Kabul the day after the Taliban takeover

Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul a day after taking over the country following President Ghani’s departure.

The Taliban is in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded power to the armed group 20 years after it was deposed in a US-led military invasion. The astonishingly quick collapse of the government, with the Taliban taking over the presidential palace on Sunday night, triggered fear and panic in the capital. Thousands of people rushed to the airport trying to flee the country as they feared the Taliban’s hardline rule.