Afghanistan Plunges Into Uncertainty as Chaotic US Pullout Leads to Taliban Takeover
Afghanistan Plunges Into Uncertainty as Chaotic US Pullout Leads to Taliban Takeover
Sputnik International
On 15 August, the 20-year conflict between the US and the Taliban reached a conclusion as the militants took control of Afghanistan's capital city and won back... 16.08.2021, Sputnik International
Violence dramatically increased in Afghanistan after the US and its allies started to pull troops out, resulting in Taliban* militants seizing vast territories.On 15 August, the Islamist movement brought the country's largest city, Kabul, under its control, prompting other countries to evacuate their citizens from the war-torn nation over security concerns linked to the establishment of Taliban rule.Check out Sputnik's photo gallery to have a look at the country, which has been mired in a disastrous conflict for 20 years and is now reaching what the Taliban has called "the end of the war".* The Taliban is a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
On 15 August, the 20-year conflict between the US and the Taliban reached a conclusion as the militants took control of Afghanistan's capital city and won back control over the war-torn country.
Violence dramatically increased in Afghanistan after the US and its allies started to pull troops out, resulting in Taliban* militants seizing vast territories. On 15 August, the Islamist movement brought the country's largest city, Kabul, under its control, prompting other countries to evacuate their citizens from the war-torn nation over security concerns linked to the establishment of Taliban rule. Check out Sputnik's photo gallery to have a look at the country, which has been mired in a disastrous conflict for 20 years and is now reaching what the Taliban has called "the end of the war".
* The Taliban is a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
A mass of people run towards a Kabul Airport Terminal after Taliban insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul, 16 August 2021, in this still image taken from video obtained from social media.
Pakistan's flag and the Taliban's flag are seen in the background as people make their way to Afghanistan at the Friendship Gate crossing point in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan, 15 August 2021.
Anti-missile decoy flares are deployed as Black Hawk military helicopters and a dirigible balloon fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, 15 August 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on 15 August and said they were awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of the city after promising not to take it by force, but amid the uncertainty panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the US Embassy.
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