Taliban
The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist movement that has ruled Afghanistan since 2021.
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The earliest story we hold is from Oct 1, 2021.
Stories involving Taliban1 named story in 2023
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- Pakistan's clashes with Afghanistan and the militant attacks inside PakistanJan 20, 2022 – Nov 11, 2026 · 70 stories
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Week of Dec 25, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023: 4 left, 4 center, 2 right, 5% of the sources that published that week · 10 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Jan 2, 2023 - Jan 8, 2023 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 37 | 14% |
| Jan 9, 2023 - Jan 15, 2023 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5% |
| Jan 16, 2023 - Jan 22, 2023 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6% |
| Jan 23, 2023 - Jan 29, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jan 30, 2023 - Feb 5, 2023 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 156 | 27% |
| Feb 6, 2023 - Feb 12, 2023 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3% |
| Feb 13, 2023 - Feb 19, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 20, 2023 - Feb 26, 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3% |
| Feb 27, 2023 - Mar 5, 2023 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3% |
| Mar 6, 2023 - Mar 12, 2023 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Mar 13, 2023 - Mar 19, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 20, 2023 - Mar 26, 2023 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2% |
| Mar 27, 2023 - Apr 2, 2023 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Apr 3, 2023 - Apr 9, 2023 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 128 | 25% |
| Apr 10, 2023 - Apr 16, 2023 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4% |
| Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 23, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 30, 2023 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 99 | 21% |
| May 1, 2023 - May 7, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 8, 2023 - May 14, 2023 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4% |
| May 15, 2023 - May 21, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 22, 2023 - May 28, 2023 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 5% |
| May 29, 2023 - Jun 4, 2023 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3% |
| Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 8% |
| Jun 12, 2023 - Jun 18, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 19, 2023 - Jun 25, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 26, 2023 - Jul 2, 2023 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 7% |
| Jul 3, 2023 - Jul 9, 2023 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 11% |
| Jul 10, 2023 - Jul 16, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 17, 2023 - Jul 23, 2023 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 42 | 11% |
| Jul 24, 2023 - Jul 30, 2023 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 138 | 23% |
| Jul 31, 2023 - Aug 6, 2023 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 7% |
| Aug 7, 2023 - Aug 13, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Aug 14, 2023 - Aug 20, 2023 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 49 | 8% |
| Aug 21, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5% |
| Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 3, 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2% |
| Sep 4, 2023 - Sep 10, 2023 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4% |
| Sep 11, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 4% |
| Sep 18, 2023 - Sep 24, 2023 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2% |
| Sep 25, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2% |
| Oct 2, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 100 | 19% |
| Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 56 | 13% |
| Oct 16, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 29, 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3% |
| Oct 30, 2023 - Nov 5, 2023 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 9% |
| Nov 6, 2023 - Nov 12, 2023 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5% |
| Nov 13, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 8% |
| Nov 20, 2023 - Nov 26, 2023 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3% |
| Nov 27, 2023 - Dec 3, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 4, 2023 - Dec 10, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 11, 2023 - Dec 17, 2023 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 10% |
| Dec 18, 2023 - Dec 24, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dec 25, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Whole record, all years we hold
83 left · 98 center · 61 right: 242 sources on the spectrum, across 349 linked stories.
Everything else72 updates in 2023 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about Taliban that are not part of any story yet
- Dec 25– 26Under Taliban rule, Afghan girls end the sixth grade in tears, their education is over10 articles · 10 sources4 left, 4 center, 2 right
- Dec 14Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report6 articles · 6 sources1 left, 2 center, 3 right
- Nov 20Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reports6 articles · 6 sources0 left, 4 center, 2 right
- Nov 5Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation - The Daily Reporter7 articles · 7 sources1 left, 3 center, 3 right
- Nov 4Taliban appeal to Afghan private sector to help those fleeing Pakistan’s mass deportation drive - The Daily Reporter7 articles · 7 sources0 left, 4 center, 3 right
- Oct 26Afghan girls' education advocate is freed from Taliban prison8 articles · 8 sources3 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Oct 104 Britons who were detained in Afghanistan are released by the Taliban6 articles · 6 sources1 left, 0 center, 4 right
- Oct 7– 116.3 magnitude earthquake hits part of Afghanistan where earlier quake killed over 2,00080 articles · 42 sources11 left, 22 center, 4 right
- Sep 18UN Chief Urges Taliban to Lift 'Unjustifiable' Education Ban on Afghan Girls5 articles · 5 sources0 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Sep 13– 14Afghan soldier who was arrested at US-Mexico border after fleeing Taliban wins asylum13 articles · 8 sources3 left, 3 center, 2 right
Stories that name Taliban
- Dec 12Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as the world's biggest opium producer, U.N. says12 articles · 12 sources4 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Nov 16– 17TikTok shredded as Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ gets viral praise: ‘Terrorist propaganda’20 articles · 18 sources4 left, 3 center, 10 right
- Nov 2– 9Analysts warn that Pakistan's anti-immigration crackdown risks radicalizing deported Afghans27 articles · 20 sources6 left, 7 center, 4 right
- Oct 26– Nov 1Mass exodus of Afghans as deadline to leave Pakistan arrives19 articles · 13 sources3 left, 4 center, 2 right
- Oct 9– 13More than 90% of people killed by western Afghanistan quake were women and children, UN says14 articles · 11 sources4 left, 5 center, 1 right
- Oct 8– 10Mounds of rubble and a future of grief are what's left after Afghanistan earthquake killed thousands40 articles · 27 sources10 left, 15 center, 1 right
- Oct 7100 dead, nearly 1,000 injured after 6.3 magnitude earthquakes rock Afghanistan21 articles · 15 sources5 left, 7 center, 3 right
- Oct 3– 4Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans11 articles · 11 sources2 left, 5 center, 2 right
- Oct 1Afghan Embassy closes in India citing a lack of diplomatic support and personnel7 articles · 7 sources1 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Sep 12– 15Pakistan, Afghanistan reopen crossing after 9-day closure – DW5 articles · 4 sources0 left, 1 center, 1 right
Local coverage
- Aug 5Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US5 articles · 3 sources1 left, 1 center, 1 right