Kabul, Afghanistan capital has almost fallen to Taliban who are surrounding the city, but allowing people fleeing the city to do so with any harassment or molestation.
Taliban negotiators are discussing for transfer of power by Afghan officials, assuring that there would a general amnesty for the Afghan officials.
Taliban has ordered its fighters to stay at the gates of Kabul while 5000 prisoners have fallen to the Taliban.
Before now, the Taliban raced closer to a complete military takeover of Afghanistan on Sunday after capturing more major cities.
The insurgents took control of the key eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, just hours after the seizing the northern anti-Taliban bastion of Mazar-i-Sharif — furthering an astonishing rout of government forces and warlord militias achieved in just 10 days.
“We woke up this morning to the Taliban white flags all over the city. They entered without fighting,” said Jalalabad resident Ahmad Wali, confirming a claim on social media made by the Taliban.
President Ashraf Ghani’s government appeared to be left with few options as the Taliban effectively surrounded Kabul — either prepare for a bloody fight for the capital or capitulate.
On Saturday Ghani sought to project a semblance of authority with a national address in which he spoke of “re-mobilising” the military while seeking a “political solution” to the crisis.
But the loss of Mazar-i-Sharif and Jalalabad are huge back-to-back blows for Ghani and his government.
It left the Taliban — who have fighters less than an hour’s drive from Kabul — holding all the cards in any negotiated surrender of the capital.
