The Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul after conquering Jalalabad and Mazar-e-Sharif, while a Taliban spokesman announced a peaceful entry into the capital and a general amnesty. Negotiations are underway in which Ashraf Ghani is ready to leave the government.
According to the international news agency, the Afghan Interior Ministry said that the Taliban entered Kabul from all sides. Sirens are ringing and gunfire can be heard from all sides while helicopters are flying in the air.
Acting Afghan Interior Minister Abdul Sattar Mirza Kawal added that talks between the Taliban and the government had agreed that the Taliban would not attack Kabul and that the Kabul government would hand over power to the interim government. Negotiations are still underway to form an interim government.
The Taliban are standing at the gates of Kabul, awaiting orders from their emir. There was no resistance from the Afghan army and the Kabul government seems willing to negotiate. Key Taliban leaders, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, have arrived in Kabul.
Negotiations between the Taliban and the Kabul government for a peaceful transfer of power
According to the British broadcaster BBC, the Taliban delegation entered the Afghan presidential palace for a peaceful transfer of power, where talks are underway between the Taliban and the presidential palace in Kabul. The Taliban has called for a peaceful transfer of power.
On the other hand, Afghan media have claimed that talks between the Taliban and the Kabul government at the presidential palace have agreed not to attack Kabul and a peaceful transfer of power, under which an interim government will be formed headed by former Interior Minister Ali. Ahmed will be Jalali.
Abdullah Abdullah, the deputy head of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and head of the National Reconciliation Council, is playing a key role in the talks at the presidential palace, with reports that former Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad al-Jalali is likely to be made head of the interim government.
According to international media sources, the Taliban want the Afghan army to surrender so that there is no bloodshed. After the success or failure of the talks, the Taliban fighters at the entrances will be ordered to enter the center of the capital.
Taliban announces amnesty
A Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan has announced that he has no plans to seize the capital by force and will not take revenge on anyone. Our fighters are standing at the gates of Kabul and want to enter peacefully.
On the other hand, the Taliban spokesman in Doha also said that the militants entering Kabul have been ordered to refrain from violence, while those who are willing to make peace instead of fighting the opposition will be allowed to leave and safe areas for women. I have requested to go.
Conquered Kabul without any resistance
Eyewitnesses told international media that Taliban fighters in the capital have faced very little resistance. Kabul University was evacuated this morning and all the students have gone home. People are trapped in their homes.
Kabul government's response and ground realities
The Kabul government has remained completely silent on the situation, but President Ashraf Ghani's chief of staff has taken to Twitter to urge the people of Kabul not to worry. No problem. The situation in Kabul is under control, but three Afghan officials told the Associated Press that militants are present in the capital's Kalkan, Qarabagh and Paghman districts.
US and British diplomats continue to be evacuated
On the other hand, US officials said that the diplomats were being taken from the embassy to the airport in the fortified Wazir Akbar Khan while more US troops were being sent to assist in the evacuation.
The transfer of British diplomats and Afghan nationals who work as translators for the British military is also underway. At the behest of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the British army arrived to pick them up.
It should be noted that the Taliban had earlier captured the important cities of Jalalabad and Mazar-e-Sharif and had taken control of the Torkham border. Only Kabul remained a city where Taliban rule could not be established.
