Taliban Enters Kabul — Ghani Flees

Taliban fighters enter Kabul as President Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan, ending the republic. Within hours Taliban fighters are in the presidential palace. The US Embassy is hastily evacuated by helicopter to Kabul airport in scenes reminiscent of Saigon 1975. Thousands of Afghans rush to Hamid Karzai International Airport desperate to flee. The rapid collapse shocks the world.