The day after protests in two cities were met with violence, rallies broke out in Kabul and at least one other city. A troubled evacuation from Kabul slowly gathered pace as Afghans and others arrived in Europe, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere.
The Taliban leadership has signaled that the group will not employ the same brutal rule it did two decades ago. But Taliban fighters in Jalalabad fired into a crowd and beat protesters during an outpouring of public anger at their rule.
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The day after the Afghan president fled and the Taliban installed themselves in the presidential palace, uncertainty reigned. With thousands desperate to flee the country, Kabul’s airport was a scene of chaos.