American diplomats were evacuated from their embassy by chopper after a lightning advance by the militants, who were poised to run Afghanistan again 20 years after they were toppled by U.S.-led forces following the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
The Taliban on Sunday gained control of all of northern Afghanistan with the capture of Maidan Wardak, the provincial capital just west of Kabul held by the country’s central government.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.