Afghanistan war over as president flees Taliban said.
“Thanks to God, the war is over in the country,” Mohammad Naeem said.
“We have reached what we were seeking, which is the freedom of our country and the independence of our people,” he added. “We will not allow anyone to use our lands to target anyone, and we do not want to harm others.”
A spokesman for the Taliban said “the situation in Kabul is normal” and that its fighters “are busy providing security”.
In a Twitter post, Zabihullah Mujahid also said the Taliban has deployed special units to different parts of Kabul and that the “general public is happy with the arrival of the Mujahideen and satisfied with the security”.
Emirates has suspended flights to the Afghan capital until further the notice, the airline said on its website.
“Customers holding tickets with final destination to Kabul will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin,” it said.
“We can confirm that the safe evacuation of all Embassy personnel is now complete. All Embassy personnel are located on the premises of Hamid Karzai International Airport, whose perimeter is secured by the US Military,” Ned Price wrote in a statement.
“This is a disaster of epic proportions,” Matt Zeller, a US veteran of the Afghan war said, warning that Afghans who helped the US military may now be “hunted down and systematically murdered by the Taliban”.
“We then must open up a secure corridor so that we can begin evacuating our Afghan and wartime allies out of Afghanistan, not just from Kabul, but from every city where they reside,” Zeller said.
“There are 44,000 people who are outside of Kabul and in other cities. The reports from them are horrific. There are public executions in Kandahar in the stadium. Women have been told they cannot leave their homes in Herat and the Taliban are going door to door in Mazar-i-Sharif looking for anyone who worked with the US military. This is a report we are hearing in other cities, including in Kabul.”
“terrible”.
“Absolutely devastated about it. It’s a terrible, it’s a terrible situation,” Morrison told the Australian Broadcasting Corp in Canberra.
“I can safely say the majority of Western diplomatic staff is out of Kabul now,” the unnamed official said. Some support staff remain, the official added.
More than 60 nations released a joint statement on Sunday night citing what they call “the deteriorating security situation” in Afghanistan.
The statement says that those in power and authority across the country “bear responsibility – and accountability – for the protection of human life and property, and for the immediate restoration of security and civil order.”
It added: “Afghans and international citizens who wish to depart must be allowed to do so; roads, airports and border crossing must remain open, and calm must be maintained.
“The Afghan people deserve to live in safety, security and dignity. We in the international community stand ready to assist them.”
source aljazeera
