No official ceremony took place, but the fighters met in the large places in the Afghan capital, while their leaders praised the country’s “stability” during a press conference.
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For the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban’s hands on Monday, August 15, no military parade or any ceremony were organized by the new masters of the country. However, they had hovered the suspense to the end, suggesting that a striking event was going to take place. “Some [among us] say that it is better to do nothing official, because it would be hypocritical. They think it is better to make progress that serves the people,” said an Afghan official at the beginning of the month August.
The morning of the 15th, announced day holiday by the Taliban, the combatants nevertheless gathered, spontaneously, in the large squares of the center of Kabul. Smiles on the lips, they embrace and kiss, while others triumphantly patrol the military cars of the old regime, brandishing their Kalashnikovs and the flags of the Islamic Emirate.