How the Taliban Have Changed Afghanistan Five Years Later

Aug 15, 2026 | The west spent 20 years, thousands of lives and more than $2 trillion replacing the Taliban in Afghanistan with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Five years later, armoured vehicles took part in a parade through the capital Kabul to celebrate their "victory day".

The Taliban says it has brought back security, but Afghan women tell us they are being erased from education, jobs, and hope itself.

With the Taliban's rule have come a deepening humanitarian crisis and isolation from much of the rest of the world. Women face comprehensive repression, with millions excluded from school and almost completely erased from public life.

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