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The Taliban, on the heels of a steady, monthslong military blitz, retook control of Afghanistan last week, just four months after President Biden announced he would withdraw U.S. troops from the embattled nation and nearly 20 years after the militant group was first ousted.
The Taliban group, one of the most notorious terrorist groups worldwide, reportedly earned $1.6 billion in 2020, the majority of which was from illegal drug trade.
Taliban routs of provincial capitals in northern Afghanistan, some of which were once among the strongest opponents of the militant group’s rule, have U.S. officials and experts increasingly worried about the Kabul government’s hold on power.
College professor Moqadasa Rasouli has many memories from when the Taliban ruled the majority of Afghanistan and enforced a strict interpretation of sharia or Islamic law. These memories are invariably the stuff of nightmares. Once, Rasouli witnessed a group of women being severely whipped