![Taliban fighters stand on a vehicle along the roadside in Kandahar, Afghanistan [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/000_9L32Y2.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Residents of Herat and Kandahar express shock and anger at the swift fall of their cities to the Taliban.
From: Inside Story
What does the Taliban’s return to power mean for Afghanistan?
After nearly 20 years, the Taliban is back in power in Afghanistan.
17 Aug 2021
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An animated map showing how the Taliban captured 26 out of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in just 10 days.
The Taliban is taking control of more of Afghanistan and closing in on the capital Kabul.
![Taliban fighters seen on the back of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan [File: EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/h_57119583.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Afghan National Army officers keep watch at a check point in Kabul on July 8, 2021 [File: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-08T055441Z_67494407_RC25GO9L04LR_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Women with their children try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan [Stringer/REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-08-16T103938Z_139199684_RC2A6P95FSHV_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-3.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![No one should fear the Taliban, a Taliban fighter said [Ali M Latifi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1A7F6E5F-DB95-421A-A597-BA0A1FB5992A_1_105_c.jpg?resize=170%2C113)