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Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

Officers and civilians from the US, Israel and around 20 other countries work at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, November 19, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
November 23, 2025, 6:16 am
As US dives into remaking Gaza, shades of nation-building come into focus
US president pledged to steer clear of projects like George W. Bush’s Iraq and Afghanistan commitments, yet his Gaza plan is increasingly starting to resemble those misadventures
By Lazar Berman
Zabolon Simantov kisses the mezuzah on his way out the front door of his home at the synagogue compound in Kabul, in an undated photo. (Ezzatullah Mehrdad/Times of Israel)
November 12, 2024, 6:59 pm
Afghanistan’s last Jew arrives in Israel three years after fleeing Taliban rule
Zebulon Simantov’s younger brother says he was surprised to hear his sibling had arrived, saw him over weekend for first time in 25 years
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The closed Torkham gate is seen from the zero point at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province on February 23, 2023. (Shafiullah KAKAR/AFP)
August 20, 2023, 10:14 am
11 laborers killed in Pakistan bus bombing near Afghan border
Workmen were building army post, local government official says; attack comes as Pakistani Taliban wages campaign against security officials
By AFP
Afghan women hold placards as they march to protest for their rights, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 29, 2023. (AFP)
April 29, 2023, 6:44 pm
Afghan women protest against potential Taliban recognition ahead of UN summit
International forum in Doha set to discuss steps forward, but demonstrators say any deal with country’s rulers means infringing on their rights
By AFP
File: People walk on the tarmac as they disembark from a Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at the French military air base near Abu Dhabi, on August 23, 2021, after being evacuated from Kabul. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)
April 7, 2023, 8:48 am
US admits massive intelligence failure in disastrous Afghan exit
Washington defends pullout but acknowledges officials didn’t grasp extent of Taliban’s strength, corruption of Afghan forces; adds Trump’s deal with Taliban left them few options
By Sebastian Smith
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)
February 16, 2023, 8:47 pm
After protest crackdown, Iran tells Afghanistan to improve conditions for women
Joint statement issued with China after Iranian president visits Beijing also rejects Western standards of human rights and democracy
By AP
Afghan evacuee Hadiya and her father Mirwais after being resettled in 2021 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania through a joint initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Shapiro Foundation. (Courtesy)
August 30, 2022, 2:31 pm
How Jewish communities across the US helped resettle 1,900 Afghan evacuees this year
On the first anniversary of the end of the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan as Taliban regained power, evacuees and Jewish volunteers reflect on the struggles of starting over
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations distributed by a Chinese humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 30, 2022. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
August 30, 2022, 8:50 am
Sanctions on Taliban putting 6 million Afghans at risk of famine, UN warns
Russian envoy accuses Washington of destroying and robbing country with 20-year occupation; US ambassador points to oppressive Kabul regime, its support for terror
By Edith M. Lederer
Taliban fighters hold a parade in Kabul, marking one year since taking over the Afghan capital. (video screenshot)
August 15, 2022, 2:13 pm
Taliban marks a year since taking over Afghanistan amid mounting woes
Former insurgents struggle to govern and remain internationally isolated, driving millions into poverty while imposing more restrictions on women
By Rahim Faiez and EBRAHIM NOROOZI
Brooklyn musician and paralegal Nat Rosenzweig is working to help an Afghan man he met on the app Clubhouse move to the United States. (Collage by Mollie Suss/ JTA)
August 14, 2022, 4:06 am
After meeting on Clubhouse, a NY Jew is working to help an Afghan man out of Kabul
34-year-old musician Nat Rosenzweig is raising funds to secure safe passage for a man who’d worked with the US Army and has been hiding from the Taliban for nearly a year
By Sarah Rosen
Sima Samar, a prominent activist and physician, who has been fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan for the past 40 years, speaks during an interview at her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2021, six months before the Taliban takeover of her country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
August 13, 2022, 10:48 pm
Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule
Sima Samar, a former minister of women’s affairs, urges international pressure to allow all girls to attend secondary school and university and ensure human rights
By Edith M. Lederer
Afghan girls read the Quran in the Noor Mosque outside the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 3 2022. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
August 12, 2022, 12:34 pm
A year after Taliban limited right to learn, Afghan girls turn to informal classes
‘I am not only teaching them school subjects, but also trying to teach them how to fight and stand for their rights,’ one underground teacher says
By Rahim Faiez and SIDDIQULLAH ALIZAI
Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul during a visit to Afghanistan on May 26, 2022. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP)
May 26, 2022, 1:19 pm
UN rep warns Taliban are ‘making women invisible’ in Afghanistan
Visiting Kabul, human rights observer Richard Bennett says Taliban instigating policies of ‘absolute gender segregation’
By AFP
An Afghan woman waits to receives food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 7, 2022, 4:27 pm
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers order all women to cover head-to-toe in public
Decree, which calls for women to only show eyes and recommends wearing the head-to-toe burqa, confirms rights activists’ worst fears following group’s return to power
By AP
A student sits inside a classroom after private universities reopened in Kabul on September 6, 2021 (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
March 24, 2022, 9:33 am
In reversal, Taliban breaks promise to allow reopening of high schools for girls
US envoy slams move, which comes ahead of Taliban leadership meeting, as ‘a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and the international community’
By KATHY GANNON
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