave Afghanistan in the U.S. evacuation operation last month.

 Crowds of people wait outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 25, 2021 in this picture obtained from social media.

CIA warned US military of children's presence as drone strike hit Kabul

On Friday, the head of the US Central Command Marine Corps General Frank McKenzie called the strike a "tragic mistake."

 UK coalition forces, Turkish coalition forces, and US Marines assist a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul

Kabul drone strike that killed 10 was 'a mistake' -Central Command head

The Pentagon had said the Aug. 29 strike targeted an Islamic State suicide bomber who posed an imminent threat to US-led troops at the airport.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 17, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021.

Blinken vows to keep helping any American who wants to leave Afghanistan

The US secretary of state appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to address the administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India July 28, 2021

From Jewish Baltimore to the battle against China, Afghanistan

No. 17 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021: US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman.

 Wendy Sherman

Exiled Afghan president apologizes to Afghan people

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Kabul as Taliban forces reached the outskirts of the city last month, apologized on Wednesday for the abrupt fall of his government.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference following his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, US, June 25, 2021.

Taliban fire in air to scatter hundreds of protesters in Kabul

Hundreds of men and women shouting slogans such as "Long live the resistance" and "Death to Pakistan" marched in the streets to protest against the Taliban takeover.

 Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021

Taliban claim control of Panjshir, promise formation of government 'soon'

The Taliban seized control of the rest of Afghanistan three weeks ago, taking power in Kabul on Aug. 15 after the Western-backed government collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

 A  TALIBAN member stands guard as Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30.

Leader of Afghan hold-out region says he is ready to talk with Taliban

Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.

 TALIBAN FORCES stand guard inside Kabul earlier this month.