15 August
Taliban fighters ride atop a US-made armoured Humvee through the streets of western Kabul while being cheered on by local residents
16 August
Flag-bearing Taliban fighters patrol the city after taking control of security the previous night
16 August
Taliban fighters from Paktika province attempt to start tactical vehicles seized from a special forces unit the fighters claimed was the CIA-sponsored 01 paramilitary unit
20 August
Taliban fighters search people before they enter the Pul-e-Khishti mosque in central Kabul for Friday prayers, the first such occasion since the Taliban took control
20 August
Worshippers attend Friday prayers at Pul-i Kheshti mosque. Following prayers, Khalil Ul Rahman Haqqani, brother of Jalaluddin, the founder of the Haqqani Network guerilla group, spoke to the gathered worshippers then to four foreign photographers, reiterating the Taliban’s public message of forgiveness over retribution
24 August
Hundreds of people are camped in a dusty field by the airport’s north-western gate as they attempt to gain entry and then board evacuation flights
24 August
Members of the CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary unit 01 try to control crowds of Afghans attempting to enter through the north-western gate of the airport. The paramilitaries used bursts of warning fire to try to control the crowds.
25 August
Some of the thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country trying to enter the Abbey Gate at the south-east corner of the airport. They waited about half a kilometre from the gate at a small intersection, where Taliban members prevented them from going further
26 August
Dead and wounded arrive at the Emergency NGO hospital for the war wounded in central Kabul after two bombs detonated by suicide bombers tore through crowds attempting to reach the airport
26 August
Ambulances arrive with dead and wounded
26 August
A young woman weeps by the entrance to the Emergency hospital
26 August
A wounded woman arrives at the hospital covered in blood. Reports in the previous days warned of an attack of this nature, especially at the airport entrance, where the blasts occurred late in the afternoon
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