EXCLUSIVE: Video Report From Mazar-I-Sharif as Taliban Begins Governing

By Hollie McKay | 1:45 PM on August 17, 2021

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*View from beneath (Credit: Hollie McKay)*

What’s it like inside Afghanistan under the Taliban? Not at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, probably soon to be renamed, where the US evacuation continues; but deep inside the country where a near battle-free take over due to the old regime abandoning the country allowed the Taliban to enter open cities unopposed? Today’s dispatch comes from Mazar-i-Shariff, the 4th largest city in the country where speakers announce that shop keepers should return to business, although not quite as usual.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: If you haven’t seen Hollie’s video describing what happened when the Taliban came to town – and reporting about the Afghan army commanders taking bribes to surrender cities to the Taliban without a fight – it’s a must-watch.)

Hollie S. McKay is a foreign policy expert and war crimes investigator. She was an investigative and international affairs/war journalist for Fox News Digital for over fourteen years where she focused on warfare, terrorism, and crimes against humanity.

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