Taliban Take Control Of Kabul Airport As US Troops Leave Afghanistan After 20 Yrs

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Taliban fighters from the Fateh Zwak unit celebrate before storming into the Kabul International Airport, wielding American supplied weapons, equipment and uniforms after the United States Military have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan. (Getty Image)

The Taliban were in full control of Kabul international airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of Americas longest war. (Getty Image)

Taliban members arrive at Hamid Karzai International Airport after the completion of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, on August 31. (Getty Image)

America has ended its longest war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden announced after final US evacuation plane flew out of Kabul airport amidst celebratory gunfire from the Taliban, leaving the country in disarray and its future uncertain under the rule of hardline Islamist militants. (Getty Image)

The C17 aircraft's departure from Kabul's international airport was the final chapter in a contentious military effort, which eventually saw the US handing Afghanistan back to the very Islamist militants it sought to root out when American troops entered the country in 2001. (Getty Image)

Celebratory gunfire and fireworks erupted across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport following the withdrawal, proclaiming full independence for Afghanistan. (Getty Image)

The last plane carrying US forces left Afghanistan on Monday around midnight, a day ahead of schedule, ending a 20-year war that left nearly 2,500 American troops dead and spanned four presidencies. (Getty Image)

In a show of control, turbaned Taliban leaders were flanked by the insurgents' elite Badri unit as they walked across the tarmac. The commandos in camouflage uniforms proudly posed for photos. (Getty Image)

Getting the airport running again is just one of the sizeable challenges the Taliban face in governing a nation of 38 million people that for two decades had survived on billions of dollars in foreign aid. Vehicles carrying the Taliban raced back and forth along the Hamid Karzai International Airport's sole runway on the military side of the airfield. (Getty Image)

During the evacuation, U.S. forces helped evacuate over 120,000 U.S. citizens, foreigners and Afghans, according to the White House. Coalition forces also evacuated their citizens and Afghans. But for all who got out, foreign nations and the U.S. acknowledged they didn't evacuate all who wanted to go. (Getty Image)