By Ebi Kesiena
With the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, photos have emerged showing Taliban supporters in Afghanistan organising street carnival, and some others holding a mock funeral while hoisting coffins draped with flags from the US and other NATO countries.
The photos were taken in Khost, Afghanistan just a day after the last US troops left the country, after spending nearly 20-years in the country.
In videos making the rounds, Taliban leaders took over control of the Kabul airport immediately after the US withdrawal and marked the departure of the last US plane from the country by taking a symbolic walk across the airport’s sole runway.
The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, stated in a livestream video that the world should have learned its lesson and that this is the enjoyable moment of victory.
He spoke to reporters at the Hamid Karzai International Airport and said Americans “could not achieve their goal through military operations”.
