Taliban victory in Afghanistan
Thousands of panicked people mobbed the airport in Kabul on Monday trying to flee the feared hardline rule of the Taliban, who were once again in control of Afghanistan in a stunningly swift end to 20 years of war. US President Joe Biden was due to address the nation and the world about the chaotic situation on the ground, and try to explain how two decades of US led military intervention fuelled by billions of Dollars ended in such a bruising defeat. The militants captured Kabul, and many other cities, with little bloodshed -- but in the capital, a sense of panic and fear overwhelmed residents, some of whom worried about a repeat of the insurgents' brutal Islamist rule from 1996 to 2001. At the airport, frantic Afghans tried to board the few flights available throughout the day, before US forces -- sent in to secure the facility shut down military and civilian operations. "We are afraid to live in this city," a 25-year-old ex-soldier told AFP as he stood among hug...