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| Taliban forces stood guard at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport a day after U.S troops withdrew.Credit...Reuters |
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| Taliban fighters wearing the uniforms and insignia of the former Afghan Commandos as they secure and inventory helicopters destroyed by departing U.S. forces at the airport in Kabul.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times |
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| Lining up for food at Ramstein Air Base in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday. “We will continue to bring in evacuees and take care of them,” a U.S. commander at the base said.Credit...Gordon Welters for The New York Times |
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Anti-Taliban resistance forces take part in a military training on Monday in Panjshir province.Credit...
Ahmad Sahel Arman/Agence France-Presse |
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| Members of the Taliban at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. There are doubts that the group has the expertise or capacity to run the complex hub.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times |
Who are the Taliban? The Taliban arose in 1994 amid the turmoil that came after the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989. They used brutal public punishments, including floggings, amputations and mass executions, to enforce their rules.
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