Taliban enter Kabul, await ‘peaceful transfer’ of power

Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the surrender of the central government, officials said, as both Afghans and foreign nationals attempted to flee the country, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan. The floundering government hoped for an interim administration, but increasingly had few moves to make civilians fearing that the Taliban could bring back the sort of retrograde governance that all but eliminated women’s rights rushed to leave the country, lining up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings. Helicopters buzzed overhead, some apparently evacuating staffers at the U.S. Embassy.-- More...