Taliban flag flies high on 9/11 anniversary

By Associated Press

Sep 13, 2021 12:55 am

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.

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