How It All Happened
Daily Star|August 17, 2021
THE Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. Here we look at what happened and what comes next:
Joseph Krauss
How It All Happened

What is happening in Afghanistan?

The Taliban, a militant group ousted by a US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, have blitzed across the country in recent days, and the Western-backed government collapsed.

Why are people fleeing?

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