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What's Happening in Afghanistan?
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August 16, 2021
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2:26Now PlayingThe speed at which Taliban fighters took control of the capital city of Afghanistan took a lot of people by surprise. On Monday, desperate scenes played out at Kabul’s international airport, the last remaining exit point out of the country. The militant group took over the presidential palace, and said it plans to soon declare a new “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” Bloomberg’s Asia government managing editor Daniel Ten Kate explains the implications of the fall of Kabul and the Taliban's return to the capital.
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