The Taliban and the Afghan government talk ‘transition of power’ as country remains on the brink of Taliban takeover

According to Al Arabiya, Kabul will be handed over to the Taliban and an interim government led by the group will be formed, adding Afghanistan’s President Ghani will resign. Three Afghan officials had confirmed on Sunday to the AP that the Taliban have started entering the capital of Kabul from all sides.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Taliban to immediately halt their offensive. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said “remobilizing the Afghan security and defense forces is our top priority,” in a televised address on Saturday.

President Biden has approved the deployment of an additional 1,000 troops to ensure “an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel” ahead of the scheduled withdrawal of the US and NATO from Afghanistan by August 31.

From FRANCE24.