RT News - August 18 2021 (17:00 MSK)

The Taliban unleashes a hail of bullets on a crowd - after people raise the Afghan national flag - a symbol the militants have replaced across the country, with their own banner. It's not the only show of resistance - as 10-thousand Afghan soldiers reportedly rally in the north of the country under the leadership of the vice-president who claims he's now Afghanistan's legitimate leader. It's claimed they've already wrested back areas near Kabul. British Afghans and their supporters gather outside the UK parliament - demanding the government do more to help refugees escape Afghanistan. Twenty years and three-trillion dollars later a US political commentator shares his thoughts - on whether the war was worth it.