Victorious #Taliban fighters patrolled #Kabul on Monday after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. How did the Taliban take over #Afghanistan so quickly? France 24 International Affairs Editor, Philip Turle give his analysis.

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