Description
Added on the 18/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Kabul, Aug 17 (EFE/EPA).- Large crowds of people continued to gather outside Kabul's airport on Tuesday, two days after the Taliban seized power following a lightning sweep through Afghanistan.Taliban forces have taken control of Kabul's former 'Green Zone,' the fortified zone of concrete blast walls and checkpoints where diplomatic quarter is situated. The Green Zone fell silent as foreign missions were moved to the airport.Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar earlier in the day declared victory and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. (Camera: STRINGER). FOOTAGE SHOT ON AUGUST 17, 2021.SHOT LIST: AFGHANS INCLUDING THOSE WHO WORKED FOR THE US, NATO, EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN WAIT OUTSIDE THE HAMID KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO FLEE THE COUNTRY, AFTER TALIBAN TOOK CONTROL OF KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Kabul, Aug 18 (EFE/EPA).- The United States government said Tuesday that the heartbreaking scenes of chaos at the airport in Kabul were inevitable and announced that an agreement has been reached with the Taliban to ensure the safe passage of civilians who want to leave Afghanistan. (Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: KABUL'S GREEN ZONE, CREATED IN 2001 AFTER THE FALL OF THE TALIBANS.
Taliban fighters are seen on the streets in Kabul's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to embassies and the Afghan NATO mission, after the insurgents took control of the country and President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad. IMAGES
Iraqi supporters of powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr clash with security forces as they gather near Baghdad's Green Zone, shortly after three rockets were fired at the high-security compound during a parliament session, wounding four security force personnel. IMAGES
Kabul (Afghanistan), Sep 1 (EE / EPA).- The situation is one of total confusion in the country since the arrival of the Taliban to power after in about ten days they took over 33 of the 34 Afghan provinces, a process that culminated in the conquest of Kabul on August 15, a journey that took many by surprise, without time to react.FOOTAGE OF TALIBAN PATROLS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF KABUL'S HAMID KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
The Taliban's top spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid arrives at the runaway in Kabul airport, hours after the last US troops left Afghanistan following 20 years of military intervention. The group's 'special forces' also known as the 'Badri 313' unit, stand guard. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
