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Taliban seize power in Afghanistan as President flees country – BBC News

Taliban seize power in Afghanistan as President flees country – BBC News The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, occupying the capital Kabul after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Taliban forces occupied the Presidential Palace, from where they are preparing to announce that they are the new rulers of an “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”.…

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Taliban spokesman tells BBC ‘no revenge’ on Afghans – BBC News

Taliban spokesman tells BBC ‘no revenge’ on Afghans – BBC News A spokesman for the Taliban has told the BBC’s Yalda Hakim “there will be no revenge” on the people of Afghanistan. Suhail Shaheen called the presenter live on air. “We assure the people in Afghanistan, particularly in the city of Kabul, that their properties,…