Military parade is held in Kandahar, the movement’s birthplace.
Afghan farmer Rahatullah Azizi sits with his children at his home in Tilanchi village of Parwan province. He is grateful for the improved security that has come with the end of the fighting. – AFP pic, August 15, 2023.
AFGHANISTAN’S Taliban government was set today to mark the second anniversary of their takeover of the country with a military parade in the movement’s birthplace, as well as other celebrations of their surge back to power. Flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – the name given to the country by its new rulers – fluttered at security checkpoints across the capital, which fell on August 15, 2021, when the US-backed government collapsed and its leaders fled into exile.
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