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Afghanistan has been handed over to the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist militant group, after 20 years. It has been four months since the US military announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Ghani has already left Afghanistan, and the government of Afghanistan has announced that it will transfer power peacefully, but there are foreign media reports that there have been explosions and shootings in the area.
Reporter Kwak Sang-eun reports.
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Taliban entered the outskirts of the capital Kabul and demanded surrender, the Afghan government effectively declared surrender.
The Taliban declared that "the war is over in Afghanistan" and said "the manner and form of government will be decided soon".
It is evaluated that it was a scheduled procedure when the United States announced its withdrawal in April, but it was much earlier than expected that it would take dozens of days.
[Abdul Satar Mirzaqwal/Afghan Interior Minister: The regime will be transferred to the transitional government peacefully according to an agreement.]
On the way to the airport, there were long
lines of
vehicles trying to escape, and people trying to withdraw money from the bank. .
It turns out that President Ashraf Ghani has already left Afghanistan.
"The Taliban have made it clear that they intend to attack Kabul and overthrow me," Ghani said in a post on social media, claiming that he had left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed.
[Abdullah Abdullah / Representative for Afghan Peace Negotiation: Ashraf Ghani 'ex-president' left the country in such a difficult situation. God and the people will judge him.] The
Afghan government said there would be a peaceful transfer of power, but foreign media reported that two powerful explosions occurred near the US embassy and the presidential palace in Kabul.
Witnesses said there were also shootings with heavy and light weapons.