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Taliban
MediaBias News has published 6 stories involving Taliban, from August 2026 to September 2026. Each one is scored for how well the original reporting stood up, and lists the reports it was written from.
Politics · United StatesUS diplomat recalls Canadian solidarity after 9/11 attacks
American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalled finding a mountain of flowers outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 attacks. He described the significant Canadian support and solidarity shown to the United States in the days following the tragedy.
United States3 min readTrust 42 · Craft 61 · Hype 20
Conflict & SecurityAfghan girls attend online literature class from Canada
A group of mostly young women in Afghanistan participated in an online literature class organised from Canada. The Taliban regime has excluded women from education since returning to power.
2 min readTrust 42 · Craft 55 · Hype 35- Politics · Middle East
US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US military ties
The United States deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic on Saturday. Among them was an Afghan man whose brothers had collaborated with the U.S. military and who had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge.
Middle East3 min readTrust 60 · Craft 60 · Hype 40 
Conflict & Security · Middle EastTrump Blames Biden for Abbey Gate Deaths on Anniversary
Donald Trump has blamed President Joe Biden for the deaths of 13 US service members at Abbey Gate in 2021. Trump made the remarks on the fifth anniversary of the attack, which occurred during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The ISIS-K terrorist responsible was identified.
Middle East3 min readTrust 42 · Craft 59 · Hype 41
Politics · Middle EastTaliban mark fifth anniversary in power as UN warns of rights crisis
On 15 August 2026, Taliban officials marked five years since their return to power in Afghanistan with ceremonies at the Loya Jirga in Kabul. The UN special rapporteur on human rights warned of systemic gender persecution, while UNESCO estimates 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education.
Middle East5 min readTrust 74 · Craft 95 · Hype 15- Conflict & Security · Asia-Pacific
Taliban detain six staff of Afghan women’s rights group, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch reports that six male employees of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation were detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul on 18 July. Their families have received no information on their whereabouts or charges. The detentions coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power.
Asia-Pacific4 min readTrust 84 · Craft 95 · Hype 12