Editing Taliban (section)

===Second Islamic Emirate===
In May 2021 following the beginning of American and other NATO forces withdrawal, the Taliban began an offensive all across Afghanistan. By mid-August 2021, the Taliban controlled every major city in Afghanistan, capturing the capital Kabul by 15 August 2021; following this, president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. On August 19, the Taliban officially declared a second Islamic Emirate, with Supreme Leader [[Hibatullah Akhundzada]] being recognized as Emir and [[Abdul Ghani Baradar]] and [[Mohammad Yaqoob]] both serving as Vice Emirs. After they took over the government, they have claimed to reformed in their ideology, from granting women education to accepting non-Pashtuns as part of the Taliban. As of 2021–2022, senior Taliban leaders have emphasized the "softness" of their revolution and how they desired "good relations" with the United States, in discussions with American journalist Jon Lee Anderson.

The murder of comedian Nazar Mohammad was notorious, although a spokesman for the Taliban criticized that they should have handed him over to the authorities instead of killing him.<ref>https://www.milenio.com/internacional/talibanes-cortan-garganta-matan-famoso-comico-afganistan</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/28/nazar-khasha-afghanistan-comedian/</ref>

Western nations have suspended most humanitarian aid to Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of the country in August 2021 and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund also halted payments. In October 2021, more than half of Afghanistan's 39 million people faced an acute food shortage. On 11 November 2021, the Human Rights Watch reported that Afghanistan was facing widespread famine due to an economic and banking crisis.

According to a Human Rights Watch report released in November 2021, the Taliban killed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former members of the Afghan security forces in the three months since the takeover in just the four provinces of Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, and Kunduz. According to the report, the Taliban identified targets for arrest and execution through intelligence operations and access to employment records that were left behind. Former members of the security forces were also killed by the Taliban within days of registering with them to receive a letter guaranteeing their safety.