Photos have reportedly emerged of the Taliban parading men through the streets tarred in black and with nooses around their necks as fears grow the militants will reimpose brutal Sharia law.
The puritanical Islamic group first seized control of the country in 1994 led by former mujahideen commander Mohammad Omar.
The Taliban notoriously imposed strict punishments, including stoning suspected adulterers and carrying out public executions.

Women were barred from working, girls were banned from attending school. Men were forbidden from trimming their beards and women were forced to wear head-to-toe burkas.