Afghan Government Collapses as Taliban Take Kabul
KABUL—Taliban fighters on Sunday took around the Afghan funds and President Ashraf Ghani fled overseas, leaving the authorities in collapse, as a U.S.-led military operation began to airlift Western diplomats, civilians and Afghans probably to be targeted by the country’s new rulers.
Demoralized Afghan protection forces available no resistance as the insurgents, who seized most of the nation in just around a week, appeared Sunday morning on Kabul’s outskirts. Even though the Taliban originally reported they wouldn’t enter the funds although a transitional authorities is currently being formed, they reversed their stance by nightfall, stating that somebody wanted to keep community get immediately after Afghan police deserted their posts.
“To protect against chaos and looting, the Islamic Emirate has ordered the mujahedeen to get command of the abandoned locations,” a Taliban statement reported. The Taliban fighters, it extra, wouldn’t hassle any civilian or military officials of the former routine.
By night, the main highway to the Kabul airport was packed with Afghans desperately making an attempt to escape and with 1000’s of American troops safeguarding the evacuation effort and hard work, presented a bizarre scene of Taliban fighters mingling with uniformed Afghan troops.
Mr. Ghani, who fled the presidential palace and spent Sunday morning at the U.S. Embassy, left the Afghan funds in the afternoon.
