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Armed Taliban fighters surround 'petrified' news anchor as he says 'don't be afraid'

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Video of a group of armed Taliban fighters standing behind a news anchor in a studio as he begged people not to flee Afghanistan has gone viral online.The 42-second clip, shared by BBC journalist Kian Sharifi on Twitter, shows at least eight fighters with guns inside Afghan TV's "peace studio", which holds political debate programmes.They stand in a line right behind the news anchor as he reads out a statement that briefly says the Taliban wants the public to "cooperate with it and should not be afraid".Then he turns to interview a Taliban militant, Qari Samiullah, who appears to outrank the rest of the men.Mr Samiulah says: "Our focus on the people is for the country to prosper, they.

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