The Taliban movement, shortly after its fighters entered the capital, Kabul, sent messages of reassurance to the Afghan people and the international community about the next stage in the country, while President Ashraf Ghani said that he left Afghanistan to save blood.

Twenty years after it was expelled from power following the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban forces entered the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, and took control of the security and government headquarters there, after taking control of the other 33 states in just a week.

With the arrival of the movement's fighters to the outskirts of the capital, there were frequent statements from Kabul about the possibility of establishing a transitional government.

But Reuters news agency quoted two sources in the Taliban that there will be no transitional government in Afghanistan, and that the movement expects a complete handover of power.

And before Sunday evening, the movement announced the control of the presidential palace in Kabul, and private pictures of the island showed a number of the movement's elements receiving the palace from an employee in the presidency.

Night photos also showed the concentration of the movement’s fighters in several points in the capital, and Taliban sources reported that they had coordinated with the Americans regarding the areas where their militants were deployed in the capital, in order to avoid any possible clash with the American forces that are securing the capital’s airport to evacuate diplomats and American and foreign nationals.


Prevent chaos

The movement had announced - in a statement - that it had ordered its gunmen to enter the capital to prevent chaos and theft, and added that it had decided to enter Kabul because the Afghan forces withdrew from their positions inside the capital.

The movement said that its fighters will not harm anyone, calling on government forces not to confront them.

Before entering the capital, Taliban fighters took over camps on the outskirts of the city, including the Bagram base, and freed thousands of prisoners from the movement and others.


Power-sharing and system of government

After the Taliban militants entered the capital, Kabul, the head of the Taliban's political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, congratulated the Afghan people, saying that they had reached a stage they had not expected.

"We are now in a testing phase on how to reassure the Afghan people that we can live together," Prader told Al Jazeera.

For his part, Taliban spokesman Muhammad Naim told Al Jazeera that the goal is to share power, and for the country to be stable.

He said - in an interview with Al Jazeera - that he could not determine the type of system that would govern Afghanistan, and added that the form of the system of government would soon become clear, explaining that they wanted a just system free of corruption, and that the country would be safe.

Naim stressed the movement's openness to negotiations with any party, but he made it clear that the Afghan people will not accept any dictates from others.

He explained that the movement wants relations with the international community, and does not want to live in isolation, stressing that there is no danger threatening foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Kabul.

The Taliban spokesman told Al Jazeera that they have now ended the war that raged in Afghanistan 20 years ago, and that they are close to the day when the Afghan people will enjoy stability.

Naim pledged to respect the rights of women and minorities and freedom of expression in the light of Sharia, noting that the movement did not exclude anyone, as evidenced by the presence of officials in their positions such as state governors, as he put it.

He stressed that the Taliban will not allow anyone to use the territory of Afghanistan to target any party, saying that the movement does not want to interfere in the affairs of others, and will not allow others to interfere in Afghan affairs.


"Islamic Emirate"

The Associated Press quoted a Taliban official earlier on Sunday that the movement would soon declare the Islamic Emirate from the presidential palace in Kabul.

In response to a question about whether the Taliban would declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the former ambassador of the movement in Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef - in a previous interview with Al-Jazeera - said that the Taliban's priority now is to maintain security and stability in Kabul, which they entered at the request of a number of officials after indications chaos in the capital.

For his part, the Taliban's central security official, Mullah Qari Salahuddin, told Al Jazeera that "the movement wants a participatory government with the various components of the Afghan people, and that the final decision will be for the Taliban's political committee."

Salah al-Din added - in exclusive statements to Al-Jazeera from inside the presidential palace in Kabul - that no party can control the government alone.

The central security official in the Taliban confirmed that there are currently arrangements for the return of the movement's leaders to Kabul.


The president "runs away" and justifies

Shortly after the Taliban's incursion into Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and a number of his administration officials left the country.

Ghani said - in a post on Facebook - that the Taliban had won, and that he had left the country to avoid bloodshed as the movement entered the presidential palace in the capital, Kabul.

He added - in his first statement since his departure - that he left to avoid clashes with the Taliban that would have put the lives of millions of Kabul residents at risk.

Ghani called on the Taliban movement to protect women and different ethnicities to win the hearts of Afghans, stressing that the people are in a state of fear of the future.

He considered that the Taliban won the war but lost the hearts of the people, saying that the movement planned to remove him from power and attack Kabul and its residents.

In the context, the bodyguard of the Afghan president told Al-Jazeera that Ghani, his wife, his office manager and the national security adviser had left the country for Tashkent in Uzbekistan, but Uzbekistan denied that Ghani was in its territory.

Ghani did not reveal his whereabouts, but the Turkish Anadolu Agency said he had arrived in the Sultanate of Oman.


Commission for the transfer of power

For his part, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that he had contacted Taliban leaders to resolve the Afghan crisis, in what he described as peaceful and fraternal ways.

Karzai added that after the departure of Ashraf Ghani and those responsible for the country, and to prevent chaos;

A three-person committee was formed for the peaceful transfer of power, consisting of the head of the reconciliation committee, Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (head of the Islamic Party).

Return of the staff

On the other hand, Afghan media said that a Kabul security official from the Taliban pledged that all employees would return to their jobs soon.

According to the media, Abdul Raqib Haqqani talked about the security measures in the capital, and said that all citizens will return to their jobs soon.