President of Afghanistan leaves the country

Taliban militants entered the three suburbs of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, August 15, three Afghan officials who wished to remain anonymous told the AP news agency. Acting Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan Abdul Satar Mirzakval announced on Sunday that the Taliban will not attack the city and plans to transfer power peacefully to the caretaker government. Foreign media report that the President of Afghanistan has left the country.

Referring to Afghan officials, The BBC reportsthat President Ashraf Ghana and Vice President Amrulla Saleh have left the country. At the portal “Jellyfish” According to the information available, Ghana first went to Tajikistan and then to a third country.

“People have no reason to worry, the city is safe, anyone who would cause a mess in the city will have to answer to the law,” the Afghan Interior Minister said in a statement.

Earlier, a Taliban spokesman issued a statement promising not to seize the capital by force and saying that Taliban militants had been ordered to remain on the outskirts of Kabul.

“No one’s life, property or dignity will be harmed and the lives of Kabul’s citizens will not be in danger,” the statement said. [Afganistānas valdība]”.

Government officials have also previously suggested that Taliban representatives have gone to the presidential palace to negotiate a transfer of control to the Taliban without bloodshed.

Suhail Sahin, a spokesman for the group, refused to inform Al Jazeera of any talks with the government, but eventually acknowledged that

the Taliban want the government to surrender unconditionally.

Afghan Defense Minister Bismilla Hans Mohammadi, meanwhile, said in a video speech on Facebook that he was guaranteeing the security of Kabul on behalf of the armed forces.

According to him, it is known that President Ashraf Gani has met with politicians and instructed them to form a delegation that will go to the Qatari capital Doha on Monday to reach an agreement with the Taliban.

“I assure you all that the security of Kabul will be guaranteed until an agreement is reached,” the minister said.

However, the imminent arrival of the Taliban has caused panic among the people of Kabul, many shops and markets have been closed, and some state institutions have left police stations.

Shooting is heard in some places in the city, military helicopters land near the US Embassy. The US State Department has not yet commented on what is happening, but two US military personnel, without disclosing their names, have indicated that diplomats at the embassy are in a hurry to destroy important documents.

As reported, on Sunday morning, the Taliban took control of the capital of Nangarhar province, Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, near an important border crossing on the Pakistani border, thus blocking Kabul from the east.

In Taliban, the Taliban entered without fighting, according to residents and officials. The decision was not taken in opposition to prevent civilian casualties.

Hosta, the provincial capital of the same name, was reportedly taken over by the Taliban on Sunday, while the Taliban took over the largest city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Balha province, Mazar-e-Sharif, on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Latvian Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks (“For Development / About!”) Has asked to identify those Afghan citizens and their families who have assisted Latvia’s missions in Afghanistan and, if necessary, to grant them asylum, the minister said in his Twitter account.

I have asked the MoD and the NAF to identify those Afghan citizens and their families who have assisted in our missions in Afghanistan. If necessary, be prepared to grant them asylum.

– Artis Pabriks (@Pabriks) August 15, 2021

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CONTEXT:

The Taliban began offensive since Afghanistan are exported to the United States and forces of other countries.

Since early August, the Taliban have taken control of most of the country, defeating Afghan security forces, dragging them to their side or forcing them to flee, despite some US aviation support.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the fighting, and in recent days refugees have flooded Kabul, where they have set up settlements in parks and other public places.

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