After the final withdrawal of US troops at Kabul airport, the Taliban have declared victory, saying that \u2018Afghanistan is independent and free now\u2019
\nThe final US flight fled from Kabul airport just after Tuesday midnight.
\nGunfire was also recorded outside the Kabul airport, as pro-Taliban forces celebrated victory.
\nOn the other hand, US Secretary of States Antony Blinken has said that \u2018 A new chapter of America\u2019s engagement has begun\u2019
\nUK Foreign Secretary has said that London\u2019s evacuation process from Afghanistan was a success, despite the fact that there are still hundreds of British nationals in Afghanistan.
\nAccording to BBC, he said that “We’ve been bringing together the MOD [Ministry of Defence] teams, not just the forces on the ground, but the civilians, the Home Office teams and there’s been a great job done.\u201d
\nOn Tuesday midnight, Taliban fighters quickly swept into the airport and fired weapons into the sky across the city in jubilation — an astonishing return after US forces invaded in 2001 and toppled them for supporting Al-Qaeda.
\n“Congratulations to Afghanistan… this victory belongs to us all,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters hours later on the runway of the airport.
\nMujahid said the Taliban\u2019s victory was a “lesson for other invaders”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After the final withdrawal of US troops at Kabul airport, the Taliban have declared victory, saying that \u2018Afghanistan is independent and free now\u2019 The final US flight fled from Kabul airport just after Tuesday midnight. Gunfire was also recorded outside the Kabul airport, as pro-Taliban forces celebrated victory. On the other hand, US Secretary of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n