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Scenes in Kabul, Afghanistan, after the Taliban took over the city.
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Scaling walls, climbing a plane: Chaos in Kabul as Taliban take over

As Taliban fighters captured Kabul, sealing their grip on Afghanistan in just under a week, thousands of civilians headed to the airport to try to escape the onset of a brutal regime.