{"id":164752,"date":"2021-09-02T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/?post_type=serie&p=164752"},"modified":"2021-09-06T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:52:11","slug":"afghanistan-in-the-hands-of-the-taliban-2021","status":"publish","type":"serie","link":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/serie\/afghanistan-in-the-hands-of-the-taliban-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Series<\/a><\/p>\n

\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div>
\n

Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban,<\/strong> 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Andrew Quilty<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul. The Afghan capital has returned to the hands of the insurgent group after 20 years of American presence, after a rapid advance that nothing and no one was able to stop.<\/p>\n

Following an agreement with the Afghan government, President Ashraf Ghani stepped down and transferred power to the Taliban leadership.<\/p>\n

A few days later, on the night of August 26, suicide attacks claimed by the Islamic State killed more than 100 people, including 13 American soldiers.<\/p>\n

The week the Afghan people have just lived through, under the monitoring of the international community, is the conclusion of a cycle that began in February 2020 with the signing of the Doha agreements that ratified the withdrawal of American troops.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

The first clear signs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s re-establishment : on motorbikes, on foot or in pick-ups, fighters are fraternizing with the inhabitants and the white flags of the Islamic fundamentalist movement are beginning to be displayed in the streets and on the walls of official buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

On 20 August 2021, Khalil ul Rahman Haqqani, brother of Haqqani network founder and notorious Taliban ally Jalaluddin Haqqani, speaks to worshippers in the Pul-i Khishti mosque after Friday prayers.On 9 February 2011, the US Treasury Department designated Khalil al Rahman Haqqani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Loya Jirga (Traditional Assembly) Conference in Kabul, August 23, 2021, organized by the Taliban’s Preaching and Guidance Commission. Media and religious leaders were among the participants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

On August 24, at the gates of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, hundreds of Afghans wait in hopes of being evacuated by air convoys.<\/p>\n

Even with valid travel documents, the gates of the airport are very difficult to enter and access is controlled by Taliban fighters, U.S. Marines, British soldiers and Afghan paramilitary units.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, said that Afghans wanting to flee the country would be denied access to the airport.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Kabul, 26 August. Dead and wounded arrive at the emergency hospital for the war-wounded in the centre of the city, after a double suicide bombing set off in the middle of a crowd trying to reach Hamid Karzai International Airport.<\/p>\n

The tragedy comes just 11 days after the Taliban came to power and began a mass evacuation of foreigners and Afghans deemed at risk of reprisals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Since the Taliban took power on 15 August, the United States and other international militaries have been engaged in a massive evacuation operation that was to end on 31 August, the date of the US withdrawal.<\/p>\n

The mission, led by members of Sayara International, a research organisation operating in Afghanistan, and the Rockefeller Centre, involved several journalists on the ground in Kabul. Among the 109 evacuees were Afghan journalists and a UNESCO field officer, as well as their families.<\/p>\n

The evacuees were assembled at the Serena Hotel in Kabul and driven in a convoy of minibuses through checkpoints manned by Taliban fighters and Afghan paramilitaries, which were required before they could enter the airport. They were then escorted to the tarmac and taken to a new holding area before boarding the plane.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The police and military having deserted, the Taliban have taken their place and are now imposing a new order on the capital.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n
\nARCHIVES<\/span><\/a>\nCONTACT<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

series| <\/span> On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul. The Afghan capital has returned to the hands of the insurgent group after 20 years of American presence, after a rapid advance that nothing and no one was able to stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":164951,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[5517],"tags":[4022,17860],"photographe":[12093],"section_taxonomy":[5484],"yoast_head":"\nAfghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, 2021 - Agence VU'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, 2021 - Agence VU'\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"series| On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul. The Afghan capital has returned to the hands of the insurgent group after 20 years of American presence, after a rapid advance that nothing and no one was able to stop.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Agence VU'\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VUagence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-06T16:52:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/PREVIEW.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"290\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@agence_vu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Agence VU'\",\"description\":\"Agency of photographers founded in 1986\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/PREVIEW.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/PREVIEW.jpg\",\"width\":435,\"height\":290,\"caption\":\"Afghanistan, Kabul, 15 August 2021 Taliban fighters, ride atop an American-made armoured Humvee through the streets of western Kabul while being cheered on by local residents and passers-by on the afternoon an agreement was reached by the Taliban leadership and the Afghan Government which saw President Ashraf Ghani step down in a transfer of power that saw barely any blood shed in the takeover of the capital. The takeover of the country transpired rapidly after U.S. and international forces began their final military from Afghanistan on May 1 this year. Since then, the Taliban swarmed across the countryside and then, ultimately, in early August, began overrunning provincial capitals, taking all 34 in a period of ten days, including Kabul, which they had surrounded by early this morning. The Taliban leadership instructed their fighters not to enter the city, though some appeared not to have received that order, parading through the streets on motorcycles and in Toyota Corollas. Government security forces were also asked to maintain security in the capital until further arrangements were made. By the afternoon most members of the government's security forces had shed their uniforms and most had left their posts, leaving somewhat of a power vacuum. Afghanistan, Kaboul, 15 ao\\u00fbt 2021 Des combattants talibans, mont\\u00e9s sur un Humvee (v\\u00e9hicule de l'US Army), traversent les rues de l'ouest de Kaboul sous les acclamations des habitants et des passants, l'apr\\u00e8s-midi o\\u00f9 un accord a \\u00e9t\\u00e9 conclu entre les dirigeants talibans et le gouvernement afghan, qui a vu le pr\\u00e9sident Ashraf Ghani quitter le pouvoir lors d'un transfert de pouvoir qui n'a pratiquement pas fait couler de sang lors de la prise de la capitale. La prise de contr\\u00f4le du pays s'est d\\u00e9roul\\u00e9e rapidement apr\\u00e8s que les forces am\\u00e9ricaines et internationales ont commenc\\u00e9 leur retrait militaire d\\u00e9finitif de l'Afghanistan le 1er mai de cette ann\\u00e9e. Depuis lors, les talibans ont essaim\\u00e9 dans les campagnes et, finalement, au d\\u00e9but du mois d'ao\\u00fbt, ils ont commenc\\u00e9 \\u00e0 envahir les 34 capitales provinciales, en l'espace de dix jours, y compris Kaboul, qu'ils avaient encercl\\u00e9e t\\u00f4t ce matin. Les dirigeants talibans ont donn\\u00e9 l'ordre \\u00e0 leurs combattants de ne pas entrer dans la ville, bien que certains semblent ne pas avoir re\\u00e7u cet ordre, paradant dans les rues sur des motos et dans des Toyota Corolla. Il a \\u00e9galement \\u00e9t\\u00e9 demand\\u00e9 aux forces de s\\u00e9curit\\u00e9 gouvernementales de maintenir la s\\u00e9curit\\u00e9 dans la capitale jusqu'\\u00e0 ce que d'autres dispositions soient prises. Dans l'apr\\u00e8s-midi, la plupart des membres des forces de s\\u00e9curit\\u00e9 du gouvernement avaient quitt\\u00e9 leurs uniformes et la plupart avaient quitt\\u00e9 leurs postes, laissant un certain vide au niveau du pouvoir. Andrew Quilty \/ Agence VU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"#webpage\",\"url\":null,\"name\":\"Afghanistan in the hands of the Taliban, 2021 - Agence VU'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-02T13:19:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-06T16:52:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[null]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/home\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/serie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/serie\/\",\"name\":\"Series\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"#webpage\"}}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie\/164752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/serie"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie\/164752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164904,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie\/164752\/revisions\/164904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164752"},{"taxonomy":"photographe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/photographe?post=164752"},{"taxonomy":"section_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section_taxonomy?post=164752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}