remains were found in a wheel well of one of the c-17s on arrival from a flight out of kabul. there was also of course another round of finger pointing today, some of it partisan, some of it not, on what a mess the pullout has become. but we want to keep the focus right now on what matters most right now, the situation on the ground in afghanistan. clarissa ward is in kabul for us tonight. so just how quickly have things been changing now kabul is under taliban control? yeah, it s surreal, anderson. within a couple of days normal life is sort of starting to creep back in. the taliban announced yesterday that government workers can return to their positions. we saw traffic policemen for the first time in days guiding traffic on the streets today. but you know, what we really wanted to get at in our reporting today was this idea of people who weren t out on the streets, people who were too frightened to get out there and to show their faces. and that you have to look a little harder fo
traffic on the streets today. but, you know, what we really wanted to get at in our reporting today was this idea of people who weren t out on the streets, people who were too frightened to get out there and to show their faces. and that you have to look a little harder for. take a look. at the central kabul market today stores were open and people were back on the streets. or at least some people. it was impossible not to notice that women here seem to have largely melted away. one store was doing better business than usual. for more than a decade mohamed has been selling burkas, the head to toe covering once imposed by the taliban. business was good but now it s even better where he tells us, more sales. why do you think you re selling more burkas right now? because the taliban took over and all the women are afraid, he says, so that s why they re all coming in and buying burkas.