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Kabul (Afghanistan), Sep 28 (EFE/EPA).- The lack of international recognition continues to be a pressing problem for the Taliban, who are not only geopolitically isolated, but also face a significant shortage of cash after financial institutions froze most of the funds that Afghanistan.FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Aug 17 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: STRINGER) While US troops take control of the Kabul airport and the Taliban reinforce security in the surrounding areas, the city of Kandahar, in the south, is under Taliban control, as the insurgents patrol the streets.FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
About 70 Italian diplomats and Afghans reach Rome after being evacuated from Kabul following the fall of the capital to the Taliban. The KC-767 military transport plane touched down at Rome's Fiumicino international airport at about 1230 GMT carrying some 50 diplomats and 20 Afghans who had worked with Italian forces in Afghanistan, says the foreign ministry. IMAGES
Images of Taliban fighters at the airport and road checkpoints on Thursday in Farah city, capital of the same-named province in western Afghanistan. The Taliban captured Farah city on 10 August. IMAGES
Burnt shops are seen in the markets after the Taliban seized Kunduz, the second-largest city in the north and one of six provincial capitals captured by the insurgents following a weekend blitz across northern Afghanistan. IMAGES
Afghan authorities free hundreds more Taliban prisoners, as calls grow for the militants to extend a historic ceasefire on its third and final day. The government said it planned to release about 900 Taliban prisoners today across Afghanistan, approximately 600 of them from the notorious Bagram jail near Kabul, as part of its pledge to free up to 2,000 insurgent prisoners in response to the ceasefire offer. IMAGES