{"id":647016,"date":"2021-08-15T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647016"},"modified":"2021-08-15T09:36:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T13:36:46","slug":"report-taliban-at-afghan-presidential-palace-to-negotiate-transfer-of-power-as-people-flee-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-taliban-at-afghan-presidential-palace-to-negotiate-transfer-of-power-as-people-flee-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Taliban At Afghan Presidential Palace To \u2018Negotiate Transfer Of Power\u2019 As People Flee City"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-taliban-at-afghan-presidential-palace-to-negotiate-transfer-of-power-as-people-flee-city%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=647016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234670611.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Taliban leaders are reportedly at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, negotiating a swift \u201ctransfer of power\u201d from the Afghan government in place.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Kabul and refugees who took shelter in the Afghan capital city over the last several weeks as the Taliban seized power in the country\u2019s southern provinces are now trying to flee the city, but finding roads blocked and airports now under Taliban control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-bagram-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">the Associated Press noted.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taliban in a statement said that they wouldn\u2019t take Kabul by force,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/afghanistans-taliban-seize-jalalabad-as-panic-grips-kabul-11629005282\">Wall Street Journal added<\/a> based on reports from the ground. \u201cThe insurgent group added that it had ordered its fighters to wait and not attack the Afghan capital, home to six million people and that it was in talks with \u2018the other side\u2019 to discuss entering the city without harming its residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations are underway with the other side to ensure that the transition process is completed safely and securely,\u201d a Taliban spokesperson told the BBC Sunday morning. \u201cNo one\u2019s head, property or honor will be harmed and the lives of Kabulis will not be in danger. The Islamic Emirate instructs all its forces to stand at the gates of Kabul and not try to enter the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA senior Afghan official said President Ashraf Ghani was at the U.S. Embassy to consult with the U.S. envoy,\u201d Wall Street Journal continued.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has asked the Taliban for a two-week delay in taking control in Kabul \u2014 enough time for the U.S. to evacuate its key personnel and to make arrangements for allies in the city. They also requested that the Taliban agree to a \u201ctransitional government\u201d and U.S. diplomats have even, reportedly, offered the Taliban a substantial aid package in return for a peaceful handoff.<\/p>\n<p>Ghani, though, told media that he does not believe the Taliban will agree to the offer.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban took the last major city before Kabul, Jalalabad, on Saturday, giving it, now 8 of the 10 largest cities in the country. Only Kabul and Charikar remain, but Kabul is the single largest city yet to fall, and Afghanistan will be in Taliban hands once negotiations are completed, per the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>In shocking images, helicopters evacuated the remaining U.S. personnel from Kabul early Sunday morning. A small diplomatic force is expected to remain, but plans are in place to move that group to the heavily fortified U.S. airbase in the event they must be pulled from the country quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the U.S. Embassy on Sunday afternoon, helicopters ferried American and Western diplomats and civilians to the military side of Kabul airport. One after another, Chinooks and Black Hawks took off from the landing zone, spraying dust,\u201d the WSJ noted, adding that the airport is secured by newly arrived American troops.&nbsp;\u201cBelow them was a city of traffic jams and roundabouts choked by cars\u2014many of them filled with Afghans trying to reach the airport\u2019s relative safety. Dark smoke, presumably from burning documents, rose from the presidential palace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video of the mass exodus from Kabul began appearing on social media just hours ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8495145631068\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Capital Kabul right now, Traffic blocked, everyone is in a hurry and are rushing to their homes.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QqDXwUm5c7\">pic.twitter.com\/QqDXwUm5c7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Obaidullah Rahimi Mashwani (@IamObaidRahimi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IamObaidRahimi\/status\/1426842466427211776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Only military flights are leaving. According to reports, and confirmed by the European Council on Foreign Relations, private flights to and from Kabul are now being rerouted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5036496350365\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Emirates flight to Kabul is forced to turn around as \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 military obviously takes over the airport for only its evacuation use. There were surely many people booked on the return flight to Dubai. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e0KyAY7mKO\">pic.twitter.com\/e0KyAY7mKO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlbildt\/status\/1426850675015798784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Europe is bracing for an influx of refugees, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/afghanistan-crisis-war-taliban-europe-problem\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1628944111\">Politico\u2019s European arm said Sunday<\/a>, under the theory that thousands of refugees from Kabul will now join the thousands of refugees who fled to Kabul in recent weeks in seeking safe harbor elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Afghans, the WSJ noted Sunday, were mobbing the city\u2019s ATMs and passport offices, though the \u201csubdued panic\u201d that gripped the city on Saturday and ahead of the Taliban\u2019s march to the city gates on Sunday had mostly disappeared as residents of Kabul retreated into their homes.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, President Joe Biden, who has called an official lid on communication until Wednesday, said only that any action against American personnel \u201cwill be met with a swift and strong U.S. military response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-on-afghanistan-biden-wrong-every-time-a-complete-failure-through-weakness-incompetence\">Trump On Afghanistan: Biden \u2018Wrong Every Time,\u2019 A \u2018Complete Failure Through Weakness,&nbsp;Incompetence\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-sending-3000-troops-back-into-afghanistan-amid-rapidly-deteriorating-situation\">U.S. Sending 3,000 Troops Back Into Afghanistan Amid Rapidly Deteriorating&nbsp;Situation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban leaders are reportedly at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, negotiating a swift \u201ctransfer of power\u201d from the Afghan government in place.Residents of Kabul and refugees who took shelter &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}