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Extraordinary scenes from Kabul, as 20 years of history was erased in a matter of hours. The Taliban capped off a week of swift advances across much of Afghanistan to take over the capital, with footage of Taliban soldiers appearing to seize the presidential palace. The president, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country earlier is now reported to be in Uzbekistan.
All commercial flights out of the city's airport have been suspended, with only military aircraft allowed to operate, according to Nato. Many of those military flights belong to the US, UK and other nations frantically trying to remove their diplomatic staff. The Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting in New York. BBC correspondent and presenter Yalda Hakim has been reporting on the country she was born in for over a decade. She was live on air when a spokesperson for the Taliban called the show to say they were "awaiting a peaceful transfer of power".
