Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani has reportedly left the country for Tajikistan after Taliban fighters entered Kabul and sought the surrender of the government. Senior officials confirmed his departure on Sunday as the Taliban made further, swift gains in and around the capital. Asked for comment, the president’s office said it “cannot say anything about Ashraf Ghani’s movement for security reasons”. Hamdullah Mohib, the Afghan national security adviser, and a second close associate were with Mr Ghani when he left. Confirmation came from two sources – an official in the office of Afghanistan’s former president, Hamid Karzai, and another an aide on the Afghan security council – who spoke to the Associated Press news agency. A representative of the Taliban said the group was checking on Mr Ghani’s whereabouts. His departure – at the end of a week in which the Taliban seized nearly all of Afghanistan, shocking Western military analysts who predicted a much slower advance – signalled the end of a 20-year experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan. On Sunday, the insurgents entered the outskirts of Kabul but apparently remained outside of the city centre. Sporadic gunfire was reported though the streets were said to be largely quiet. The group have said they expect to take power within days. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said they were waiting on the outskirts of Kabul and were in talks with the Western-backed government for a peaceful surrender. “Taliban fighters are to be on standby on all entrances of Kabul until a peaceful and satisfactory transfer of power is agreed,” he said. Columbia University-educated Mr Ghani, 72, spent several years living abroad before returning to his home country following the fall of the Taliban in 2001. He was first elected in 2014 and was re-elected for a second term five years later. Nick Note: I am sick and tired of hearing about the fact the US has been in Afghanistan for 20 years. Its a lame excuse. The truth is the US has had a armed presence at many military bases, air bases and a naval presence in Japan and in Germany for over 80 years…..
PS: i am tole their is a whole lot of gun fire going on people…and a whole lot of fucking going on too. So you can surmise someone is getting shot and someone is getting fucked. And it pay back. over 10,000 military prisoners have been released… Most are Taliban, have been severely tortured and held without trial by the Afghanistan government…….