Abdul Wali Shaheen wanted to "die a martyr's death" in the Taliban ranks, but after their return to power in Afghanistan in 2021, he swapped his rocket launcher for a computer at the Department of Information and Culture in Ghazni province. AFP spoke to the insurgent-turned-bureaucrat as part of a special report across the country ahead of the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul on August 15. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES