Thousands of Afghans continued to besiege the airport gates, begging to get on planes as Taliban militants menaced them with sticks and rifle butts. Anxious crowds were pressed up against blast walls, with women and children hoisted into the arms of U.S. troops on the other side.
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Anti-Taliban rallies, which first erupted in Herat, have spread to other Afghan provinces as people chant Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest) to defy the insurgents, who used the Islamo-Arabic phrase. Allahu Akbar! How Afghans seized Taliban's Islamic slogan to rally for peace | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE
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