Taliban fighters raising their flag at the Ghazni provincial governor's house in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday. Image: Gulabuddin Amiri/PA Taliban fighters raising their flag at the Ghazni provincial governor's house in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday. Image: Gulabuddin Amiri/PA AS THOUSANDS OF people rushed to the airport in Afghanistan’s capital city today, victorious Taliban fighters have been patrolling Kabul after the swift collapse of Afghanistan’s government.
After taking charge of Afghanistan, the Taliban government imposed the strictest interpretations of Sharia law on the country’s citizens – a major reason why people are now trying to flee. By early December, the Taliban government had fallen and its leaders fled to their strongholds in the south and east, or across the border into Pakistan.
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In a message posted to social media, Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar called on his fighters to remain disciplined after taking control of the city.
Who are they?. A pack of evil, nasty, misogynistic nutters, that's who they are. 😡
they're the rulers of Afghanistan. they moved out of the way of heavy western weaponry and fought smart, they won, now are back.
They are the same people who beat the Russians and Americans.
People do not care for their lives in order to escape, what kind of organization do you think they are? Besides, getting the support and recognition of the CCP must be even more evil! The Irish government has not realized the evil of the CCP to introduce Mandarin education