On August 15, the Taliban entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital, the only major city left in government hands, and vowed not to take it by force, as talks with senior officials were said to be under way on a peaceful transfer of power.
Kabul Residents Watch Nervously As Taliban Surrounds Afghan Capital
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Afghans gather in front of the UN office in Tehran to protest Taliban rule in Afghanistan on August 15.
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A general view of U.S. Embassy in Kabul. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected comparisons between the U.S. departure from Kabul and the chaotic exit after the Vietnam War, as Russia said it was working with other countries to hold an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
