VIDEO: THE TALIBAN ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF "THE ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN" FROM WITHIN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN KABUL

Many residents of Kabul attempted to flee, fearful of a return to the repressive Taliban regime of the nineties during which women were forced into marriage and risked execution if they went to school.

There were traffic jams and queues to withdrawn bank savings, but the panic appeared to abate by late afternoon as the Taliban urged people to stay put, promising there would be no recriminations.

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