Does Video Show Taliban Welcomed Into Kabul by Crowd of Residents?

Posted on AllSides August 17th, 2021
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Avideo is circulating on social media claiming to show residents of Kabul, Afghanistan welcoming advancing Taliban fighters who have now deposed President Ashraf Ghani and seized control of the war-torn nation for the first time since 2001.

Twitter user Syed Sajid Bukhari shared a video on Sunday of a jubilant scene surrounding Taliban fighters.

"The people of Kabul come out from their houses for the welcome of Taliban and gathered on the entry gate of Kabul," Bukhari claimed. "This is different from what media tells us. This shows that peoples of Afghanistan are with...

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