Taliban shoots guns and fireworks into air as last US forces leave Afghanistan

The Islamist group’s spokesperson said: ‘The last U.S. soldier has left Kabul airport and our country gained complete independence'

Taliban fighters storm Kabul International Airport to inspect the equipment that was left behind

The Islamist group’s spokesperson said: ‘The last U.S. soldier has left Kabul airport and our country gained complete independence.’AfghanistanHemad Sherzad, a Taliban fighter stationed at the airport, said early Tuesday the last five U.S. planes departed around midnight. The Taliban had earlier released a video shot from the airport’s grounds, saying the Americans had removed or destroyed most of their equipment and that troop numbers were far lower.

The two-week airlift has brought scenes of desperation and horror. In the early days, people desperate to flee Taliban rule flooded onto the tarmac and some fell to their deaths after clinging to a departing aircraft.On Thursday, an Islamic State suicide attack at an airport gate killed at least 169 Afghans and 13 US service members.

However Al-Qaeda arms supplier Amin ul-Haq, a former close aide of Osama bin Laden, returned to Afghanistan hours before the final withdrawal of US troops.

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