Afghanistan: the Taliban took over the country a year ago

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On August 15, 2021, the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. The journalist Dorothée Ollieric is duplex from Kabul for this anniversary that the Taliban wanted to celebrate.

“It’s a pretty strange atmosphere, with hundreds of Taliban wearing turbans, weapons of war. They were dancing”says Dorothy Olliericspecial correspondent live from Kabul (Afghanistan)Monday, August 15. Amid the effusions, the Taliban shouted slogans. “They said ‘death to the West, death to the Americans’, but you have to know that all day, these rallies took place under the permanent threat of an attack, of an attack by Daesh”continues the journalist.

Since the morning, no woman had been in the streets of the capital. “They still took photos at home, which they posted on social networks to demand, once again, their right to work, their right to education. Anyway, today was a dark day for Afghan women.”concludes Dorothy Ollieric.

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