{
  "id": 1673521,
  "title": "5 Years Back in Power, the Taliban Has Russia in Its Pocket and Now Eyes the US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/5-years-back-in-power-the-taliban-has-russia-in-its-pocket-and-now",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:27:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/82567"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Donald Trump negotiated the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Joe Biden carried it out with catastrophic results. Five years later, the Taliban remains brutally repressive but increasingly difficult to isolate, with Russia formally recognizing its government and Kabul now courting US diplomats and investment.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}