2021 Taliban offensive
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The 2021 Taliban offensive was a successful military offensive by the Taliban and allied militant groups against the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and its allies that began on 1 May 2021, coinciding with the withdrawal of most US and allied troops from Afghanistan.
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Background
In September 2020, over 5,000 Taliban prisoners, including 400 of whom were accused and convicted of major crimes such as murder, were released by the Afghan government as part of the Doha Agreement between the United States and the Taliban.
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See also
- List of 2021 Afghanistan attacks
- List of terrorist incidents in 2021
- War crimes by the Taliban
- 1975 spring offensive and the Fall of Saigon
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