Taliban fighters were ordered Sunday to wait at the gates of Kabul and not enter the Afghan capital, an insurgent spokesman said, after the complete collapse of the country’s security forces, though residents reported insurgents had peacefully entered some outer suburbs.
7 point BBC summary on Afghanistan situation
- fighters enter the Afghan capital Kabul, the interior ministry says
- Eyewitnesses say the militants met little resistance along the way
- The Taliban orders its fighters to refrain from violence and allow safe passage for anyone wanting to leave
- US begins evacuating staff from its embassy in Kabul
- About 600 British troops are being deployed to help the departure of UK nationals and others.
- The last major city in the north, Jalalabad, falls without a struggle
- US President Joe Biden defends decision to leave Afghanistan, saying he could not justify an “endless American presence”