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Today in History: September 27, Taliban take power in Afghanistan


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FILE – In this Sept. 28, 1996 file photo, tanks manned by Taliban fighters and decorated with flowers are seen in front of the the damaged Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters who rolled into Afghanistan’s capital and other cities in recent days appear awestruck by the towering apartment blocks, modern office buildings and shopping malls. When the Taliban last seized power, in 1996, the country had been ravaged by civil war and the capital was in ruins. (AP Photo/ B.K.Bangash, File)

The Taliban drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, the capital, and executed former President Najibullah.


Originally published at Associated Press

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