On this day in 2021, the Taliban reached Kabul as the US-backed regime in Afghanistan crumbled and 20 years of American occupation ended in failure. What: The fall of Kabul When: 15 August 2021 Where: Afghanistan What happened? Shortly after 10pm on 15 August 2021, a small troop of Taliban fighters entered the Presidential Palace in Kabul. The fighters were accompanied by TV cameras, which broadcast the images live to the rest of the world. The former President of the US-backed regime, Ashraf Ghani, had fled hours before so the fighters knew the battle for Afghanistan was already won, but the images of them sitting behind Ghani's desk holding their AK47s were the most visually striking symbols of the Taliban's […] Source
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