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Panicked crowds swarmed Kabul’s airport a day after the Taliban claimed control of Afghanistan’s capital, in desperate attempts to flee the country. Many Afghans fear a return to the Taliban’s draconian rule, as the militant Islamist group reportedly rounds up and kills people on it target lists. Eric Sorensen looks at the apparent fall of the country, nearly 20 years after the U.S.-led invasion.
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