The Taliban in Afghanistan entered Kabul from all sides on August 15, according to an official from the interior ministry. However, in a statement, the organisation stated that they do not want to seize Kabul “by force.”
According to the statement, the insurgent organisation has ordered its fighters to desist from violence, provide safe passage to anyone trying to flee, and request that ladies go to secure regions.
The firing was also confirmed by a tweet from the Afghan Presidential Palace account, which stated that violence had broken out in a number of locations across Kabul, but that security forces, working with international partners, had taken control of the city.
Earlier in the day, insurgents took control of one of the main roadways into landlocked Afghanistan by capturing the eastern city of Jalalabad without a fight. They also grabbed control of the adjoining Torkham border station with Pakistan, leaving Kabul airport as the last remaining government-controlled exit point from Afghanistan.
Jalalabad was taken by the Taliban after they took the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on August 14, with little combat.
“There are no clashes in Jalalabad right now since the governor has surrendered to the Taliban,” an Afghan official in Jalalabad told Reuters. The officer was cited as adding, “Allowing the Taliban passage was the only option to spare civilian lives.”
People cheered and shouted Allahu Akbar (God is greatest) when a convoy of pick-up trucks approached the city with warriors waving machine guns and the white Taliban flag, according to a video released by the Taliban.
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