epa09417427 Taliban fighters patrol in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 17 August 2021. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar on 16 August  declared victory and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office in Qatar, released a short video message after President Ashraf Ghani fled and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war.  EPA/STRINGER