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Taliban supporters hold mock U.S. funeral as troops leave Afghanistan

31 August 2021 23:39 (UTC +04:00)

Taliban supporters paraded coffins draped with American and NATO flags in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, part of celebrations across the country following the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops.

The mock funeral, in which coffins covered in French and British flags were also carried along the street through a large crowd, marked the end of a 20-year war and a hasty and humiliating exit for Washington and its NATO allies, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Some of the crowd held guns aloft, while others waved Taliban flags or snapped the procession on mobile phones.

"August 31 is our formal Freedom Day. On this day, American occupying forces and NATO forces fled the country," Taliban official Qari Saeed Khosti told local television station Zhman TV during its coverage of the event.