Houstonians with unique perspectives react to Biden's plan to remove troops from Afghanistan KTRK Replay Video Mumtaz Raofi is all-too familiar with the Taliban. Raofi is a native of Afghanistan who currently lives in Houston. He said he spent five years under Taliban rule, and that amount of time had a lasting impact on him. He recalled a period when the Taliban would hang human limbs at an intersection in Kabul as a way to show Afghans what would happen to anyone who committed a crime. "I was young, but I still remember that time," Raofi said. With President Joe Biden's announcement that all United States troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, many are concerned that the absence of U.S. firepower will lead to a reemergence of the Taliban.