A Taliban fighter holds a rocket-propelled granade launcher as he stands guard with others at an entrance gate outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2021. Defending his decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was making good on his election campaign promise to end America’s long-running war in the central Asian country. Afghans — and the world — are now watching nervously to see if the Taliban will keep their word and tread a more moderate path than they did the last time they held power from 1996 to 2001.
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