Who Gets A Flag Draped Coffin

Taliban supporters on Tuesday held a mock funeral in one Afghanistan city — carrying coffins draped with American and NATO flags.

The jarring display was one of many celebrations across the state over the deviation of US troops that put an cease to the well-nigh 20-year war.

Taliban official Qari Saeed Khosti also declared Aug. 31 "our formal Liberty Day" in an interview with local television station Zhman TV.

"On this day, American occupying forces and NATO forces fled the state," Khosti said.

During the mock funeral, which took place in the eastern city of Khost, some attendees held their guns in the air while others waved Taliban flags.

A man speaking to the crowd during the mock funerals to celebrate the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. — A human being speaking to the crowd during the mock funerals to gloat the United States' withdrawal from Transitional islamic state of afghanistan.

The celebration also featured fake coffins with the NATO and British flags. — The celebration too featured false coffins with the NATO and British flags.

French and British flags likewise covered some of the coffins that were paraded in the streets.

A infinitesimal before midnight Monday the last US service member in Afghanistan boarded the final flight out of Kabul, capping out a chaotic mission to evacuate 123,000 civilians from the country afterward the Taliban takeover.

Over 100 Americans, however, and thousands of Afghan allies are believed to have been left behind.

President Biden has tasked Secretary of State Antony Blinken to work with international partners to hold the Taliban to their promise of safe passage for Americans and others who want to exit in the coming days.

With Mail service wires