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    Photos: Battle-hardened Taliban fighters enjoy a day off at amusement park

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    Photos: Battle-hardened Taliban fighters enjoy a day off at amusement park

    Trip a welcome break after weeks of security duty since Taliban took power in mid-August

    Published:  October 09, 2021 15:51 Reuters
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    Kabul: Strolling casually with their machine guns in hand, Halimi and hundreds of fellow Taliban fighters enjoyed a rare day off with a visit to a popular waterside amusement park in Kabul. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Friday's day trip to the sandy shores of the capital's Qargha reservoir was a welcome break for the fighters after months of conflict and weeks of security duty since the Taliban took power in mid-August. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "I feel very cheerful about coming to Kabul and being able to visit Qargha for the first time ... the people welcomed me and my companions in a brotherly manner," Halimi, 24, a fighter from the central Maidan Wardak province, told Reuters, asking not to give his full name. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The fighters, who were all heavily armed at the park, sipped tea and bought snacks from stalls dotted along the shoreline. Some queued up to try the amusement park rides, which included a pirate ship and a flying chairs carousel. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Behind Halimi, Ziaul Haq, 25, also from Maidan Wardak, beamed as he went for a horse ride. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Most of the fighters had never been to Kabul until the Taliban took control of the capital on Aug. 15, and some were eager to visit the amusement park before returning to their duties around the country. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "We're proud to have fought and now they (the Americans) are gone, that's the most joyful thing we've experienced yet," Halimi said, adding that he had met a cousin at the park and had a picnic to celebrate the Taliban's comeback. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The Taliban waged a 20-year insurgency against a Western-backed government before returning to power in August after President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan. Most of its fighters have known little outside the insurgency. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The fighters are now tasked with ensuring nationwide security, which has become increasingly fragile following at least three attacks on religious institutions in the last week. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Taliban fighters sit on a ride as they take a day off to visit the amusement park at Kabul's Qargha reservoir, at the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Image Credit: Reuters

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