Taliban poised to take control of Kabul as US evacuates embassy
Insurgents appear to have met little or no resistance entering Afghan capital as US diplomats ferried to airport
• Taliban enter Kabus – live updates
The Taliban are poised to take full control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, after their fighters took up positions on the outskirts of the city, and the US sent helicopters to evacuate diplomats from its embassy.
In deeply humiliating scenes for the Biden administration, embassy personnel were ferried by military helicopter from the compound to the nearby airport. Diplomatic armoured SUVs could be seen leaving. The exodus began early on Sunday after the insurgents captured the eastern city of Jalalabad.