A Taliban commander claimed he spent eight years in Guantanamo Bay in a victory speech from inside the Presidential Palace in Kabul as the militants declared an Islamic state of Afghanistan
* Taliban has said they will declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the Presidential Palace in Kabul
* Militants seized ancient palace and demanded a 'peaceful transfer of power' as they moved into the capital
* President Ashraf Ghani fled the country while thousands of Afghan nationals rushed to the Pakistan border
* RAF planes were scrambled to evacuate 6,000 British diplomats, citizens and Afghan translators
* British Ambassador was moved to a safe place and is expected to be evacuated from Afghanistan tonight
* Prime Minister Boris Johnson said US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan 'accelerated' the current crisis
A Taliban commander claimed he spent eight years in Guantanamo Bay in a triumphant speech from inside the Presidential Palace in Kabul as the militants declared an Islamic state of Afghanistan after the country's president joined thousands of Afghan nationals in a mass exodus.
Taliban fighters stormed the ancient palace on Sunday and demanded a 'peaceful transfer of power' as the capital city descended into chaos, with US helicopters evacuating diplomats from the embassy in scenes echoing the 1975 Fall of Saigon which followed the Vietnam War.
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WNU Editor: It looks like Al Jazeera has a deal with the Taliban to broadcast their victory (see video below).
1 comment:
"It looks like Al Jazeera has a deal with the Taliban to broadcast their victory"
Yes, of course! Sunni first and get the West out. But we don't have the right to say the reverse, it's not politically correct.
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