KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), a spokesman said, as the United States and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The white banner, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Taliban interim government, in a low-key ceremony, said Ahmadullah Muttaqi, multimedia branch chief of the Taliban's cultural commission.