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Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, confirmed that the Taliban vowed not to harm the Afghan security and military personnel and promised not to launch any purge operations.
Zhirnov said in statements to Echo of Moscow radio today that representatives of the movement entered the Afghan capital without weapons yesterday morning and offered the security forces to lay down their arms, and this is what they did, as the intelligence services, the Ministries of Defense and the Interior dissolved themselves after President Ashraf Ghani and other members of the country's high command left.
"The Taliban militants waited for the national security forces to surrender to prevent clashes, shooting incidents and bloodshed... They immediately guaranteed amnesty to all members of the security forces and military, and they will not be chased and there will be no clearing operations," Jirnoff added. with Russian diplomats.
Developments accelerated yesterday in Afghanistan, the day after the Taliban entered the capital, Kabul, and took control of most government institutions, while the city's airport witnessed a state of complete chaos, while Western countries, led by the United States, rushed to evacuate their nationals to flee the country after leaving it in a state of chaos and violence and the spread of for armed groups.