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The Taliban are seeking to replace Afghanistan’s black, red and green national flag with their own white and black flag.
Quoted from CNN, eyewitness accounts and videos that circulated widely on social media on Thursday (19/8/2021) showed crowds of people marching through the capital Kabul with the national flag. In some cases, residents have replaced the Taliban’s white and black flag with the tricolor of Afghanistan.
An eyewitness who spoke to CNN said protesters in Kabul marched past Taliban fighters chanting “Long live Afghanistan.” Another witness told CNN that the Taliban had fired into the air to try to disperse the rally. It is not yet known if there were any injuries in the incident.
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In the eastern city of Jalalabad, the country’s fifth-largest city, another witness who spoke to CNN said protesters were demonstrating in the streets for the second day in a row. According to eyewitnesses, the protesters’ actions were met with violence by the Taliban.
Witnesses said Taliban fighters had fired at the crowd.
Video sent to CNN from Jalalabad showed an injured protester, apparently hit by gunfire. The video shows protesters being transported into cars, covered with the Afghan national flag.
The Taliban has not yet commented on the incident.
It was previously reported that three demonstrators were killed and dozens injured after the Taliban opened fire in Jalalabad, Wednesday (18/8/2021). The demonstrators tried to remove the white banner bearing the shahada typical of the Taliban flag and replace it with the Afghan national flag.
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