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Drone strike on al-Qaeda leader renews hostility between US, Taliban

Thursday, August 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The drone strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is a double-edged sword for President Joe Biden, both bolstering his claim that counterterrorism operations need not rely on U.S. boots on the ground while casting doubt on his claim that Afghanistan... Read More.

Afghan journalists who fled the Taliban say they’re in limbo in Pakistan

Friday, May 13 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- After eight months of living in hiding and moving between three safe houses in different cities in her native Afghanistan, 32-year-old journalist Fawzia Sayedzada said she fled her Taliban-ruled country in April. Sayedzada told ABC News that she had been arrested in Kabul... Read More.

Afghanistan’s women’s rights activists tested Taliban in Oslo, but expect few advancements

Thursday, February 3 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- “Pick up the phone right now, call Kabul and ask the girls to be released immediately,” Hoda Khamosh, an Afghanistan woman’s rights activist shouted at the Taliban's acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Oslo, Norway, last week. Khamosh demanded the release of... Read More.

Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan

Tuesday, October 26 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- "It's like a living hell for us now," Zahra, 20, told ABC News on a phone call while hiding out in western Afghanistan, in a country she hardly even knows. "When I think about all the things that I'm missing out on... Read More.

Afghanistan updates: US, Taliban hold first direct talks since withdrawal

Monday, October 11 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- It's been more than a month since the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan on President Joe Biden's order to leave by Aug. 31, ending a chaotic evacuation operation after the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized control of the... Read More.

Taliban official’s comments on education, jobs fuel more fears for Afghan women’s rights

Wednesday, September 29 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Over one month into Taliban control of Afghanistan, fears for women's and girl's rights and education have only grown -- fueled further Tuesday by a top Taliban official's comments that "women will not be allowed to come to universities or work." The... Read More.

Afghan girls in climbing group wait and hope, desperate to escape Taliban rule

Thursday, September 9 by ABC News

(AFGHANISTAN) -- For girls and young women accustomed to mountain climbing and physical fitness training six times a week, being confined in a crowded wedding hall near an airport in northern Afghanistan is a different kind of challenge -- one with their fates at... Read More.

New Taliban government ‘more of the same,’ says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

Thursday, September 9 by ABC News

(KUWAIT CITY) -- The United States has not seen evidence that the Taliban’s newly formed government will be as inclusive as promised, and it appears to be "more of the same" with "many of the same actors," according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. "I think... Read More.

Afghanistan updates: Taliban allowing some Americans, other Westerners to leave: Qatari envoy

Thursday, September 9 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal now complete after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over the country, including the Kabul airport, the site of an often-desperate evacuation effort in past weeks. But even as the last American troops... Read More.

Chartered evacuation flights ‘need to move,’ says Blinken, but US facing ‘limits’ in pressing Taliban

Wednesday, September 8 by ABC News

(AFGHANISTAN) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called on the Taliban to allow chartered aircraft to depart Afghanistan with Americans and Afghans ready to board, but said there were "limits" to what the U.S. can do to ensure they fly out. For over... Read More.

Afghanistan updates: Taliban name caretaker government

Tuesday, September 7 by ABC News

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With the U.S. military and diplomatic withdrawal now complete after 20 years in Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken over the country, including the Kabul airport, the site of an often-desperate evacuation effort the past two weeks. But even as the last American... Read More.

Blinken denies Taliban holding Americans ‘hostage’ as US struggles to help those left behind

Tuesday, September 7 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- There are a "small number" of U.S. citizens in the northern Afghan city Mazar-e-Sharif who have been unable to evacuate on chartered flights, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Tuesday, but he said the Taliban had grounded the aircraft because others manifested for... Read More.

Stories tagged with: taliban

Drone strike on al-Qaeda leader renews hostility between US, Taliban

Afghan journalists who fled the Taliban say they’re in limbo in Pakistan

Afghanistan’s women’s rights activists tested Taliban in Oslo, but expect few advancements

Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan

Afghanistan updates: US, Taliban hold first direct talks since withdrawal

Taliban official’s comments on education, jobs fuel more fears for Afghan women’s rights

New Taliban government ‘more of the same,’ says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

Afghanistan updates: Taliban allowing some Americans, other Westerners to leave: Qatari envoy

Chartered evacuation flights ‘need to move,’ says Blinken, but US facing ‘limits’ in pressing Taliban

Afghanistan updates: Taliban name caretaker government

Blinken denies Taliban holding Americans ‘hostage’ as US struggles to help those left behind

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