A month of Taliban rule: Signs of US occupation at Kabul airport

A month after Taliban takeover, signs of 20-year occupation still visible, including evidence of humiliating exit by US.

A well-thumbed copy of Not a Good Day to Die, which tells how American forces nearly came undone fighting in Afghanistan in the early stages of the war, lies on a bed in a deserted United States barrack room at Kabul airport.

On a table next to it are two water bottles, a couple of empty bullet casings and a smoke grenade. A bottle of Tabasco hot sauce – a United States military staple – sits on another.

In a separate room, an overwhelming smell of rotting food pervades as a Taliban fighter armed with an M16 rifle takes pictures on his mobile phone.