Deaths Reported As Afghans Unfurl Flags To Defy Taliban On Independence Day

In a symbolic challenge to Taliban rule, Afghans unfurled the black, red, and green national flag to mark their nation’s independence day on August 19. Several people were reportedly killed in the city of Asadabad when Taliban fighters fired on people waving the flag. A day earlier in Jalalabad, several people died after shots were fired into a crowd of people who had taken down the white Taliban flag and displayed the national flag.