with this government is because you would have to remember, they have never accepted this government of president ashraf ghani, they also said it was a puppet of the western regime, so they would not want to be seen as sharing power with some they do not like, they would even report that during the negotiations in the last few months, they were asking for the resignation of ashraf ghani, because they never liked it, they said that peace talks could continue he resigned, then they would think about it, there also talks of ministers talking about transitioning power and government, but the taliban are not interested of this. they want absolute power. they want to take over, that was the press release, they want to make it very clearly want a peaceful tra nsfer of very clearly want a peaceful transfer of power, they are not talking about transitional government. as we speak, quite a few delegations have reached pakistan, a group of afghan politicians, another group of afghan politicians,
of power. and in the last hour, these images have emerged of us embassy staff being helicoptered to kabul airport. it comes as the secretary of state antony blinken has insisted the situation is patently not saigon referncing vientma it comes as the secretary of state antony blinken has insisted the situation is patently not saigon referncing vientma and argued the us had succeded in its mission. in a moment, we ll hear from the taliban spokesman who spoke to the bbc today about the group s plans for power. but first, with an update on all the latest developments here s our world affairs correspondent, paul adams. it s the final act, the fall of kabul. with the taliban closing in, those who can are leaving, taking what they can carry. and it s all happening without a fight. translation: the security forces i are in kabul providing security. | the international forces are also there to support us. yesterday the president in a meeting decided to send a delegation to doha
you read carefully, from the akerson group, we knew that building a house of cards, the afghan study group, and if we kept propping up the afghan ministry, that by somehow, by magic, illegitimate government would come into being, that could gain the loyalty of that military, and use it effectively against the taliban. the problem was there was nobody ever working on that, and many of the things we were doing in building the afghan forces was working directly against our ability to build something that was going to last. when you think about the us military and other international forces working to build up the afghan security forces, and then you see how quickly they crumples, i don t know how much you feel condemnation or how much empathy for, i suppose, men and women who may be frightened, rudderless, leaderless? you
has convened a meeting of the government s emergency committee to discuss the situation in kabul. parliament has been recalled for one day on wednesday. welcome to bbc news if you re watching is in the uk around the world. taliban fighters have reached the outskirts of the afghan capital, kabul after a lightning advance across the country. the militant group now controls all the other major cities in afghanistan and look to be on the verge of toppling the afghan government, although president ghani is yet to formally step aside. these pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. the taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer