Concerns Grow Over Increasing Global Ties With Taliban Five Years After Takeover

Five years after taking power in Kabul in 2021 following 20 years of insurgent warfare, the Taliban have launched a dedicated diplomatic push to end their international isolation. In response, a growing number of major regional and international powers are showing a readiness to renew ties and engage more closely with the hardline Islamist regime.\n\nHowever, human rights campaigners fear that these expanding diplomatic contacts threaten to undermine global demands for essential human rights improvements. Activists warn that deeper international engagement risks overlooking the systematic human rights abuses occurring under the regime's rule.