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BBC journalist was stunned when she received a phone call directly to her mobile from the Taliban while she was live on air. Newsreader Yalda Hakim, who was born in Afghanistan and has worked for the BBC for nine years, looked flustered as she picked up the call.

there are fears the brutality of their regime in 1990 could be seen again.Women's rights were all but non-existent when they were last in power and there have already been reports of revenge killings.Following the Taliban’s arrival in Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The city’s airport also descended into chaos as hundreds of people attempted to get a flight out and “gunshots” were reportedly heard on the streets.

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Taliban militants have filmed themselves swanning around in the lavish palace of a US ally ahead of Afghanistan's capital Kabul being invaded.In the clip, members of the Islamic organisation sit smugly in the oversized golden chairs that belong to former vice president General Rashid Dostum, who assisted the US Special Forces and the CIA in trying to topple the Islamist group.His mansion, in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, around 400km northwest of Kabul, was overrun by insurgents, Mirror Online reports.One of the men is laughing as he films his comrades making themselves at home in the mansion.He then pans around to show the opulent decor and a giant chandelier hanging from the

completion of the runway remains uncertain because of government environmental targets. Boris Johnson famously promised his nearby constituency that he would “lie down in front of these bulldozers” to prevent the runway going ahead and flew to Kabul in Afghanistan when a Commons vote was staged on the issue.

Saba Sahar, an Afghan filmmaker and actress, was shot on her way to work on Tuesday. According to the BBC, Sahar was in her car in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, when she was shot several times.

Jordan Moreau Saba Sahar, an Afghan director, actor and activist, has reportedly been hospitalized after being shot by gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.According to a report from the BBC, Sahar was in a car with several other passengers when three gunmen opened fire on the vehicle.Emal Zaki, Sahar’s husband, told the BBC that the shooting occurred as she was traveling to work. He said he heard the sounds of gunshots about five minutes after Sahar left their home.

Babies and mothers have been killed by gunmen in an attack on a hospital.