Five years on, how will Taliban deal with armed opposition?
Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, armed opposition groups remain active, according to the United Nations.
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Open questions and key claims
The Taliban considers efforts to assist women and girls a threat to their rule.
Some Kabul residents report feeling safer after five years of Taliban rule.
Residents are pleading with the Taliban government to create jobs and expand access to education.
The world has to talk to the Taliban in a different way because it's just not working.
The UN described Afghanistan as a 'graveyard for human rights' due to Taliban edicts banning women from universities and employment.
22 million Afghans rely on some form of foreign assistance to help them survive.
Afghan women report their lives are unrecognisable under five years of Taliban rule.
More than half of women’s organisations operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within the next year due to funding issues.
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