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With the threat of the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan falls back under the power of the Taliban

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    Diplomats and foreigners flee the country: Afghanistan’s capital Kabul is preparing for the Taliban invasion.

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    This week the radical Islamists conquered the strategically important Herat, Kandahar and other cities. The trophy of the largest city in the country, the capital Kabul, still remains.

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    Street scene in Kabul. There are still no signs of panic. But the Taliban are already surrounding the city.

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    President Ashraf Ghani publishes combative slogans, but is largely powerless. The Afghan armed forces are leaving the cities to the Taliban practically without a fight.

It is only a matter of days before the self-proclaimed warriors of God take power again in all of Afghanistan after 20 years. According to the local news channel Tolo, the Taliban are said to have already penetrated the Char Asiab district – just eleven kilometers south of the capital Kabul. This also surrounds the last bastion of the government troops.

During their campaign of conquest, the Islamists brought more than half of the 34 provincial capitals under their control. Tens of thousands are fleeing the fundamentalists.