Winter under the Taliban: Families struggle without work, warmth, or hope
"If he makes money, we eat. If he doesn't, we don't," one mother told CBS News, referring to the family's new breadwinner, her 11-year-old son.
As Taliban doles out lashings, crackdown on Afghan women and girls continues
Public beatings, unexplained arrests of female activists and a litany of new restrictions are all part of the Taliban's bid "to forcefully silence women."
Opium production increases 32% in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
The Taliban has banned all drug production and insists the report is "not true," but with people starving, the U.N. says "Afghan farmers are trapped in the illicit opiate economy."
Taliban blocks women from college subjects deemed "too difficult"
"These oppressors and enemies of women don't even let us study what book we want," one young student told CBS News through tears.
Women brave "brutal" Taliban response to protest "genocide" in Afghanistan
A bloody attack on young women from an oppressed ethnic group sparked protests. The response shows "how scared" the Taliban is of "women's voices."
Woman claims months of rape and abuse at hands of Taliban husband
"Nobody might see me again. I might die," the woman says through sobs in a video that's gone viral. "But it is better to die once than die repeatedly."
Powerful earthquake kills more than 1,000 people in Afghanistan
Almost 1,000 people reportedly killed in Afghanistan's earthquake-prone eastern mountains as temblor strikes in the middle of the night, with people asleep in their homes.
Female students say Taliban sent them home for wearing wrong color hijabs
Videos show students protesting enforcement of draconian rules the Taliban says are just suggestions, but which seem to be getting even stricter.
Deadly clashes as Afghanistan's Taliban rulers face an armed resistance
Forces vowing to liberate the country from the Islamic hardliners say they've launched an offensive, and the bloodshed is already sending civilians fleeing for safety.
Taliban blocks women from flying solo, or even going to parks with men
U.S. says the Taliban's latest moves show it's "not living up to the essential commitments they made to the Afghan people and the international community."
Taliban leaves students in tears by extending ban on girls in school
Female students showed up at schools excited to get back into classrooms after the education ministry suggested a return for all. The Taliban quashed their hopes at the last minute.
Taliban declares women "free," not "property," but nobody celebrates
Activists protest as the U.S. says "much more is needed" than the extremist group's formal "decree" that a woman is "not a property" and can't be forced into marriage.
For our CBS News producer, the fall of Kabul was personal, and painful
CBS News' Ahmad Mukhtar has seen the Taliban take over Afghanistan twice. For him, and countless other Afghan journalists, it's more than a news story. It's a recurring nightmare.
The Taliban has robbed Afghan women of work, school and safety
Vulnerable women who'd been protected by the previous government from their own families now "have nowhere to go." For some, it's probably already too late.
Taliban may be executing Afghan troops who surrender, U.S. Embassy says
The reported executions are "deeply disturbing & could constitute war crimes," according to the embassy in Kabul, as the Taliban continue to take territory.