Afghan official tells AP that Taliban negotiators heading to presidential palace to prepare for a ‘transfer’ of power. Earlier, a Taliban spokesman said that the militants are ‘awaiting a peaceful transfer of Kabul city’ after they entered the capital’s outskirts. Suhail Shaheen made the comment to Qatar’s Al-Jazeera English satellite news channel.

He declined to offer specifics on any possible negotiations between his forces and the government. He made the comment after Afghan officials said the Taliban were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and Paghman in the capital.

Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy. In a nationwide offensive that has taken just over a week, the Taliban has defeated, co-opted or sent Afghan security forces fleeing from wide swaths of the country, even though they had some air support from the U.S. military.

source: The Economic Times news