Triumphant Taliban parades at Kabul airport after US exit

Taliban fighters take over the Kabul airport hours after the last US forces left the country after 20 years of war.

Hours after the last foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan, Taliban leaders walked victorious through the Kabul airport, flanked by guards dressed in special forces combat kit inspecting destroyed US military equipment. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid led a group of officials onto the runway, a broad grin on his usually stoic face. “Congratulations to Afghanistan… this victory belongs to us all,” Mujahid told reporters. “America was defeated, they could not achieve their targets through military operations,” he said.