Westerners and visa holders trying to flee Afghanistan cannot get into Kabul airport today because of huge crowds of terrified locals who are blocking the entrances, MailOnline has been told.
"Fortunately, today we are celebrating the anniversary of independence from Britain," the Taliban said. "We at the same time as a result of our jihadi resistance forced another arrogant of power of the world, the United States, to fail and retreat from our holy territory of Afghanistan."
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country earlier this week following the fall of Kabul to the taliban, has pledged to return.Ghani made the statement on Wednesday night during a live Facebook broadcast from the United Arab .