AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT RELINQUISH POWER TO TALIBAN LEADERS
I feel very scared here. They are firing lots of shots into the air," witness says as US troops fire shots into the air at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans crowd onto the tarmac in the hope of catching a flight out of the country
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani relinquished power to an interim government led by Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. "In order to avoid the bloodshed.
I thought it was best to get out," Ghani said in a statement as he fled the country. Nations such as the US, UK, Germany and Canada are using their troops to evacuate their nationals.
At the same time, the US Embassy in Kabul has suspended all operations and told Americans to shelter in place, saying it has received reports of gunfire at the international airport.
The US lowers the flag on its embassy in Kabul and has relocated almost all staff to the airport, where US forces are taking over air control, officials say.
Pentagon and US State Department say they are securing Kabul’s airport “to enable the safe departure of US and allied personnel from Afghanistan, adding “almost all" embassy staff including acting ambassador are at airport
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