Afghans who were imprisoned, tortured and abused are able to revisit their jails after the Taliban takeover. Taliban fighters say they feel happy to be there once again as victors, not captives. Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid reports from Kabul, Afghanistan. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Afghanistan #BagramPrison
The first passenger flight since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan lifted off from Kabul airport, with more than 100 people on board. The Qatar Airways flight to Doha marked a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the United States and Afghanistan’s new rulers. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis reports from Kabul, Afghanistan. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Afghanistan #Taliban #KabulFlight #Qatarairways
Fighting between the Taliban and a resistance group in the Panjshir Valley has intensified. The mountainous enclave is about 150km (95 miles) north of the capital, Kabul. It has been the only province to hold out against Taliban rule. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from near Golbahar, Afghanistan. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Afghanistan #Taliban #Panjshir
The United States says it airlifted more than 120,000 people from Kabul. But many Afghans who applied for a special visa, including interpreters who worked with American forces, were left behind. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis reports from Kabul, Afghanistan. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Afghanistan #UnitedStates #EvacuationFlights
In eastern Afghanistan, people are getting used to seeing the Taliban on the streets. Two weeks since the city of Jalalabad was taken without a fight, the Taliban says it is establishing a system of security and justice. But the group faces an uphill struggle to solve socioeconomic concerns and mistrust from people who remember the Taliban from 20 years ago. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid was given exclusive access to the city after the US withdrawal was complete. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
The last US soldier has left Afghanistan. And after 20 years of war, millions of Afghans are back under Taliban rule. The group has hailed the moment as “full independence for the country”. It says it is not a threat to anyone and insists it wants good relations with the US and the rest of the world. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Kabul. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
On the eve of the US forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, senior Taliban figure Anas Haqqani tells Al Jazeera the movement is unified in who it wants to lead the country. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis sat down with Anas Haqqani in Kabul, Afghanistan. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Afghans who missed the evacuation flights are being encouraged by the West to try to leave by land borders. But authorities in neighbouring Pakistan are denying media reports of unprecedented numbers entering via Spin Boldak and Torkham borders. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid has more from Torkham, Pakistan. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
Turkey says it is considering a request by the Taliban to help operate Kabul airport after Western forces withdraw. The airport’s future after August 31 is uncertain, with aviation experts warning the armed group does not have the expertise to run it. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from near the Afghan border in Pakistan. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Afghanistan #Turkey #KabulBombings
Army Major General William Taylor, with the U.S. military’s Joint Staff, told a news briefing more than 10,000 people were at Kabul airport waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan. The Pentagon claimed it evacuated some 19,000 people in the past 24 hours. More than 70,000 people, foreigners and Afghans, have been evacuated since August 14, the day before the Taliban swept into Kabul. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis has been talking to Afghans trying to leave, outside Kabul’s International Airport. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Aljazeeraenglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive #Afghanistan #Taliban
