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A idiosyncratic collects recently manus printed Taliban flags successful a store successful Kabul's Jawid market, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The tiny emblem shop, tucked distant successful the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistans turbulent past implicit the decades with its ever-changing merchandise. Now the store is filled with achromatic Taliban flags, emblazoned with the Quran's Muslim connection of faith, successful achromatic Arabic lettering. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

KABUL – A tiny emblem shop, tucked distant successful the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent past implicit the decades with its ever-changing merchandise.

Now the store is filled with achromatic Taliban flags, emblazoned with the Quran's Muslim connection of faith, successful achromatic Arabic lettering.

On Sunday, 4 teen-age boys leaned implicit achromatic cloth draped connected a array illuminated by fluorescent lights and filled the template for the Quranic verse with achromatic ink. Finished flags were hung implicit a balcony railing to dry.

The owner, Wahidullah Honarwer, 58, said that earlier President Ashraf Ghani fled the state connected Aug. 15, arsenic the Taliban were poised to instrumentality the superior of Kabul, helium produced flags from each nations that had diplomatic relations with Afghanistan.

Honarwer inactive has those flags successful stock.

“The Taliban came implicit and saw each those flags and said thing to us,” helium said, sitting down a machine successful his shop. He said the Taliban told him to bent connected to those flags until the concern stabilizes.

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Honarwer said he's been successful the emblem concern for astir 4 decades, astatine a clip erstwhile a Soviet-backed authorities was successful powerfulness successful the 1980s. The Soviets withdrew successful 1989 and their communist allies successful 1992, followed by the regularisation of warlords and civilian war.

The Taliban ruled from 1996-2001, erstwhile a U.S.-led penetration expelled the Islamic militants. The Taliban retook power arsenic U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from Afghanistan by the extremity of August.

Honarwer says helium spent 27 years successful exile successful Pakistan, but that he’ll present enactment successful Afghanistan, nary substance who is successful charge. It was not instantly wide if the emblem store was unfastened throughout.

“I emotion Afghanistan and I privation to unrecorded here,” helium said. “Whatever authorities comes, my concern is connected and volition continue.”

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