According to CCTV news, on the night of the 15th local time, the Afghan Taliban released news that it has taken control of the presidential palace located in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
According to Haike News, al-Jazeera provided footage showing Taliban militants placing weapons on the Afghan president's desk and speaking to the media. On the other side, at Kabul airport, the U.S. military dispatched C-17 transport planes to evacuate the U.S. embassy staff, and the crowd swarmed up, trying to be dragged onto the plane to escape as the gangway was raised.
Afghan Taliban spokesman:
In Afghanistan, the war is over
According to the Chinese news network quoted by the British media on the 16th, the Afghan Taliban spokesman told Al Jazeera that in Afghanistan, the war has ended, and the ruling situation and the form of political power will soon be clear.
The spokesman said no diplomatic agency or its headquarters had been targeted. He said the organization assured everyone that it would provide security for citizens and diplomatic missions.
The spokesman added, "We are ready to engage in dialogue with people from all sides in Afghanistan and will guarantee them the necessary protection." "Every step taken by the Taliban is responsible and wants to be at peace with all.
Since the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops, the Afghan Taliban have stepped up their offensive and captured several provinces and cities. According to the Taliban, the group has so far captured 30 of the country's 34 provincial capitals.
Afghan president's first voice after fleeing the country:
Leaving to "prevent bloodshed"
According to overseas networks, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani posted on social media on Sunday (15th) that when the Taliban entered the kabul presidential palace on the 15th, he left Afghanistan to avoid "bloodshed".
Overseas networks quoted foreign media reports, Ghani said on social media Facebook on the 15th that he faced a difficult choice, in the 20 years of war, countless people died, the fate of millions of Kabul citizens and the safety of the city are in danger, "in order to avoid bloodshed, I think I had better leave."
The report pointed out that this is the first time that Ghani has spoken out since leaving Afghanistan, but Ghani did not disclose the specific location of the current situation. British media quoted reports on the 14th that Ghani and Vice President Amrula Saleh have left Kabul for Tajikistan and will travel to a third country. The Afghan presidential office then told Reuters that "for security reasons, they cannot make any comment on where Ghani is going".
According to the latest foreign media reports quoted by the Global Network, the personal bodyguard of Afghan President Ghani said that Ghani, his wife and the national security adviser had arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, after leaving Afghanistan.
The Taliban said it had ordered its troops to enter Kabul
At present, the situation in the urban area is relatively calm
As Afghan security forces withdrew from the city, the Taliban said that in order to protect the safety of Kabul personnel, they arranged for armed forces to enter the city to maintain law and order.
△ Statements made by the Taliban via social media
The statement said the districts of Kabul had been dissolved, the police had ceased security work and government security personnel had been evacuated. In order to maintain public order, the organization decided to approve the "peaceful" entry of armed personnel into the urban area.
Kabul's streets are relatively calm, after the government asked the government not to go out after 21:00, there are no police on the streets.
Tell the story of "A Day of Horror" at the Chinese in Kabul
According to the Global Network, the reporter contacted a Chinese who did not leave Kabul on the evening of the 15th, because of security issues, he was unwilling to disclose his name, we will call him Mr. Zhang. During the conversation, he told reporters about a day of horror in Kabul.
Here are some of the conversations he had with him by a Global Web reporter:
World Wide Web: Where were you and what did you experience during the scary day in Kabul? What is the scene on the streets of Kabul now?
Mr. Zhang: The power outage in Kabul began at about 11 o'clock on the evening of the 14th, and the power outage in the whole city was stopped until 6 o'clock this morning, and then two hours after the electricity came at 8 o'clock, and then it stopped until now. Our camp was completely closed for the whole day, including local employees who were no longer working, and the security personnel we have here now cannot go out. All of our food and fuel are stored, our drinking water is also underground water, and we store mineral water. Now this network is still OK, we use our own generator and Huawei's network equipment, very reliable, the network has been relatively smooth.
Crowds welcoming the Taliban have now appeared on the streets of Kabul. Personally, the biggest change is that the checkpoints and police stations on the streets are completely empty. In the past, almost every district in Kabul had very strict checkpoints between districts, and there were special forces of the police. Now there is no one, no government forces, and no Taliban to take over. We can see from the news sent by friends that the Taliban on the outskirts of the country and the Taliban on the outskirts of Kabul have already begun their duties.
The Taliban direct traffic on the outskirts of Kabul. Provided by the interviewee
Now the streets of Kabul are not chaotic as a whole, there are no people on the streets, there are no police, and there are very few ordinary people. Let's see if there will be some riots this evening and tomorrow night. I heard that the Taliban did not enter the city, but now the Taliban have entered the city, and at the same time, the Taliban have appeared in the parks of PoliceDistrict9 (Kabul administrative area) and PoliceDistrict 1-15.
The Taliban on PoliticDistrict 5 Street in kabul's core area. Provided by the interviewee
In addition, helicopters in the sky have been flying, mainly US helicopters, and there have been twenty or thirty trips back and forth. Occasionally, armed aircraft flew by. There were gunshots in the streets, but very little.
World Wide Web: What is the latest situation in Kabul that you know?
Mr. Zhang: If I look at the latest situation in Afghanistan at present, the Afghan regime collapsed so quickly, so the biggest problem left for the Taliban is how to deal with this mess. The biggest problem for the Taliban at home is no longer the original government and the U.S. military, but the terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, IS, the Pakistani Taliban, and some jihadist groups, which are widely distributed in the countryside and southern Afghanistan, and the organizations in the north may also take advantage of the opportunity. After the Taliban come to power, they will definitely liquidate the hated people such as the Ministry of the Interior and the Intelligence Bureau, but once these people are liquidated, the main force against the above-mentioned terrorist organizations will be gone.
Global Network: How do you feel when you experience such a big turmoil in a country?
Mr. Zhang: To be honest, this shock is actually not so big for me, because we know in our hearts that sooner or later it will happen, sooner or later the Taliban will come, it is only a matter of date, the only thing I did not expect was that the collapse of this regime is today (15th). Didn't expect it to be so fast.
Global Network: What kind of protection does the Chinese embassy provide to Chinese citizens?
Mr. Zhang: The Embassy has been sending us messages for a long time, has been sending us messages from June to July, and has been helping us. The embassy is still very powerful. Also helped everyone coordinate the planes. The embassy is also very concerned about us, and the Chinese embassy is very good.
Deputy Political Leader of the Afghan Taliban:
The real test has just begun
According to the international online, on the evening of the 15th local time, the Afghan Taliban political deputy leader Baradal issued a statement saying that the Taliban's recent military victory is beyond imagination and is an unparalleled achievement, but for the Taliban, how to effectively govern the country, solve the problems faced by the Afghan people, and meet their wishes is the real test, and the test has just begun.
Baradal is one of the senior leaders of the Taliban, the head of the Political Committee and the director of the political office in Doha, the capital of Qatar, where he is mainly responsible for conducting intra-Afghan negotiations and maintaining communication with regional countries and the international community.
Why are the Taliban so fast?
According to the World Wide Web, in a shorter period of time than the US intelligence agencies estimated, the Taliban entered kabul, the Afghan capital, in just a few days, instead of 30 days. On the 15th local time, Afghan President Ghani met with the Taliban at the presidential palace to prepare for the "transfer of power". Experts believe that the collapse of the Afghan government forces lies in the loss of resistance and lack of morale.
Foreign media quoted US intelligence agencies as saying on the 11th that the Taliban may "complete the siege of Kabul within 30 days and capture it within 90 days." The fact is that on the 15th, the Afghan Ministry of The Interior said that the Taliban had launched a multi-faceted offensive into Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The Associated Press quoted officials as reporting that the Taliban already control all of Afghanistan's border crossings, and the only way out of the country is currently Kabul Airport. Agence France-Presse reported that the Afghan interior minister said on the same day that Afghanistan would carry out a "peaceful transfer of power" and that power would be handed over to the "transitional government".
Not so long ago, the Taliban's control in Afghanistan was limited to more than half of the country's rural areas. As of 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on the 15th, the Taliban announced that they had captured 26 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals.
It is worth noting that the Taliban occupation did not meet much resistance from government forces. For example, on the morning of the 15th, the Taliban occupied Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, without firing a shot. Prior to this, Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh and Afghanistan's fourth-largest city, was also controlled by the Taliban without a single war. Balkh provincial lawmaker Ibrahim Zada told The Associated Press that Afghan government forces were the first to surrender, followed by pro-government forces and other militias.
Qian Feng, director of the research department of the National Strategic Research Institute of Tsinghua University, said in an interview with the Global Times on the 15th that the main reason for the collapse of the Afghan government army is not ability, from the scale of the government army and weapons and equipment, it can still compete with the Taliban, but in fact, the scale and equipment can not determine everything, and the final decision to determine the direction of the war is the human factor.
The turmoil will continue
The dawn of peace is coming
According to South +, foreign media reported earlier on the 15th that an Afghan official told reporters that Taliban negotiators were going to the Afghan presidential palace to prepare for the transfer of power. The official said his goal was to peacefully hand over the government to the Taliban. The Taliban will take the lead in forming an interim transitional government.
However, in the view of Li Qingyan, director of the China South Asian Society and associate researcher of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of the China Institute of International Studies, Afghanistan is still in a period of extreme turmoil.
"The interim transitional government led by the Taliban is completely different from the transitional government proposed by the US Biden administration at that time and the transitional government conceived by the Ghani government." Li Qingyan said that Biden proposed a "road map for peace" for Afghanistan at that time, and the transitional government was a "peace government", advocating that the Ghani government and the Taliban should be equally involved in the transitional government.
After "laying the ground" by force, the Taliban will dominate at the negotiating table. Li Qingyan said that in the future, the Taliban will definitely have a greater say in the future of The afghan state system building, power sharing, army reintegration and the re-integration of the entire social structure, and they will follow their originally conceived route.
"According to the Taliban's road map, they will establish a purely Islamic regime state, and all the declarations of the Islamic regime state do not include elections." One observation point, Li Qingyan said, is whether the United States will recognize some of the agreements reached by the transitional government.
In Li Qingyan's view, the follow-up needs to observe how the transitional government reaches a consensus on the sharing of power, and if it can absorb as many political factions as possible, realize the transition to a formal government through the so-called power arrangement, power sharing, and power combination, and then complete the formulation of the new constitution and the determination of personnel in the main departments of the new government, it can be considered that the Taliban are really in charge of Afghanistan.
Some analysts believe that Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban will become a "time bomb" that threatens peace in the Middle East, and the "efforts" of the United States in Afghanistan for 20 years will also be destroyed. Chen Dingding said that although the United States has no shortage of such worries, under the withdrawal order, the worries will not help. The hasty withdrawal decision of the United States has been opposed by many prominent people at home.
Li Qingyan believes that it is easy to fight in the country and difficult to defend the country, there are many political factions in Afghanistan, geopolitical forces are complex, and many countries are trying to intervene, which will have a great impact on the Taliban after they take power. And for individual countries, the attitude towards the Taliban, whether recognized or not, is a test.
In this regard, Chen Dingding pointed out that after the Taliban take power, it will bring instability to the regional situation, and even terrorism will resurrect, which needs to be paid close attention to. How neighboring countries handle their relations with Afghanistan and how they jointly maintain peace and stability in the regional situation will become very important.
Some experts also said that any future peace arrangement in Afghanistan is inseparable from the deep participation of the Taliban, while Ata has made some changes, some countries have partially changed their understanding of Ata, and Afghanistan has achieved stability as soon as possible, which has become the biggest demand of many countries.
The dawn of peace in Afghanistan is still ahead.
Trump shouted:
It's time for Biden to resign disgracefully
According to the Global Network, "Joe Biden's behavior towards Afghanistan is 'legendary', and it will be one of the biggest failures in American history!" Trump first wrote sarcastically in a statement on the 15th local time.
Then Trump issued a second statement calling out Biden's resignation.
"It's time for Joe Biden to resign disgracefully, not only because he allowed this to happen in Afghanistan, but also because of the surge in COVID-19 cases, the disaster at the border, the destruction of energy independence, and the disaster that our economy is in." Trump wrote, "It's no big deal because he wasn't legally elected in the first place!"
All parties express their position
The UN Security Council will convene an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan
According to the Central Broadcasting Network, on the 15th, the UN Security Council decided that an emergency meeting on the current situation in Afghanistan will be held on the morning of the 16th, and UN Secretary-General Guterres will attend the meeting and report.
On the same day, the spokesman for the Un Secretary-General also issued a statement saying that it was paying attention to the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan and urging the Taliban and other parties to exercise maximum restraint, protect lives and ensure that humanitarian needs are met.
Russian Foreign Ministry: The world is watching with horror the consequences of the US experiment in history
On the 15th, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova talked about the situation in Afghanistan on social networking sites. She noted that the situation in Afghanistan was the result of an experiment in American history. "The world is watching with horror the results of another historical experiment in the United States."
EU: There are multiple lessons to be learned on Afghanistan
On the 15th, European Council President Michel said on social media that he maintained close communication with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell and was paying attention to the development of the situation in Afghanistan. In the short term, Michel said, the safety of EU citizens, staff and their families is a priority, and it is equally clear that "multiple lessons need to be learned".
The Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan reminds Chinese citizens in Afghanistan to strengthen security protection
On the 15th, the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan issued a reminder. In recent days, the situation in Afghanistan and the capital Kabul has suddenly changed, and it is extremely complex and severe. The Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan maintains close contact with Chinese citizens in Afghanistan, informs them of the security situation, and does its best to provide assistance.
The Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan has demanded that all factions in Afghanistan must ensure the security of Chinese citizens, Chinese institutions and Chinese interests in Afghanistan. The Embassy hereby further reminds Chinese citizens in Afghanistan to pay close attention to the security situation, strengthen their own security protection, and do not go out. In case of emergency, please call the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 0086-10-12308.
The source of this article: International Online, Global Network, Haike News, Overseas Network, Central Broadcasting Network, China News Network, South +
Editor of this issue: Wang Tingting