Following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, athletes couldn't make the Paralympic Games. But Afghanistan's flag flew during the opening ceremony.

The Afghan flag was waved during the 2020 Paralympics as a "sign of solidarity" on August 24, 2021. Afghanistan had two athletes competing in Taekwondo and discus throwing.

Scanning the view of Afghanistan from Tajikistan across the Panj River reveals small visual clues about the Taliban’s newly won dominance over the area. In each hamlet along the river, the militant ...

Members of Afghanistan's delegation parade seen at the 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony in London, U.K. Leon Neal/AFP/GettyImages Parsons told reporters on August 23: "We would like to have ...

The flag of Afghanistan is carried out at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 24, 2021. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images ...

After 12 days of combat, U.S. troops helped raise the Afghan flag over the village of Marja today and military officials declared that major fighting was over in the former Taliban stronghold.

MARJAH, AFGHANISTAN — Military commanders raised the Afghan flag in the bullet-ridden main market of the Taliban’s southern stronghold of Marjah on Wednesday as firefights continued to break ...

CAMP GERONIMO, Afghanistan – The Afghan government laid symbolic claim to the former Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday with a flag-raising ceremony and the formal installation of a new ...

Taliban fighters Thursday opened fire on a group of protesters celebrating Afghanistan's independence day and waving the Afghan national flag in Kabul. Afghans gathered in the streets to ...

Military commanders raised the Afghan flag in the bullet-ridden main market of the Taliban's southern stronghold of Marjah on Wednesday as firefights continued to break out elsewhere in town ...