Afghanistan’s government folded on Sunday with President Ashraf Ghani’s flight from the country and also the Taliban’s entry into the capital, effectively waterproofing the insurgents’ management of the country when dozens of cities fell to their lightning advance.
On Sunday evening, former President Hamid Karzai proclaimed on Twitter that he was forming a coordinative council along side Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Afghan delegation to peace talks, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hesb-i-Islami party, to manage a peaceful transfer of power. Mr. Karzai known as on each government and Taliban forces to act with restraint.
Al Jazeera reportable that it had interviewed Taliban fighters WHO were holding a conference within the presidential palace in national capital, the capital. The fighters same they were operating to secure national capital so leaders in Qatar and out of doors the capital may come safely. Al Jazeera reportable that the fighters had taken down the flag of Asian nation.
As it became clear that Taliban fighters were getting into national capital and meeting no resistance, thousands of Afghans WHO had wanted refuge there when fleeing the insurgents’ brutal military offensive watched with growing alarm because the native police perceived to fade from their usual checkpoints. The U.S. Embassy warned Americans to not head to the airfield in national capital when reports that the ability was taking fireplace, and same that true was “changing quickly.”
The departure hall turned into chaos after people said boarding passes were being printed secretly for officials and high-profile people who showed up at the airport.
I saw three former MPs, a few deputy ministers and some celebrities queuing up. Some didn’t even have a booking. We waited for almost eight hours, until airport staff started leaving their desks - first the check-in counters and then the migration and passport desks… different rumours created chaos. Some escaped from the airport and some rushed towards the gates.
No-one was in any of the passport check cabins and the QR scan doors were destroyed. There wasn’t a security check before getting to the gates.
We walked through and saw that the big glass doors between the gates and the airplanes were shattered. People ran towards the last plane (it seems the first plane, which was ours, was filled by officials and took off) and there was a second flight which people started to board.
It was almost a stampede.
We walked back and saw many hopeful passengers just sitting under the airplane near the runway. People were shocked and didn’t know what to do, running from one plane to the other.
We then walked towards the exit to get in the car. Armed men in plain clothes were guarding the airport.
People were very desperate, some were running towards the airport, some were escaping. In order to stop people from getting into the airport, the guards opened fire into the air.
When I was getting out, there was a guy shooting in the air. A few minutes away on the airport’s road, I saw several police vehicles left alone on the road with doors open.
I can still hear sporadic gunshots and helicopters.
Germany sending military planes for evacuation.
Military aircraft are headed to Kabul to evacuate Germans and Afghan support staff, says Germany's foreign minister.
The planes will leave tonight for the Afghan capital and will bring passengers to a "neighbouring country". Civilian aircraft will then fly them to Germany.
A small team will stay in the embassy to assist in further evacuations.
The foreign ministry said on Friday that fewer than 100 German citizens were still in Afghanistan, alongside remaining government officials, Reuters reported.
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