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2021-08-19 Afghanistan
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At least three dead following anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad
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[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
About 5,000 diplomats, security staff, aid workers, and Afghans have been evacuated from Kabul in the last 24 hours and military flights will continue around the clock, a Western official said.
"Everyone wants out," said a member of an Afghan family after they arrived in Germany. "Every day is worse than the day before. We saved ourselves but we couldn’t rescue our families."
The United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
said it had begun moving up to 100 international staff temporarily to Kazakhstan, but stressed it is "committed to staying and delivering in support of the Afghan people in their hour of need". The U.N. has about 300 international staff and 3,000 local staff in Afghanistan.
Britannia’s ambassador to Afghanistan said his team had evacuated about 700 people on Tuesday while Germany’s foreign minister said it had evacuated 500 people in total.
The Taliban
 ...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have suggested they will impose their laws less severely than during their former rule, and a bigwig said on Wednesday that the group’s leaders would be less reclusive than in the past.
"Slowly, gradually, the world will see all our leaders," the senior Taliban official said.
Tens of people protested in eastern Jalalabad city of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province for flying Afghanistan’s-black, red, green-colored- flag which led to violence between them and the Taliban
...Arabic for students ...
fighters.
Eyewitnesses said that the Taliban fighters launched indiscriminate fires at protesters during which two were killed and several more maimed.
Protesters are asking the Taliban to let the flag fly throughout the country and do not change it with the new one-colored white.
Local residents in Jalalabad city said that the Taliban have also beaten two local journalists as they wanted to cover the protest.
Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings...
tens of youngsters also gathered for the very cause in the neighboring province of Kunar bordering Pakistain.
Video clips from Asadabad city of Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
show that protesters have managed to fly the flag over a minaret in the scenic provincial capital.
In southeastern Afghanistan, Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
also witnessed a similar protest which turned violent mostly peaceful and the Taliban launched indiscriminate fires but no casualties were reported.
The protest and plea on social media for keeping the flag come as people around the country celebrate August 19-Independence day of Afghanistan- carrying and flying the flag on cars and rooftops every year on this day. 
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