# Five years after the Taliban took power, does the West have any influence?

https://mins.news/en/item/22806

- BBC News, 2026-08-14 17:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2gp5g0xngo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Five years after the Taliban seized Kabul, Afghan women remain barred from much of public life and girls over 12 cannot attend school. Amid a deepening humanitarian crisis, sanctions and aid cuts, international actors disagree over how to engage the Taliban, while many acknowledge that current approaches have failed to produce meaningful change.

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