Taliban

The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist movement that has ruled Afghanistan since 2021.

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351 linked stories in all years we hold

Via Wikimedia Commons (Flag of the Taliban)

The earliest story we hold is from Oct 1, 2021.

Stories involving Taliban1 named story in 2025

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Week of Nov 24, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025: 5 left, 4 center, 1 right, 7% of the sources that published that week · 11 articles

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

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83 left · 98 center · 61 right: 242 sources on the spectrum, across 351 linked stories.

Everything else30 updates in 2025 not part of any story, newest first

Updates about Taliban that are not part of any story yet

  1. Sep 28– 29Taliban releases US citizen after visit by envoy14 articles · 14 sources
    1 left, 7 center, 3 right
  2. Sep 19– 20British couple released by Taliban after months in detention, source says18 articles · 16 sources
    4 left, 5 center, 3 right
  3. Sep 18– 22Taliban rejects Trump's demand to return Bagram Air Base to US39 articles · 24 sources
    5 left, 10 center, 6 right
  4. Sep 1– 4Death toll from Afghan earthquake jumps to 2,205 as aid agencies plead for funds37 articles · 19 sources
    4 left, 10 center, 1 right
  5. Jul 8ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls12 articles · 12 sources
    2 left, 8 center, 0 right
  6. Jul 3– 4Russia becomes first nation to recognize Taliban government of Afghanistan22 articles · 16 sources
    4 left, 10 center, 0 right

Stories that name Taliban

  1. Nov 3Powerful earthquake kills at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan28 articles · 22 sources
    2 left, 14 center, 3 right
  2. Oct 15– 19Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, Qatar says31 articles · 27 sources
    6 left, 15 center, 3 right
  3. Sep 2Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,4005 articles · 4 sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  4. Sep 1– 2Afghanistan earthquake kills nearly 800, injures thousands as survivors dig through rubble73 articles · 40 sources
    10 left, 22 center, 4 right
  5. Jul 15– 17British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak18 articles · 16 sources
    5 left, 5 center, 2 right
  6. Jul 15US court blocks Trump administration from revoking Afghans’ protected status5 articles · 5 sources
    0 left, 1 center, 2 right