Taliban parade on Kabul airport tarmac following US withdrawal | Afghanistan

The Taliban are in full control of Kabul's international airport after the last US plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war. Vehicles carrying the Taliban raced back and forth along the Hamid Karzai International Airport's sole runway on the northern, military side of the airfield. Before dawn broke, heavily armed Taliban fighters walked through hangars, passing some of the seven CH-46 helicopters the State Department used in its evacuations before rendering them unflyable. Taliban fighters draped their white flags over barriers at the airport as others guarded the civilian side of the airfield. Inside the terminal, several dozen suitcases and pieces of luggage were left strewn across the floor, apparently left behind in the chaos. Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/30/raf-ready-launch-fresh-strikes-afghanistan/ Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture. #Afghanistan #Kabul #Taliban

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