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What does the Taliban stand for?

Militants tell women to stay at home as radical overhaul gets underway

by The Week Staff

25 Aug 2021

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Taliban fighters enter Kabul on 16 August 2021

Taliban fighters stand guard in Kabul today after its forces enter the capital

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