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Ashraf Ghani left Kabul

Amid rapid political and field developments in Afghanistan, Tariq Farhadi, a former adviser to the Afghan president has warned that if President Ashraf Ghani does not leave Kabul, his life is in danger and he will be killed.

Ashraf Ghani left Kabul

In an interview with Al Arabiya TV from Geneva on Sunday, Tariq Farhadi said the Taliban would not wait long to enter the capital, Kabul.

He said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was working for the United States. He warned that if Ghani did not leave Afghanistan within two days, he would be killed.

The Taliban laid siege to the capital.

The Taliban have taken control of most of Afghanistan by Sunday, increasing the chances of entering Kabul and seizing power. The Taliban have entered Kabul, but there is no fighting in the capital at the moment, but Taliban fighters have been told to wait for further orders as talks continue with the government for a peaceful transfer of power. The government has promised a peaceful transfer of power.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter that the Islamic Emirate was telling all its forces to stay at the entrances to Kabul and not try to enter the city.

The movement has vowed not to retaliate against anyone, including military and government employees working for the current government.

Meanwhile, Afghan Interior Minister Abdul Sattar Mirza Akwal, who has urged Afghans not to "worry", confirmed that a peaceful transfer of power to an interim government was being discussed.

Despite the Taliban's promises, its fighters were seen in a state of panic in a remote suburb of the besieged capital, but no clashes took place.

Ashraf Ghani's chief of staff wrote in a tweet that Kabul is safe.

On Sunday, insurgents took control of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad without any resistance. A few hours later, they captured Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth largest city in Afghanistan and the largest in the north of the country.

The Taliban, which launched the operation in May with the final withdrawal of US and foreign troops managed to capture most of the country in just ten days.

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