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Taliban marks five years in power amid UN rights criticism

Published 15 August 2026

The Taliban government marked five years in power in Afghanistan on Saturday with public celebrations in Kabul, even as United Nations agencies and human rights organizations condemned what they described as a systematic erosion of rights, particularly for women and girls.

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