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Monday 16 August 2021 12:09 pm  |  Updated:  Saturday 06 November 2021 10:21 pm

Watch: Taliban declares ‘war is over’ amid chaotic evacuations at Kabul airport

By: Michiel Willems

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Peace prevailed across Afghanistan today, Taliban officials said, as the militants declared the war over a day after seizing the capital, while Western nations scrambled to evacuate their citizens from an increasingly chaotic Kabul airport. Watch the full report.

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