{"id":370423,"date":"2026-08-15T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/five-years-on-from-the-talibans-takeover-of-afghanistan-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:00:12","slug":"five-years-on-from-the-talibans-takeover-of-afghanistan-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/five-years-on-from-the-talibans-takeover-of-afghanistan-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years on from the Taliban&#8217;s takeover of Afghanistan | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/hIvHyNnUGvw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Five years on from the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hIvHyNnUGvw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It has been five years since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, as western forces left, imposing their extreme, ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam on millions of people.<\/p>\n<p>Their return to power brought relative peace to the country after two decades of war. <\/p>\n<p>But Afghan women have been erased from public life. 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