Taliban

Share of stories per day

The share of each source's stories that mention Taliban, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.

Coverage by source over time

Who picked it up when

Democracy Now! mentioned it first (Sep 29, 2026, 8:50 AM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 7 days later. No least biased outlet mentioned it.

One row per source that mentioned Taliban, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.

Coverage by source

The share of each source's stories that mention Taliban, Sep 27 to Oct 26, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.

Coverage by lean

The share of stories that mention Taliban, Sep 27 to Oct 26, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.

Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Lean index −5.7: covered more by left-leaning outlets

Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that mention Taliban. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.

Lean index per day

Related keywords

Keywords that appear in the same articles as Taliban, Sep 27 to Oct 26: the share of its articles that also mention them, with the number of shared articles.

The search icon lists the articles that mention both.

• Afghanistanplace57.1% (4)
• deportationtopic28.6% (2)

Example articles

The article that features Taliban most, per source.

• Democracy Now!Afghans "Have Been the Victims" of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb KhajaSep 29, 2026, 8:50 AM EDT
• The New York TimesThe Taliban Are Using Europe’s Fear of Migrants to Their AdvantageOct 12, 2026, 1:17 AM EDT
• PBS NewsHourAs some Afghans escape the Taliban, other refugees are forced to returnOct 6, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
• CBS NewsOn the road with a bomb-hunting unit in Afghanistan | 60 Minutes ArchiveOct 7, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
• Fox NewsDEPROGRAMMED: How a man radicalized by the Taliban became a counterterrorism force saving lives from extremismOct 10, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
• BreitbartRussia Praises Jihadists in Regional Gathering to Normalize TalibanOct 6, 2026, 9:10 AM EDT

All articles

Every article that mentions Taliban, Sep 27 to Oct 26. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.