Thousands of Afghans Celebrate Departure of American Forces, Rise of Taliban Government
Richard Moorhead
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Thousands of Afghans demonstrated in public celebrations following the final departure of American military personnel from the country on Tuesday, publicly hailing the country’s new Taliban Islamist government in a rejection of western liberal democracy the United States had sought to install in the country.
In peculiar fashion, locals in Afghanistan’s Khost province demonstrated with both the Afghan Taliban flag, and the previous flag of the US-backed puppet government.
Thousands of locals in Khost have come out today to celebrate the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Seeing both the Taliban flags as well as Afghan National Flag. pic.twitter.com/YQVncq5boh
— FJ (@Natsecjeff) August 31, 2021
The demonstrations verged into anti-western hatred, with Khost locals draping American and British flags over coffins to commemorate the end of the NATO presence in the country.
Taliban supporters paraded coffins draped with American and NATO flags in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, part of celebrations across the country following the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops. https://t.co/XZXLHOvC71
— Idrees Ali (@idreesali114) August 31, 2021
Afghans in the legion of Logar hailed a giant Taliban flag flying above the city of Puli Alam.
One more video from today's TB-organized celebratory event in Logar. #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/I0MjNpQRjt
— FJ (@Natsecjeff) August 31, 2021
Crowds of Afghans were also seen welcoming Taliban fighters into Kabul with joy earlier this month, raising questions about the loyalty of the people in what was supposedly Afghanistan’s most liberal and westernized region.
Crowds of Afghans are welcoming Taliban fighters after they took Kabul. pic.twitter.com/Zw0Dv2cYNi
— Richard (@Wildman_AZ) August 16, 2021
The nation of Afghanistan, one of the poorest and most underdeveloped in the world, largely rejected attempts to implement western values such as the education of women, religious tolerance, and democracy. President Joe Biden cited the nation’s military’s refusal to fight the Taliban as justification to end the war, refusing to risk the lives of Americans in an endless military campaign when the Afghan military declined to do so itself.
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