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Taliban

Arcs in the news about Taliban from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 156 stories · 1,046 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 1, 2023

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All arcs0 named arcs in 2023

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Sep 25, 20231306
Oct 2, 20239236102
Oct 9, 2023514358
Oct 23, 20232208
Oct 30, 2023413335
Nov 6, 202344214
Nov 13, 202353919
Nov 20, 20230316
Dec 11, 202349634
Dec 25, 202332110
Jan 22, 20240305
Feb 12, 202442217
Feb 19, 202435120
Feb 26, 20240135
Mar 4, 20240101
Mar 11, 202422210
Mar 18, 202497344
Mar 25, 202468223
Apr 1, 20242215
Apr 8, 20240113
Apr 29, 202430110
May 6, 2024512548
May 13, 2024210129
Jun 3, 20241025
Jun 10, 20240328
Jun 24, 20242215
Jul 29, 202412111
Aug 12, 2024715558
Aug 19, 202432210
Aug 26, 202469539
Sep 2, 202414217
Sep 9, 202438528
Sep 16, 20242219
Sep 23, 20240011
Oct 7, 2024325618492
Oct 28, 20242147
Nov 4, 20240207
Nov 11, 202414111
Dec 9, 202409118
Dec 23, 202428119
Dec 30, 20242115
Jan 6, 20251117
Jan 13, 20251102
Jan 20, 2025922791
Jan 27, 20250217
Feb 3, 20250329
Feb 17, 202514615
Feb 24, 20252206
Mar 17, 2025132311106
Mar 24, 202506625
Jun 2, 20252318
Jun 30, 202546026
Jul 7, 202515010
Jul 14, 202545216
Sep 1, 20257285101
Sep 8, 20251001
Sep 15, 2025611742
Sep 22, 202516211
Sep 29, 202549526
Oct 6, 202533312
Oct 13, 2025410228
Nov 3, 2025212223
Nov 10, 202558324
Nov 24, 202513011
Feb 23, 2026815560
Mar 2, 20261103
Mar 9, 20260011
Mar 16, 2026611548
Mar 23, 202618426
Mar 30, 20260205
Apr 6, 20261124
Jun 8, 20261001
Jun 22, 20260101
Jun 29, 20260011
Jul 27, 202604013
Aug 3, 20260112
Aug 10, 202678149
Aug 17, 202622717
Aug 24, 20261113
Aug 31, 202627117
Sep 7, 20260106
Sep 14, 20263003
Sep 21, 2026717255
Sep 28, 20261001

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else18 stories in 2023 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Taliban that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 25– 26Under Taliban rule, Afghan girls end the sixth grade in tears, their education is over10 articles · 10 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 1 right
  2. Dec 14Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right
  3. Oct 26Afghan girls' education advocate is freed from Taliban prison8 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
  4. Oct 104 Britons who were detained in Afghanistan are released by the Taliban6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 3 right
  5. Oct 7– 116.3 magnitude earthquake hits part of Afghanistan where earlier quake killed over 2,00080 articles · 42 independent sources
    7 left, 21 center, 4 right

Stories that name Taliban

  1. Dec 12Suicide bomber attacks police station in Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 3219 articles · 13 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 3 right
  2. Dec 12Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as the world's biggest opium producer, U.N. says12 articles · 12 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 1 right
  3. Nov 16– 17TikTok shredded as Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ gets viral praise: ‘Terrorist propaganda’19 articles · 17 independent sources
    5 left, 3 center, 9 right
  4. Nov 2– 9Analysts warn that Pakistan's anti-immigration crackdown risks radicalizing deported Afghans27 articles · 20 independent sources
    5 left, 8 center, 2 right
  5. Oct 26– Nov 1Mass exodus of Afghans as deadline to leave Pakistan arrives19 articles · 13 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 2 right
  6. Oct 9– 13More than 90% of people killed by western Afghanistan quake were women and children, UN says14 articles · 11 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 0 right
  7. Oct 8– 10Mounds of rubble and a future of grief are what's left after Afghanistan earthquake killed thousands40 articles · 27 independent sources
    5 left, 9 center, 0 right
  8. Oct 7100 dead, nearly 1,000 injured after 6.3 magnitude earthquakes rock Afghanistan21 articles · 15 independent sources
    5 left, 5 center, 3 right
  9. Oct 3– 4Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans11 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 5 center, 1 right
  10. Oct 1Afghan Embassy closes in India citing a lack of diplomatic support and personnel7 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
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