Screen shot showing media coverage of the takeover of the Presidential Palace in Kabul following the 2021 fall of Kabul; Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul. It was seized by the Taliban on 15 August 2021, the culmination of a military offensive that began in May 2021, which led to the overthrowing of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under President Ashraf Ghani and transition to the Islamic Emirate of Aghanistan under the Taliban. The city's capture prompted an international airlift of fleeing civilians and took place hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country to Uzbekistan.

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