Taliban Insurgence

Taliban Insurgence

Taliban fighters keep watch in Ghazni province, Afghanistan August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Taliban want full power after return to Afghanistan capital

A Taliban fighter looks on as he stands at the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Analysis: Taliban gains give investors cause for concern beyond Afghanistan

Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, is pictured at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Qatar urges Taliban to cease fire at meeting in Doha

Factbox: What to watch for as the Taliban inch closer to Kabul

Factbox: What to watch for as the Taliban inch closer to Kabul

People gather in the Eid Gah Darwaza area as a flag is hoisted on the Kandahar city gate, in Kandahar, Afghanistan in this screen grab taken from a handout video uploaded on social media August 14, 2021. Taliban Handout/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Afghan cities taken over or contested by Taliban

FILE PHOTO: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Afghan president says in urgent talks as Taliban take key town near Kabul

Even before the Taliban broke through, opium poppy cultivation was surging. Reuters/Alamy

Afghanistan: What the conflict means for the global heroin trade

FILE PHOTO: Afghan women wait to receive free wheat donated by the Afghan government during a quarantine, amid concerns about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kabul, Afghanistan April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Afghanistan on brink of 'humanitarian catastrophe', UN agencies say