While the US prepared their exit by 9th September 2021, the Taliban rose to become the dominant political and military power in Afghanistan. After capturing Herat in the extreme west, the Taliban proceeded rapidly towards the east, where the bigger cities like Kabul and Kandahar are located. This is not the first time the TalibanContinue reading “Fall of Kabul, 2021”
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Taliban Rising in Afghanistan after US Withdrawal
The word ‘Taliban’ means students in the Pashto language. The ideology of the Taliban has its roots in northern Pakistan in the 1990s when the Soviet Union troops were withdrawing from Afghanistan. Taliban is a militant organization, formed based on Islamic extremism. The Taliban proclaimed the territory they occupied as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.Continue reading “Taliban Rising in Afghanistan after US Withdrawal”