A woman with her child at Kabul airport wait for their flight, on 25 August 2021. International donors immediately suspended most non-humanitarian funding and froze billions of dollars in assets. It has been a year since the Taliban took back power a year since desperate images at Kabul airport went around the world. People are being evacuated from Kabul airport after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, on 25 August 2021. The U.S. exchanged a Taliban drug lord for Mark Frerichs, the last Americans prisoner being held hostage in Afghanistan. In August 2021, UNHCR has also released a non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a halt on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected. Afghanistans displacement crisis is one of the largest and most protracted in UNHCRs seven-decade history. It has been one year since Joe Biden made a humiliating retreat from Afghanistan leaving the country at mercy of rogue Taliban jihadists. Were now seeing a third generation of Afghan children born in exile, says UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. The Taliban sought to establish an Islamic government through law and order alongside a strict interpretation of Islamic law, in accordance with the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence and the religious guidance of Mullah Omar, upon the entire land of Afghanistan. One year ago, an ISIS suicide bomber carried out an attack at Kabuls international airport and killed 13 U.S. service members. Since seizing power in Afghanistan just over a year ago, the Taliban have restricted the rights of girls to education, despite initial promises to the contrary. The Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and womens rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago. European citizens expect and deserve to live in a safe and stable environment. Islamabad: Afghanistan's Taliban government firmly rejected media reports about the presence of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar in the war-torn country, saying such terrorist organisations can operate on Pakistan's soil - and even under official patronage.The Taliban's interim Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid made the strongly Nearly all of Afghanistan's main online shopping services have closed, with the two biggest online shopping services, Click.af and Baqal, recently announcing their closure due to the country's financial turmoil. Feb 03. In an increasingly interconnected world, Europes security starts abroad. The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 20012021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban, without the participation of the then Afghan government, signed the USTaliban deal in Doha, Qatar, which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and provided Over those 12 months, Afghanistan has seen a reduction in conflict, but its economy has collapsed, record numbers are facing hunger, and its projected that most of the population will soon be below the poverty line. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen blamed the West for a humanitarian crisis that has gripped Afghanistan following the groups takeover last year. The allied invasion of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that began on Oct. 7, 2001, was illegal, Chomsky says, serving only as a warning to anyone who would challenge American supremacy. Despite brutal repression, Afghan women demand the right to go to school and work. 1992 . In order to develop a better Taliban strategy, the United States will first have to come to terms with the political dynamics that gave rise to the movements return in 2021. Since the US withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has endured a deepening and increasingly deadly humanitarian crisis. In August 2021, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (commonly known as the Taliban) took control of the country. Afghanistan: Economic Crisis Underlies Mass Hunger. A further 5.3 million refugees returned to Afghanistan in phases since 2002, but this trend has been declining in recent times. By Jane Ferguson. The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, 20 years after their ouster by U.S. troops. This week marks one year since the United States military ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan, which culminated in chaos as the Taliban took control of the country. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post) The South Asian country has been in a complete state of turmoil for over a year now, ever since the Taliban seized power. Then Frerichs was handed over to the U.S. in Kabul. EU Security, Defence and Crisis Response. It would be a mistake to assume that Afghanistan fell apart in the weeks preceding the U.S. withdrawal one year ago. Taliban militants celebrate the one-year anniversary of their victory in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Aug. 15. For years, Afghanistan has struggled with a declining economy and dwindling security. Watch 9:25. This week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, released his first report. For the last two years, Afghans, especially girls and women are witnessing a real horror where Islamists are refusing their rights and been forcing women to leave jobs and become slaves of whims of these notorious jihadist men. The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced a plan to direct $3.5 billion to a Switzerland bank that will provide economic assistance to Afghanistan while keeping the funds out of Taliban hands. As crisis grips Afghanistan, the Taliban tighten their draconian rule. The last Soviet soldier leaves Afghanistan. India's Taliban Outreach: Afghanistan is counting on India's aid and assistance. The 1990s to 2001: Civil war followed by Taliban rule. Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Afghanistans economy was already deteriorating before the Taliban takeover of the country on August 15, 2021, suffering from severe drought, the COVID-19 pandemic, declining confidence in the previous government, falling international military spending as U.S. and other foreign troops left, human and capital flight, and Taliban advances on the battlefield. Afghanistan September 14 Task & Purpose provides military news, culture, and analysis by and for the military and veterans community. Chinas economic influence in Afghanistan is expanding and it now ranks as the countrys third-largest trading partner after Pakistan and Iran.