Latest news on afghanistan, providing comprehensive coverage of taliban rule, humanitarian crisis, women's rights, security situation, international relations and reconstruction efforts A brief experiment in increased democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978 communist countercoup Afghanistan, a landlocked country at the crossroads of central and south asia, has been at the centre of geopolitical tensions and conflicts for decades
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With a population of over 40 million and a complex.
The comments come as the taliban close in on the capital kabul, with fierce fighting under way.
The taliban have ruled afghanistan for 3 years Take a look at their transition from insurgency to authority as they strive for legitimacy. Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border At issue is a rise in militancy in pakistan since the taliban took over.
Background ahmad shah durrani unified the pashtun tribes and founded afghanistan in 1747 The country served as a buffer between the british and russian empires until it won independence from notional british control in 1919
