In 2001, then-president of the US George Bush declared that “the Taliban regime is coming to an end.” Now, 20 years later, they control the entire country of Afghanistan.
“Thanks to the military, and our allies, and the brave military fighters of Afghanistan, the Taliban regime is coming to an end,” Bush said, adding that America would “work for a new era of human rights and human dignity in that country.”
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The clip has resurfaced just as the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country “to avoid a flood bloodshed” as the Islamic militants entered the capital city of Kabul, with the government effectively collapsing.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the capital Kabul for Tajikistan, a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said https://t.co/hWuWr1Yl0r
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 15, 2021
Photos of Taliban troops sitting in the Afghani presidential palace can be seen circulated online.
Panic at Kabul airport as Afghans rush to flee Taliban after U.S. evacuates staffhttps://t.co/AREdLRkUe9
— TIME (@TIME) August 16, 2021
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As the 100,000-strong religious extremist organisation takes hold of the capital, footage can be seen of panicked crowds attempting to flee the country, though all commercial air traffic at Kabul airport has been suspended.
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The Taliban has ordered foreigners to leave the country or to register with the militants. There are reports of numerous western-born jihadis going to join the group.
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“It’s our belief that one day mujahideen will have victory, and Islamic law will come not to just Afghanistan, but all over the world,” one Taliban fighter told CNN.
“We are not in a hurry. We believe it will come one day. Jihad will not end until the last day.”
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