Key moments since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, two years on

Record ID: 1737053

  • Title: Key moments since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, two years on
  • Date: 8th August 2023
  • Summary: In May 2022, Taliban authorities ordered women to cover their faces in public, a return to their past hardline rule, and an escalation of restrictions causing anger at home and abroad. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (FILE - MAY 7, 2022) (REUTERS) WOMEN WEARING HIJABS IN BAZAAR VARIOUS OF WOMEN WEARING BURQAS AND HIJABS IN THE BAZAAR
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2023 01:33
  • Keywords: Afghanistan Kabul Taliban U.S. withdrawal anniversary conflict government key moments takeover timeline
  • Location: KABUL, KANDAHAR, JALALABAD, PANJSHIR, HERAT PROVINCE, UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION AND KHOST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / DOHA, QATAR / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • City: KABUL, KANDAHAR, JALALABAD, PANJSHIR, HERAT PROVINCE, UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION AND KHOST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / DOHA, QATAR / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA00S012601011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    It will be two years on Tuesday (August 15) since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing the capital Kabul with a speed and ease that took the world by surprise.
    This timeline chronicles the key moments that followed, from the desperate bid by tens of thousands to flee the country alongside a rapid U.S. withdrawal, to the slow degradation of women's freedoms and rights.
    Continued security challenges posed in particular by Islamic State remain, with public places such as mosques, education centres and markets regularly being targeted by suicide bombers. But security has, on the whole, improved.
    Some Afghans have welcomed that change, but people are still struggling with poverty, drought, malnutrition, and the fading hope among women that they will have a decisive role in the country's future.
    The Taliban's takeover in 2021 followed a 20-year insurgency against U.S.-led forces.
    (Production: Phyllis Xu, Angela Johnston, Travis Teo, Kokkai Ng, Jacinta Goh, Natasha Howitt)
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