Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees country

 

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees country

 

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left for Tajikistan following the entry of Taliban militants into the capital Kabul, foreign media reported. Abdullah, the head of the Council for National Reconciliation, has said that the former Afghan president has left the nation.

Taliban militants have captured 26 of the country's 34 provinces in a short span of two weeks, and the president has left the country amid talks on a peaceful transfer of power following the siege of Kabul today. Taliban militants have surrounded the capital, Kabul, saying they have no plans to seize the capital by force.

 

Former President Hamid Karzai, representing the government, is reportedly joining the talks with the militants. Taliban militants have intensified fighting in a short period of time after US President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan.

 

Towards the culmination of this, foreign media reported that the militants besieged the capital Kabul today (15) without any fighting.

 

What happened to Afghanistan?

The U.S. military landed in Afghanistan in 2001. The aim is to teach a lesson to Afghanistan, which sheltered Osama bin Laden following the Al Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center.

 

In the first round, tens of thousands of soldiers arrived at Bagram Air Force Base. Since then, the Taliban's power has been weakened by attacks, and they have temporarily disbanded. Day-to-day clashes after US troops landed in Afghanistan resulted in more civilian casualties and displacement than the Taliban.

 

Although no accurate statistics are available, a 2009 United Nations report estimates that more than 1.1 million people have been killed in the conflict. The Afghan war cost more than a trillion dollars in American taxpayers' money.

 

An agreement to achieve peace was signed in February 2020 after unprovoked attacks. The Taliban agreed not to allow any other extremist organization in any of the areas under their control. The release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners was another condition of the deal.

 

Former US President Donald Trump was the first to decide on the sudden deployment of US troops to Afghanistan. New President Joe Biden put it into action.

 

The Taliban, which has been active ever since, has spread its dominance across the country, turning the entire country into a terrible battleground. The international media also saw footage of the Taliban roaming freely inside the luxury mansion of Abdul Rashid, the Afghan government's military chief captured during the fighting.

 

Fighting erupted today, with the Taliban reaching the capital, Kabul. Even now, ordinary people are leaving the country in panic. The Taliban say it has no intention of retaliating against anyone loyal to the government or the military.