FRANCE 24 in Kabul: Taliban take control of airport

Name: FRANCE 24 in Kabul: Taliban take control of airport
Uploaded: 2021-08-31T17:34:26+00:00
Duration: 2 min 36 s
Description: Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul on Tuesday (August 31) as Taliban fighters took control of the city's airport following the withdrawal of the last US troops in Afghanistan, ending two decades of war. FRANCE 24’s senior correspondent Cyril Payen, one of the rare foreign journalists still on the ground, reports from Kabul.

Issued on: 31/08/2021 - 19:34Modified: 31/08/2021 - 20:28

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Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul on Tuesday (August 31) as Taliban fighters took control of the city's airport following the withdrawal of the last US troops in Afghanistan, ending two decades of war. FRANCE 24’s senior correspondent Cyril Payen, one of the rare foreign journalists still on the ground, reports from Kabul.