Gallery: Taliban Claim Control of Last Holdout Province

Sep. 7, 2021

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Zabiullah Mujahid, the spokesperson of Taliban, said Monday that the Taliban had defeated resistance forces in Panjshir province, and that the war is over at a press conference in Kabul. Photo: VCG

Taliban members pose for a photo Monday after they took over Panjshir Valley. The Panjshir province, located in northern Kabul, is the last region to hold anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Photo: VCG

A commuter looks out of a car while passing on a street in Kabul on Sunday. Photo: VCG

Taliban members sitting in a truck patrol around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, the day Taliban official Ahmadullah Muttaqi said on social media that a new government is expected to be formed in the near future. Photo: VCG

A man passes by patrolling Taliban fighters along a street in Kabul on Thursday. Photo: VCG

A teenager passes by a wall with the images of women defaced using paint at a garment market in Kabul on Thursday. The Taliban required that women attending universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab to cover their face as the countries' universities prepared to open on Monday. Photo: VCG

A Taliban fighter walks past shoppers Wednesday at the Mandawi market in central Kabul. Photo: VCG

Taliban supporters pray at a gathering to celebrate the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from the country in Kandahar on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

Taliban fighters sitting on Humvee vehicles Wednesday parade along a road in Kandahar to celebrate the withdrawal of the U.S. military. Photo: VCG

Taliban supporters gather to celebrate the U.S. withdrawal in Kandahar on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

A helicopter carrying a Taliban flag flies during Wednesday’s celebration gathering in Kandahar. Photo: VCG

Taliban fighters are garrisoned at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 31 as the U.S. forces withdraw from the country. Photo: VCG