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Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Naeem told Al Jazeera, "Today is a great day for the Afghan people and the mujahideen. They have witnessed the fruits of their efforts and their sacrifices for 20 years."
He also said that the Taliban won because of swords and guns and not because of compassion.
Amrullah Saleh gave the words amid ongoing crises that he will never bow down to the Taliban under any circumstances.
Parliament on Sunday added that "It had approved Johnson's request to call back MPs on Wednesday for an urgent debate on what Britain, which lost 457 troops in the two-decade-long war, should do next."
Today, the Taliban has seized control over major parts of Afghanistan and had conquered the capital city of Kabul.
Taliban’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters that Taliban fighters were on a “standby on all entrances of Kabul until a peaceful and satisfactory transfer of power is agreed."
On Saturday, the Taliban attacked Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth largest city in Afghanistan, thereby establishing control over North Afghanistan. This brings them one step closer to capturing the entire nation.
On Friday, the insurgent group captured four provincial capitals in Afghanistan, including the city of Lashkar Gah in the province of Helmand.
In the press statement, the UN body called upon the people who were responsible for the “deplorable” attack against the UN compound in Herat on July 30.
Taliban is not ready to walk on a peaceful path and wants to threaten the entire world by constantly behaving like a toxic chemical.
Speaking to RIA Novosti news agency, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had claimed on Tuesday that over 90 percent of Afghanistan's borders, comprising those with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran, were in control of the insurgent group.
The purpose of the delegation is to restore the talks between representatives from the Afghan government and the Taliban, which have remained stalled for the past few months
India is in Group 2 of the T20 World Cup 2021 along with Pakistan, Afghanistan and New Zealand while Group 1 includes Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies.
Danish was travelling along with Afghan Special Forces who were on a rescue mission in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.
The external affairs minister S Jaishankar met the Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, to discuss the evolving situation in the war-torn nation.
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