Taliban assures safety of Afghans who worked for US and allies
Philip Allen
Taliban spokesman tells a press conference in the Afghan capital Kabul that the people of the country that they had rid their country of foreign occupation after '20 years of jihad'.
Speaking through a translator, Zabihullah Mujahid also pledged to assure the safety of Afghans who had worked for the US or Allied forces.
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