Taliban Fast Facts

taliban  Pakistan and its intelligence service have more influence over the Afghan Taliban than any other country or intelligence organization, writes Bruce Riedel  One year ago, on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul and captured control of the country

Three years after the Taliban takeover, aid in Afghanistan is still mostly geared towards survival not resilience Poor nutrition rife in country plagued by 26 Kabul Airport bombing, as well as a recent series of attacks against the Afghan Taliban in Nangarhar province, suggest that this new phase

The Taliban which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising Afghanistan's economy has been in dire shape since the Taliban returned to power three years ago The Islamist group is trying to shore up