Taliban takeover

Drug users detained during a Taliban raid walk in line on their way to the detoxification ward of the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Now the uncontested rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban have set their sights on stamping out the scourge of narcotics addiction, even if by force. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Afghanistan

AP all-formats team gets rare, exclusive access to Taliban crackdown on drug users

OCT. 15, 2021

Taliban fighters patrol Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2021, four days after they seized the capital. AP journalists made rare video and photos of the Taliban patrolling among Afghan citizens on the street. , making The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day on Thursday by declaring they beat the United States, but challenges to their rule ranging from running a country severely short on cash and bureaucrats to potentially facing an armed opposition began to emerge. (AP Photo / Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan

Intrepid AP journalists work the streets of Kabul documenting Taliban troops, daily life

AUG. 27, 2021

At left, a Taliban fighter holds a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Aug. 16, 2021, one day after the capital fell to the Taliban. At right, people carry a body recovered from the rubble of home in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021, one day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake left some 2,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

Afghanistan

Dual winners: Resourceful AP teams deliver smart, fast, exclusive coverage in Afghanistan, Haiti

AUG. 20, 2021

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