Panic is gripping Afghanistan as the Taliban tears through territory, forcing people to flee their homes for the relative safety of the capital.
, which was updated Tuesday, showed that 233 districts were under Taliban control, 65 under government control and 109 contested.Mohammad Asif Khan / AP
to Kabul on Thursday. He had planned to carry a fake student ID on his way to the airport, to disguise the fact he works for a foreign government.“It’s beyond my ability to imagine myself in a city that will one day be in the hands of the Taliban,” he said.Abdullah Yarmand, 36, who says he worked for Norwegian troops between 2007 and 2009, is stuck in Maymana city.
Many of his neighbors have already left. He said he is trying to raise enough money to buy plane tickets to Kabul, but the airfare has doubled in recent weeks and flights are sold out 10 days in advance.
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