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On to the latest in Afghanistan.
Taliban special forces in camouflage fired their weapons into the air, bringing an abrupt and frightening end to a protest march in Kabul by Afghan women demanding equal rights from the new regime.
Meanwhile, the first time since Taliban took over Afghanistan, some domestic flights took off from Kabul airport, despite without a functioning radar system at that airport.
And the Taliban and anti-Taliban groups are still at odds over who now has the upper hand in Panjshir.
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You don't have legitimacy without women's rights.
That was just one of a battery of slogans protesters chanted as Afghan women took to the street in Kabul, making it loud and clear: they want equal rights from the new rulers.
The women's march, the second since the Taliban regained control of the country, started peacefully.
Demonstrators laid a wreath outside Afghanistan's Defence Ministry to honour Afghan soldiers who died while fighting the Taliban before continuing their march to the presidential palace.
As protesters chanted louder and louder, several Taliban officials interrupted the march, asking what the protesters wanted to express.
Where there's a will, there's a way. Flanked by fellow demonstrators, Farhat Popalzai was among those fighting for that cause.
Farhat Popalzai: I am the voice of the women who are never able to speak to anyone. I came outside to talk with Taliban and to help women who didn't come to go to work, go to school, and I want to be the voice of them.
As the demonstrators arrived at the presidential palace, a dozen Taliban special forces waded in, firing weapons into the air. Intimidation in the form of tear gas sent demonstrators fleeing.
Many believe today's impromptu march and Taliban militants firing into the air to disperse the crowd serve as an expose of the Taliban reneging on its promise to uphold women's rights in the country.
Be that as it may, the Taliban say they walk a fine line between human rights and security.
Meanwhile, the Taliban and anti-Taliban groups have been vying for the upper hand in Panjshir, the last holdout state in Afghanistan, as both sides continue to make contradictory statements about who has the upper hand there.
At a U.S. military base in Germany was the top U.S. military general, who gave plaudits to members of the 10th Mountain Division for their service in Afghanistan during the somewhat haphazard and chaotic evacuation of Americans, Afghans and others over the past several weeks.
As Afghanistan becomes what is now considered a powder keg, the Taliban are devoted to forming a new government, with details set to be made public in the coming days.
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