CNN's Clarissa Ward interviews Taliban fighters in Kabul streets: 'They've just told me to stand to the side because I'm a woman'

With Afghanistan now effectively under Taliban control, following a breakneck offensive that shocked many, CNN's Clarissa Ward described the scene in the country's capital as "utterly bizarre."

"[The Taliban are] just chanting 'death to America' but they seem friendly at the same time. It's utterly bizarre," said Ward in a segment with New Day. Earlier, she described the militant group as "smiling and victorious" following their seizure of Kabul, which they were able to secure handily, in just "a matter of hours." "Nobody should worry," said a Taliban commander to Ward. "America already spent enough time in Afghanistan — they need to leave. They already lost lots of lives and lots of money."

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.