Taliban fighters enter the Afghan capital and say they are awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of Kabul after promising not to take the city by force
A. US Black Hawk military helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, August 15, 2021.
The collapse of Jalalabad, near a major border crossing with Pakistan, left Afghanistan's central government in control of just Kabul and a few other provincial capitals out of the country's 34. that the insurgents wants a peaceful transfer of power and that they want to enter the capital city peacefully, where he announced a "general amnesty for all."
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the closed-doors negotiations, described them as “tense.”“I assure you about the security of Kabul,” he said.“No one’s life, property and dignity will be harmed and the lives of the citizens of Kabul will not be at risk,” the insurgents said in a statement.
To support the evacuation, US President Joe Biden authorised an additional 1,000 troops for deployment to Afghanistan.
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