Afghanistan’s president fled the country as the Taliban advanced on Kabul, effectively handing back power to the Islamist group almost 20 years after it was ousted by a US-led invasion.
Facing virtually no armed resistance, Taliban fighters poured into the capital on Sunday and sought to establish control, while US and other foreign governments scrambled to evacuate their citizens and Afghan allies.
Late on Sunday, Mullah Baradar, one of the Taliban’s most senior officials, said in a video statement that the movement’s swift victory over the Afghan government had been an unrivalled feat, but that the real test of governing effectively would begin now that it had won power.
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