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Businesses shut as people stay indoors on Day 1 of Taliban Emirate
A city that only 48 hours ago was jam-packed with cars and hundreds of people lining up outside banks, visa processing offices and travel agencies, has come to a near standstill, Al Jazeera reported. Remnants of the Western-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, built over 20 years of international support, linger. The dividers and K9 cages of police checkpoints are still standing, but unmanned.
Afghan citizens in Delhi hold Ghani responsible for present crisis
Afghan citizens said that Ghani has 'in fact sold Afghanistan to the Taliban' and fled the country leaving the citizens to their own fate. They said that the Afghan soldiers wanted to fight the Taliban, but Ghani always discouraged them. The Taliban have captured the whole of Afghanistan after targeting one province after another and the government allowed them asking the soldiers to maintain calm and peace.
ITBP personnel guarding Indian embassy to stay in Kabul: Officials
The Indian embassy in Kabul has been functioning with reduced staff strength. "The ITBP personnel deployed for the security of the Indian embassy in Kabul to stay there as some of the embassy officials are still there and they will return along with them", the officials said. The situation has aggravated in the war-torn country in the wake of its President Ashraf Ghani and his colleagues leaving Afghanistan on Sunday.
Pakistan worried as Taliban releases anti-Pak militants after taking over Afghanistan
National Security Council (NSC) meeting was organized on Monday. Apparently the discussion was " whether Pakistan should recognise the Taliban as they have taken over Afghanistan" leading to the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government. Of course this is window dressing. Recognition of a Taliban government by Pakistan is a foregone conclusion.
Afghans clinging to side of US military aircraft as it prepares to take off
In the videos, a number of people are seen apparently sitting on the side of the US military transport plane as it moves down the runway, while crowds run alongside, BBC reported. According to some reports, which have also not been confirmed, at least two people were killed after falling from a plane after it had taken off.
Afghan Prez fled with 4 cars and a helicopter filled with cash
Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA: "Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac." Ischenko confirmed his comments to a global news wire, citing "witnesses" as the source of his information, Al Jazeera reported.
Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar is the face of insurgent victory
While Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban's overall leader, Baradar is its political chief and its most public face.In a televised statement on the fall of Kabul on Sunday, he said the Taliban's real test was only just beginning and that they had to serve the nation. The story of his adult life is the story of the country's unceasing, pitiless conflict. He fought in the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviets in the 1980s.
Commercial flights from Kabul airport cancelled
"All the flights from Kabul airport have been temporarily cancelled and the passengers should not come to the airport until informed," the statement said. The cancellation of the flights took place in the wake of Kabul's fall to the Taliban on Sunday and the mass migration of Afghans amid fear, reports Xinhua news agency.
Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 3 as Afghans flee Taliban rule
Witnesses reported seeing the bloodied bodies lying on the ground just outside the terminal building, according to the report. Officials at the US Central Command weren't immediately available for comment. The US military has taken over security of the Kabul airport to execute the massive airlift of foreign diplomats and citizens after the Afghan government collapsed on Sunday.
Afghanistan's fall to Taliban doesn't augur well for India: Punjab CM
"Afghanistan's fall to Taliban doesn't augur well for our country. It'll strengthen the Sino-Pak nexus against India (China has already sought militia's help on Uyghur). The signs are not at all good, we need to be extra vigilant now at all our borders," he tweeted. The Taliban has declared that the war in Afghanistan is over after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday.
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