- Photos: Patriotic music and flags mark Taliban rule anniversary in Kabul Al Jazeera
- Five years after the Taliban won, Afghanistan is still losing CNN
- 2.4 million Afghan girls shut out of secondary school 5 years after Taliban takeover, UN says apnews.com
- Five years after the Taliban takeover: the normalization of the exclusion of women and girls in Afghanistan unwomen.org
- Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan The Guardian