The Taliban paint a flag at the U.S. embassy in Kabul

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The Taliban have painted their flag on a wall in front of the U.S. embassy in Kabul, according to photos released Monday.

The black and white banner of the radical group, which contains a declaration of Islamic faith, was painted along a road and in front of a security watchtower.

U.S. troops and diplomats left the country last week after a chaotic exodus from Kabul airport when the fundamentalist movement took power.

Emma Graham-Harrison, a reporter for The Guardian who remained in Kabul after the Taliban was captured. has tweeted a picture from the entrance of the US embassy.

“Freshly painted murals with a giant Taliban flag,” he wrote.

Fox News posted a different image showing the Taliban flag and its Shahada statement, which converts to Islam say.

The black and white Taliban banner, which contains a declaration of Islamic faith, was painted along a road and in front of a security watchtower.
The black and white Taliban banner, which contains a declaration of Islamic faith, was painted along a road and in front of a security watchtower.
Jake Simkin
Afghan painters paint the Taliban slogan on the front of the U.S. embassy.
Afghan painters mark the Taliban slogan on the front of the U.S. embassy.
Jake Simkin
The Taliban said the U.S. could continue to maintain an embassy in Kabul, but the U.S. State Department declined.
The Taliban said the U.S. could continue to maintain an embassy in Kabul, but the U.S. State Department declined.
Jake Simkin

In this image, the group’s religious emblem for Afghanistan, with a Qur’an, is visible on a different wall.

Painting is a provocation, as embassies are usually considered the property of the owning nation.

The U.S. State Department rejected the Taliban’s request to keep the embassy open after U.S. troops left, and instead moved U.S. embassy operations to Afghanistan. in Doha, Qatar.

Painting is a provocation, as embassies are usually considered the property of the owning nation.
Painting is a provocation, as embassies are usually considered the property of the owning nation.
Jake Simkin

The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan last Monday, with more than 100 U.S. citizens and thousands of Afghans working for the U.S. government who came out terrified, despite President Biden’s assurances that the troops Americans would stay until any American who wanted to leave could do so.

The State Department said Monday that four U.S. citizens were able to escape Afghanistan by land transportation last week.

But uncertainty remains for other Americans trapped in Taliban-ruled territory ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Fox News has obtained an image showing the Taliban flag painted on the outside of the former U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), a top Republican in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Sunday that the Taliban are holding six planes carrying U.S. and Afghan refugees as “hostages” at a northern airport. of Afghanistan. But organizers of some flights say the State Department has maintained flights due to passenger-related problems that would land in Doha.

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