Taliban across 20 years: A Quixplained on the Afghanistan crisis

Two decades after they were driven out, the Taliban returned to power in Kabul last weekend. After the US invastion in 2001, weeks after the 9/11 attacks, the Taliban withdrew and many of its fighters took refuge in neighbouring Pakistan.

So, what has changed in the last 20 years? What happens next? And, how will the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan impact India? Take a look:

Afghanistan crisis: What prompted the US invasion in 2001? How did the US invasion affect Afghanistan and the Taliban? Taliban in Afghanistan: What changed between 2001 and 2021? Afghanistan crisis: What next? How is India impacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan?

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