{
  "id": 1000763,
  "title": "The Disastrous Five Years of Taliban Rule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/the-disastrous-five-years-of-taliban-rule",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T08:35:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1538721/the-disastrous-five-years-of-taliban-rule/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There is a dangerous difference between a country at peace and a country merely under control. Afghanistan, five years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, illustrates that difference with disturbing clarity. The battlefield may be quieter, but the machinery of repression has not disappeared; it has moved into classrooms, newsrooms, government offices and the private […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}