On 15 August 2021, Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban after a major insurgent offensive that began in May 2021. It was the final action of the War in Afghanistan, and mark
Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a U.S. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III U.S. Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport Coalition soldiers assisting a child during the evacuation Armed Taliban fighters in Kabul Taliban fighters aboard a captured Humvee
Evacuees load on to buses to be processed during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
Fleeing civilians aboard a US Air Force transport plane at Kabul Airport on 19 August 2021
US Marines with SP-MAGTF-CR-CC at an evacuation checkpoint at Kabul Airport on 21 August
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the 8th and last president of Afghanistan from 2014 until his government was overthrown by the Taliban in 2021
Fall of Kabul (2021)
…the War in Afghanistan, and marked a total victory for the Taliban. This led to the overthrowing of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under President Ashraf Ghani and the reinstatement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban. The United States–Taliban deal, signed on 29 February…
Ghani at a meeting in Panjshir Province in 2011
President Ghani sitting with Abdullah Abdullah and John Kerry in July 2014
Ghani with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Ufa, Russia, 2015