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End of Afghan Republic, 1st night under Islamic Emirate
Afghan media reported the retreat of Afghan national police from their outposts around the capital left the city in chaos and allow the city to be looted and plundered easily. Though the Taliban earlier on Sunday had said that there is no plan to enter the Afghan capital militarily, the security vacuum in Kabul city made them decide to direct their fighters to enter Kabul and occupy the empty police outposts and police districts.
Taliban confirms no danger to embassies, foreign nationals in Kabul
"We assure all embassies, diplomatic missions, institutions and residences of foreign nationals in Kabul that there is no danger to them," Xinhua news agency quoted Muhammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, as saying on Sunday evening. He stressed that the forces of the Taliban movement are tasked with maintaining security in Kabul and other cities in the country.
Afghan President Ghani had reason to fear for his life
"President Ghani has a real reason to fear that his life was under threat," Asfandyar Mir, an expert at United States institute of peace, told Al Jazeera. "... many Afghans will be disappointed, the contradiction in his messages until yesterday. The fact that he could not hold the country together politically or put up any kind of a military resistance will disappoint his supporters," he said.
Images of women being painted over in Kabul
Young women in the city have been asking for help in recent days as the Taliban advanced towards Kabul, the BBC reported. Prior to 2002 when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, the militants practiced a version of Sharia law which included stoning for adultery, amputation of limbs for theft, and preventing girls from going to school beyond the age of 12.
Taliban to declare 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'
The declaration is expected to be made from the presidential palace in Kabul following the departure of Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani, earlier, who apparently fled, initially to Tajikistan. His current location is unconfirmed, the Guardian reported. The Taliban are claiming to have taken over the presidential palace in Kabul. President Ghani left the country earlier on Sunday, but the exact situation at the palace is still unclear.
'Damn the rich man and his gang': Defence Minister says Ghani sold his homeland
Senior Afghan leader and Head of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, in a video clip, said that Ghani left Afghanistan. He said that he left the people of Afghanistan in mess and misery and he will be judged in futurity. Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who is said to have accompanied Ghani and the others who left, in a tweet vowed not to bow to the Taliban, but he did not respond in the message to reports of him leaving the country.
$88 bn spent on Afghan forces which surrendered without a fight to Taliban
The Taliban have 80,000 troops in comparison with a nominal 300,699 serving the Afghan government, yet the whole country has been effectively overrun in a matter of weeks as military commanders surrendered without a fight in a matter of hours. It is a tale of two armies, one poorly equipped but highly motivated ideologically, and the other nominally well-equipped, but dependent on NATO support, poorly led and riddled with corruption.
Abdullah confirms Ghani has left Afghanistan, likely for Tajikistan
Abdullah Abdullah has asked people to keep calm and for the Afghan security forces to cooperate in ensuring security. He asked the Taliban to allow some time for talks before entering the city of Kabul. Taliban forces have been seen within the city but most insurgents remain massed in the city's outskirts, the Guardian reported. Ghani has left Kabul for Tajikistan, a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said.
Kabul residents flee city, country on fears of Taliban rule
Long queues of cars have formed as people try to find a way out of the city. Banks have also been busy as residents try to withdraw their savings, BBC reported. Afghan MP Farzana Kochai describeD the scene: "I'm in my house and looking at the people who are just trying to run." This leaves Kabul International Airport as the only way out of the country.
Afghan government handing over power to Taliban
The head of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah is said to be mediating the process, Afghan media reported. Sources have also said that Ali Ahamd Jalali will be appointed as head of the new interim government. Meanwhile, the acting Ministers of Interior, and Foreign Affairs, in separate video clips, assured Kabul's people would be secure as they are protecting the city along with international allies.
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