Factbox-Taliban seek to present a moderate face as they take control in Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: Taliban fighters gather on main road intersection in city of Ghazni, Afghanistan in this screen grab taken from a video released by the Taliban on August 12, 2021. Taliban Handout/via REUTERS

(Reuters) - The Taliban were taking control in Afghanistan on Sunday two decades after they were forced out by U.S.- backed forces.

During their years in power from 1996 to 2001, the Islamist Taliban ran one of the world's most repressive governments.