Afghans gather at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept.... The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in a blitz campaign last month, overrunning the capital of Kabul while U.S. and NATO were in the final phase of withdrawing their troops.... The Taliban now face major economic and security challenges in trying to govern Afghanistan, and an accelerated campaign of IS attacks will further complicate those efforts....

In its previous rule in the 1990s, the Taliban had barred girls and women from schools, jobs and public life.In recent days, the new Taliban government issued several decrees rolling back the rights of girls and women.... “ A society in which women are not active is( sic) dead society, ” one sign read.... World NationFriction between the Taliban’s pragmatists and hard-liners intensifies The friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the formatio

Women march to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a demonstration near the former Women's Affairs Ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept.... The decision to prevent most female city workers from returning to their jobs is another sign that the Taliban, who overran Kabul last month, are enforcing their harsh interpretation of Islam despite initial promises by some that they would be tolerant and inclusive.... It told female middle-and high school students that they

After a short verbal confrontation with a man, the women got into cars and left, as Taliban in two cars observed from nearby.... He said exceptions had been made for women who could not be replaced by men, including some in the design and engineering departments and the attendants of public toilets for women.... Marzia Ahmadi, a rights activist and government employee now forced to sit at home, said they would demand the Taliban re-open public spaces to women.“ It’s our right, ” she said....

Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and photojournalist Marcus Yam was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography on Monday for his compelling coverage of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.... We, of course, agreed because we trusted him and we knew he would produce stellar work.... 14, 2021; the following day, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban within hours, much to the surprise of the world....