Taliban face shift from war to policing streets | See Pics

By winning the country after two decades of war with the August 15 seizure of Kabul, the Taliban also inherited a city marked by lawlessness. Immediately they set to work, making their presence known in daily street patrols.

One fighter after another, the Taliban are trading in their characteristic long flowing garb for stiff military uniforms.

It is a symbol of the moment of transition they find themselves in: Once warriors embedded in Afghanistan’s rugged mountains, now they are an urban police force.