Kabul Residents Crowd Outside Bank To Withdraw Savings as Taliban Takes Control of The City

Описание: Hundreds of Kabul residents rushed to the New Kabul Bank to withdraw money from their accounts, as Taliban fighters entered the city on Sunday demanding the unconditional surrender of the central government.

Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

Civilians fearing that the Taliban could reimpose the kind of brutal rule that all but eliminated women’s rights rushed to leave the country, lining up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings.

As he came to pick up his salary, Bostan Shah, a 24-year-old who was serving as a policeman in Kandahar said "the government is not solving our problems".

Another policeman, 32-year-old Abdul Mossawer, complained about the wait outside the bank, saying bank workers repeatedly came out and gave various reasons for the delay.

The beleaguered Afghan government, meanwhile, had hoped for an interim administration, but increasingly had few cards to play.

Helicopters buzzed overhead to evacuate personnel from the U.S. Embassy, while smoke rose near the compound as staff destroyed important documents. Several other Western missions also prepared to pull their people out.

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