This just in. A bulletin from kabul. Taliban fighters have entered the afghan capital. This represents the collapse of the afghan government. The end of american nationbuilding dreams and the beginning of a frightening new era for many afghan civilians. Im brian stelter. This is reliable sources. Its 7 30 p. M. In kabul. Darkness is falling on the afghan capital. There is a rush now taking Place And Evacuation at the u. S. Embassy. A u. S. Official just now telling cnn that a majority of the u. S. Embassy staff are out of the diplomatic compound In Kabul. Some of them now at the airport, some are being taken off in airplanes out of the country. Others are staying at the airport for the time being. Reporters In Kabul are reporting new developments basically every minute of every hour. There has been gunfire heard in the capital. There have been Traffic Jams in some parts of the city. Other parts of the city look like a ghost town, according to witnesses who are there. As you know, withd
Last stronghold of the afghan government. Afghan president ghani has now fled the country. Taliban fighters have entered the Capital City of kabul where the American Flag has been taken down from the u. S. Embassy as the u. S. Undertakes an urgent evacuation of American Personnel. The rapid crumbling of the country shocked the u. S. And u. S. Allies and caught the biden White House flatfooted on saturday. After pulling out almost all of the 2,500 troops when he took office, hes deploying troops back to get americans safely out of kabul, warning of a swift u. S. Response if the Taliban Inte interfered. Sources tell cnn the majority of the u. S. Embassy staff are now out of the embassy compound. Thats a Sharp Tsharound when President Biden called it highly unlikely the Taliban Would overrun the country, at the time striking many experts in his own administration as unrealistic and prompting questions as to whether biden was cherrypicking intelligence or indifferent to it. As american dip
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