Taliban Near Gates Of Kabul, Embassies Prepare To Evacuate Staff

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban has tightened their territorial stadium around Kabul on Saturday, while refugees from the relentless offensive of the terrorist group flooded the capital and the American Marines have taken over to oversee the emergency evacuations of Afghanistan.
The second and third cities of the country fell to Taliban Hands, Kabul has indeed become the besieged and the last stand for government forces who have offered little or no resistance elsewhere.

The terrorist group fighters are now camped at only 50 kilometers (30 miles), leaving the United States and other countries that Kabul’s nationals ahead of a total aggression.

The fighter was also reported around Mazar-I-Sharif, an isolated exploitation in the north where the Warlord and former Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum had gathered his virulently anti-Taliban militia.

The only other cities of importance not to be taken, however, were Jalalabad, keep and khost-pashtun – dominated and unlikely to offer great resistance now.

In Kabul, the staff of the United States Embassy was sentenced to start shring and burning sensitive documents because the first US troops of a 3,000-story planned re-deployment began to guarantee the airport. and monitor the evacuations.

A crowd of European countries – including Great Britain, Germany, Denmark and Spain – all announced the withdrawal of the staff of their respective embassies on Friday.

For residents of Kabul and tens of thousands who have sought refuge there in recent weeks, the overwhelming mood was that of confusion and fear.

Muzhda, 35, a single woman who arrived in the capital with her two sisters after fled near Parwan, said she was terrified for the future.

“I’m crying day and night,” she told AFP

“I refused marriage proposals in the past … If the Taliban come to me forcing me to get married, I committed suicide.”

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated that it was “deeply disturbed” by stories of poor women’s treatment in areas seized by the Taliban, which imposed an ultra-austere brand of Islam in Afghanistan during their rule. from 1996-2001.

“It is particularly horrible and heartbreaking to see reports on hard rights earned from Afghan girls and heartbreaking women,” Guterres said.

The scale and speed of advancement of the Taliban shocked Afghans and the United States-led alliance that paid billions to the country after reversing the Taliban following the attacks of September 11 there is Nearly 20 years.

The days preceding one last American withdrawal by President Joe Biden, soldiers, units and even entire divisions went – the remittance of the Taliban even more vehicles and military equipment to feed their lightning progression.

‘No imminent threat’

Despite frantic evacuation efforts, the Bidge Administration continues to emphasize that a complete Taliban takeover is not inevitable.

“Kabul is not currently in an imminent threat environment,” said Friday John Kirby John Kirby, while recognizing that Taliban fighters “are trying to isolate” the city.

The Taliban offensive has accelerated in recent days, with the capture of Herat north and, a few hours later, the seizure of Kandahar – the spiritual heart of the group in the south.

The resident of Kandahar Abdul Nafi told AFP the city was calm after the government forces have abandoned it for the sanctuary of military facilities outside, where they negotiated terms of surrender.

“I went out this morning, I saw Taliban white flags in most squares of the city,” he said.

The pro-Taliban social media accounts were appraised by the vast loot of war captured by the terrorist group … Publishing photos of armored vehicles, heavy weapons and even a drone seizure of abandoned military bases.

In Herat, the Taliban captured a strong long-time man Ismail Khan, who helped lead the defense of the provincial capital with his militia fighters.

Thousands a day ‘

Pul-e-Alam, the capital of the province of connection connection, was the last city to fall on Friday, putting the