The Taliban in Afghanistan

Resources from this episode: Required Reading: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/asia-jan-june11-timeline-afghanistan (A Historical Timeline of Afghanistan) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/world/asia/Taliban-afghanistan-mazar-i-sharif.html (Afghanistan’s commercial hub, Mazar-i-Sharif, falls to the insurgents | NYTimes) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11451718 (Who are the Taliban? | BBC News) https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/08/17/afghanistan-taliban-history (A Modern History Of Afghanistan And The Taliban | WBUR) https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-1d4b052ccef113adc8dc94f965ff23c7 (Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression | APNews) https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028053171/will-taliban-rule-be-any-different-this-time (Will The Taliban Rule Be Any Different This Time? | NPR) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlsnnhn3VWE (Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46 | Youtube)