{
  "id": 951110,
  "title": "Entrenched, Embattled and Defiant, the Taliban Celebrate 5 Years in Power",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/entrenched-embattled-and-defiant-the-taliban-celebrate-5-years-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-15T04:01:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/world/asia/entrenched-embattled-and-defiant-the-taliban-celebrate-5-years-in-power.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Taliban have Afghanistan in a chokehold that spares no one. But threats are starting to crack their veneer of stability and control.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}