The rapid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has left some fearing for their lives and seeking to escape the country, often by any means necessary.
Afghanistan
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Taliban fighters stand guard along a roadside near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on Aug. 16, 2021 as the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war.