Kabul: After capturing all the major cities of Afghanistan, now Taliban terrorists have also entered the capital Kabul. Taliban officials have claimed that they will also capture Kabul in the next two hours. According to the news agency FP, the local people of Kabul have also confirmed the arrival of the Taliban. Earlier, an Afghan lawmaker and the Taliban said extremists had captured a provincial capital just a few miles west of Kabul.
According to the BBC, there is currently no violence in Kabul. Taliban fighters have easily entered the city. No attempt was made to stop them. According to media reports, the Taliban have ordered their fighters not to commit violence in the Afghan capital Kabul. Along with this, people are also being allowed to move out of there.
President tweeted
Meanwhile, a post has just been put on the Twitter account of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. This post is written in Pashto. It said that there was sporadic firing in Kabul. Kabul has not been attacked, the country’s security and defense forces are working closely with international partners to ensure the city’s security. The situation is under control.
US officials working from Kabul airport
News agency Reuters quoted a NATO official as saying that several EU employees had been moved to an undisclosed safe location in Kabul. The news agency also says that a US official has confirmed that less than 50 US embassy officials will be staying there. Apart from this, a core team is now working from Kabul airport.
Torkham was first captured
Earlier, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told that the Taliban have captured the Torkham border. He told local broadcaster Geo TV that Pakistan had stopped cross-border traffic there because of this. Torkham was the last post still under the control of the government.
So far 6 provinces have captured
Apart from Kabul, Jalalabad was the only major city that survived the Taliban’s capture. It is located near a major border crossing with Pakistan. Now out of the 34 provincial capitals of the country under the authority of the central government of Afghanistan, apart from Kabul, only six other provincial capitals remain.
Sensitive documents burnt
Helicopters descend on the compound as political vehicles leave the US embassy in Kabul as the Taliban advance towards the Afghan capital. Helicopters are coming and going fast as a plume of smoke rises from the roof of the embassy on Sunday. US officials have said in the past that diplomats inside have begun erasing sensitive documents.
