Taliban faced first major internal challenge as defiant locals took to streets in the cities of Jalalabad and Khost, saying they don't want the militant group to remove the Afghan Republic flags
Taliban fighters and local people are pictured along the street in Jalalabad province on August 15, 2021.
Afghan Taliban faced its first major internal challenge on Wednesday as people in two different cities came out to protest, which turned violent as the militiamen open fired. In Jalalabad, three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban fighters shot at protestors following an attempt by local residents to install Afghanistan's national flag at a square, witnesses told Reuters.
A Taliban source claimed only one person had been killed in the city, located some 150 km to the east of Kabul near the country's border with Pakistan. Video footage shot by Pajhwok Afghan News, a local news agency, showed protesters who were carrying the Afghan flag fleeing with the sound of gunshots in the background.
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