Since the Taliban took power, dozens of residents opposed the replacement of the Afghan flag by the extremist movement’s flag in different Afghan cities.
This rebellion occurred on the eve of the national holiday, whereby during each year, the flag of the Afghan republic is raised up throughout the country to celebrate the independence of 1919.
The leader of the Anti-Taliban opposition supported protests, a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad, in the east, according to Reuters.
In Jalalabad, at least two protesters trying to hoist the Afghan republic’s flag were gunned down, and at least three people were killed in the crowd.
In Kabul, protestors, including many women, walked near the Presidential Palace waving the flag of Afghanistan, and screaming “Long live Afghanistan, Death to Pakistan!” and “our national flag is our identity!”.
Independence day protest in #kabul. Women and girls, men and boys screaming LONG LIVE #Afghanistan OUR NATIONAL FLAG IS OUR IDENTITY! They marched past #Taliban with some Talibs screaming back at protestors, waving their guns at them but finally the protestors passed. pic.twitter.com/yutJcmstAP
— Jordan Bryon (@jordan_bryon) August 19, 2021
At least 12 people have been killed in and around Kabul airport when the Taliban entered the Afghan capital, NATO and Taliban officials said Thursday.
The Taliban told people with no travel documents to leave the airport, according to Reuters.
Taliban fighters have beaten some adults, left them injured and bleeding. The Taliban denied their members’ involvement in the violence.
More than 8000 have been evacuated since Sunday, said the security official.
The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan on Sunday, effectively ceding power to the Taliban as they reached the capital to seal a nationwide military victory, AFP reports.
Ghani’s departure from office was one of the key demands of the Taliban during the peace talks with the government.
The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s capital Kabul 20 years after they were ousted from power.
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