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Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar declared the new Afghanistan president
- Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani relinquishes power to an interim government led by Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
- Officials told Reuters and The Associated Press that President Ghani has left Afghanistan for Tajikistan as the Taliban
- 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, according to The Associated Press
- Three Afghan officials had confirmed on Sunday to the AP that the Taliban have started entering the capital of Kabul from all sides
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Taliban to immediately halt their offensive. On Saturday, during a televised address, Ghani said “remobilizing the Afghan security and defense forces is our top priority"
- President Biden has approved the deployment of an additional 1,000 troops to ensure "an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel" ahead of the scheduled withdrawal of the US and NATO from Afghanistan by August 31