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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThousands of Afghans are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan as the Taliban take over the country\u2019s capital, Kabul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Taliban swept into Kabul as Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani slipped into exile \u201cto avoid further bloodshed\u201d among the populace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fearing the Taliban\u2019s history of human rights abuses and other forms of oppression against women and children, Afghans mobbed Hamid Karzai International Airport to escape the country. A video of hundreds of Afghans clinging to a US military aircraft as it prepares for take-off has also surfaced online. Two citizens tied themselves to the wheels of the aircraft, while some were trying to clamber up a set of stairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To ensure a \u201csafe and orderly\u201d departure of the country\u2019s people, the United States (US) deployed 6,000 troops at the airport. Due to the chaos, the military was forced to fire aerial shots while commercial flights were suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S also deployed helicopters and other aircraft to pull out diplomats and personnel from the US Embassy. According to Khushull Khan, a US translator in Kabul, a considerable number of people running were left behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2001, the Northern Alliance and US-led forces dislodged the Taliban regime that provided shelter to al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan. For about 10 years, allied forces and the Taliban battled for control over the country\u2019s districts and provinces. As the Northern Atlantic Alliance (NATO) transferred primary responsibility over security to the Afghan military in 2014, the US eventually carried out a full withdrawal from Afghanistan that it plans to complete on September 11, 2021. However, 20 years after the 9\/11 attacks, the Taliban have regained control over the war-torn country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For many years, Afghanistan has faced many bouts of conflict and hardship. The urban-rural divide brought forth educated and liberal people in its major cities, yet those outside the urban centers feel neglected. Thus, over the past 20 years, the Taliban had the opportunity to recruit from the disenchanted rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Members of the US Congress, who have been urging the Biden Administration to withdraw its allies in the country by the end of August, are generally unwilling to defend the Biden administration over the chaos in Kabul. Meanwhile, President Biden has faced much criticism after his promise of an \u201corderly withdrawal\u201d from Afghanistan failed to materialize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Featured image courtesy of Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fearing the Taliban\u2019s history of human rights abuses and other forms of oppression against women and children, Afghans mobbed Hamid Karzai International Airport to escape the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[122],"class_list":["post-1672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/800-1.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1826,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2021\/08\/26\/on-womens-rights-misogyny-and-violence-the-taliban-and-duterte\/","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":0},"title":"On women\u2019s rights, misogyny, and violence: The Taliban and Duterte","author":"Staff","date":"26 August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"History has shown that the imposition of strict Islamic laws on Afghan women heavily constricted their rights and liberties.History has shown that the imposition of strict Islamic laws on Afghan women heavily constricted their rights and As the Taliban swiftly took over Aghanistan, Nilofar, a displaced resident, feared how difficult\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Features"","block_context":{"text":"Features","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/features\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dantes_internationalwomensday030817-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dantes_internationalwomensday030817-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dantes_internationalwomensday030817-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dantes_internationalwomensday030817-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4903,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/whats-in-a-name\/","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":1},"title":"What’s in a name?","author":"Staff","date":"7 July 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Few days after an inaugural speech riddled with lies to redefine the Marcos family name, a Marcos ally in the Congress proposed that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport be renamed after the late dictator and namesake of the current reactionary president, Ferdinand Marcos. 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