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Withdrawal. what are you hearing about the taliban s presence at the presidential palace in terms of who is there and how much the taliban might be using elements of the afghan military? earlier we spoke to a source inside the presidential palace who told us there were about eight or nine taliban representatives from the sort of doha contingency who have been participating in the ongoing negotiations, the best known of that annas hakani, the brother of the deputy leader of the taliban and certainly well known to many in national security circles in the u.s. we don t know if they re continuing to occupy the presidential palace, if they re about to take it over. there s been talk of a peaceful transfer of power. we still don t know what that ....
Representatives from the doha contingency. but it appears that the city is poised to fall to the taliban. people here woke up to the news in the morning that the taliban was at the gates just outside kabul. there was chaos in the streets, fareed. people double parking, people were driving down the wrong side of the road. people were just absolutely panicked. there was a run on the banks. there were people waiting outside in long lines outside of the passport office. so now everybody is just waiting to see what emerges from these talks, what, if anything. we re just learning, forgive me for reaching out, fareed, that a spokesperson for the taliban has now confirmed that the taliban are in the kabul city center. so that is certainly a huge update and will undoubtedly be frightening very many people in this city who face an uncertain ....