The Taliban, which has taken control of the Kabul airport after the U.S. completed its withdrawal, now looks to govern the nation of 38 million people.
took full control of the country, a Taliban guard at the Kabul airport said,"We have defeated the Americans," the Associated Press reported.
The Taliban were in full control of Kabul's international airport on Tuesday after the last U.S. plane left, marking the end of America's longest war. Above, Taliban fighters stand guard inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2021.Wasiq also urged people to return to work and reiterated the Taliban pledge offering a general amnesty."People have to be patient," he said.
Vehicles carrying the Taliban raced back and forth along the Hamid Karzai International Airport's sole runway on the military side of the airfield. Before dawn broke, heavily armed Taliban fighters walked through hangars, passing some of the seven CH-46 helicopters the State Department used in its evacuations before rendering them unusable.
"Our technical team will be checking the technical and logistical needs of the airport," he said."If we are able to fix everything on our own, then we won't need any help. If there is need for technical or logistics help to repair the destruction, then we might ask help from Qatar or Turkey."U.S. military
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