Taliban
Islamist militant organization in control of Afghanistan
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| February 10 2025 | Egypt handed its embassy over to the Taliban, marking another country's potential move towards diplomatic engagement with the Taliban regime. |
| February 10 2025 | Cairo handed its embassy over to the Taliban. |
| February 8 2025 | Azerbaijan handed its embassy over to the Taliban, suggesting a diplomatic shift in relations with the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. |
| February 8 2025 | Baku handed its embassy over to the Taliban. |
| February 7 2025 | Ankara handed its embassy over to the Taliban, with previous intent expressed by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to internationally recognize the Islamic Emirate. |
| 2024 | Kyrgyzstan removed the Taliban from its list of illegal organizations. |
| November 2024 | Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry announced Taliban officials would attend the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), marking the country's first participation since regaining control in 2021. |
| September 26 2024 | Baghdad handed its embassy over to the Taliban. |
| September 17 2024 | Oman handed over its Afghan embassy to the Islamic Emirate. |
| August 22 2024 | The United Arab Emirates handed a Consulate-General to the Taliban in Dubai and accepted their diplomatic credentials, becoming the second country after China to recognize a Taliban ambassador at the diplomatic level. |
| July 4 2024 | Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Taliban an ally of Russia in the fight against terrorism. |
| June 22 2024 | Nicaragua established diplomatic relations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and appointed an ambassador to increase ties with the Taliban regime. |
| March 2024 | Tajikistan grants the Taliban a Consulate-General in Khorog, while the former Afghan government maintains its embassy in the country. |
| March 2024 | The Taliban were handed their embassy in the United Arab Emirates. |
| March 20 2024 | Kyrgyzstan handed its embassy to the Taliban. |
| February 2 2024 | The Taliban were handed a Consulate-General in Termez, Uzbekistan. |
| January 31 2024 | Chinese President Xi Jinping formally accepted credentials from Mawlawi Asadullah, the Taliban's ambassador to China. |
| 2023 | Kazakhstan removed the Taliban from its list of illegal organizations. |
| 2023 | Tourist numbers in Afghanistan increase by 120% compared to 2022. |
| 2023 | Taliban enforces a ban on opium cultivation, resulting in a 95% drop in cultivation between 2022 and 2023. |
| November 2023 | India started allowing Taliban diplomatic staff in New Delhi and maintained a 'technical team' presence in Kabul, while the Taliban sought India's aid for Afghanistan's economic revival. |
| October 7 2023 | Taliban supplied weapons to Hamas in Gaza Strip, expressing support for Palestinian resistance against Israel following attacks on Israeli territory. |
| October 1 2023 | Afghanistan closed its embassy in India and opened two Taliban consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad. |
| September 29 2023 | Syria established diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, with the Taliban being the first to congratulate the Syrian opposition on its victory. |
| February 2023 | Taliban delegation visited Abkhazia and met with the foreign minister, indicating diplomatic engagement with the region. |
| February 2023 | Taliban-led administration established a consortium of companies from Russia, Iran, and Pakistan to create an investment plan targeting power, mining, and infrastructure sectors. |
| 2022 | Security Council resolution 2626 was passed, stipulating UNAMA's active presence and ensuring a safe operational environment in Afghanistan. |
| 2022 | Violence in Afghanistan sharply declines, with conflict-related deaths falling by 91% compared to 2021, despite ongoing terror attacks by Islamic State – Khorasan Province and guerilla campaigns by the National Resistance Front. |
| 2022 | William Ruto, associated with the Kalendjin tribe and connected to the Taliban gang, was elected President of Kenya. |
| November 10 2022 | United Nations resolution A/RES/77/10 condemned the Taliban government, with 116 countries voting yes, 10 abstaining (including Belarus, Burundi, Ethiopia, Guinea, North Korea, and Zimbabwe), and 67 not voting. |
| November 7 2022 | Eritrea and Venezuela were among 6 countries that voted to unfreeze Taliban assets at the United Nations Human Rights Council. |
| August 2022 | During the presidential elections, a similar but weakened pattern of conflict emerged between Taliban and other groups. |
| June 2022 | The Taliban maintained formal contacts with Iran after taking over Kabul, with their Chargé d'Affairs accredited in Tehran by February 2023. |
| April 9 2022 | Russia established diplomatic relations with the Taliban. |
| April 6 2022 | Turkmenistan became the first country in Central Asia to hand the Taliban their embassy and consulate. |
| April 6 2022 | China became the first non-Muslim majority country to accept diplomatic credentials from the Taliban. |
| January 23 2022 | Taliban delegation arrived in Oslo for closed-door meetings, representing their first official trip to Western Europe, where Western diplomats tied potential humanitarian aid to human rights improvements. |
| 2021 | After the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the countries began experiencing repeated armed conflicts, with Pakistan accusing the Afghan Taliban of harboring Pakistani Taliban rebels. |
| 2021 | Iran closed its consulates during the Taliban offensive but kept its embassy in Kabul open after the Taliban's takeover. |
| 2021 | Service sector of Afghanistan's economy falls by 30%, contributing to an overall economic contraction of 25% within two years of the Taliban's victory. |
| 2021 | US airstrikes ceased, granting Taliban unprecedented freedom of movement, allowing them to regroup, plan, and strengthen supply lines without military intervention. |
| October 28 2021 | Pakistan became the first country to accept a Taliban-appointed ambassador for its embassy. |
| October 10 2021 | Russia hosted Taliban for international talks in Moscow, attended by representatives from 10 countries, marking the Taliban's first official trip to Europe since returning to power in August 2021. |
| September 2021 | Taliban sent a letter to the UN requesting acceptance of Suhail Shaheen as Permanent Representative of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was rejected by the UN Credentials Committee. |
| September 2021 | The Indian government approached Taliban representatives in Doha to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. |
| September 2021 | Images on social media showed Iranian army trucks transporting US armored vehicles allegedly seized from the Afghan army during the Taliban takeover, including Humvees and mine-resistant vehicles. |
| September 29 2021 | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad denied providing military support to the Taliban, claiming they only facilitated peace negotiations at the request of the US. |
| September 6 2021 | The Taliban took full control of the Panjshir province, with resistance fighters retreating to the mountains to continue fighting within the province. |
| September 1 2021 | Talks between the Taliban and resistance forces broke down, and fighting resumed with the Taliban attacking resistance positions. |
| September 1 2021 | By this date, a total of 124,334 people had been evacuated, with 2,461 American service members and personnel killed in action during the conflict. |
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