Taliban declare 'war is over' as president and diplomats flee Kabul

With President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country and US troops on their way out, Taliban fighters entered capital Kabul, seized control of the presidential palace and declared that the war in Afghanistan was over after 20 years.

The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan was over after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as US-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Islamist militants entered the city, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed, while hundreds of Afghans desperate to leave flooded Kabul airport.