Taliban Says Afghanistan Has Reclaimed Freedom From 'Occupiers'

A Taliban spokesman on Tuesday said that the Afghan people "were able to take their freedom and clean their country from the occupation and occupiers."

In his first news conference, Zabihullah Mujahid, who had been a shadowy figure for years, doubled down on the Taliban's efforts to convince the world that it has changed from the group that imposed a brutal rule on the country in the 1990s.