US and UK embassies in Afghanistan urged citizens to leave country “as soon as possible” due to Taliban advance

The US and UK embassies in Afghanistan have called on their citizens to leave the Middle Eastern country as soon as possible given the deteriorating security situation due to the advancing Taliban. in provincial capitals and hundreds of districts.

“US Embassy Urges US Citizens to Leave Afghanistan Immediately Using Available Commercial Flight Options”the US diplomatic mission said in a statement.

The Embassy has requested that exit operations be carried out at as soon as possible given that diplomatic staff was reduced in April of this year, which lead to the embassy’s ability to assist US citizens in Afghanistan is “extremely limited, even in the capital, Kabul”..

Recently the UK Foreign Office issued a statement in which advised against “all travel to Afghanistan” and called on all British citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country.

“If you are still in Afghanistan, you are advised to leave now due to the worsening security situation.”, is the new safety recommendation published on the UK government’s website.

The Taliban took control of the city of Zaranj on Friday in what is the first conquest of a provincial capital -in this case, Nimroz, in the southwest of the country, and on the border with Iran – for years, as confirmed by multiple sources, officials and witnesses, to Washington post, the chain BBC and local media.

Breakthrough in Zaranj comes weeks after Taliban advance in hundreds of districts across country, taking advantage of withdrawal of international forces from Central Asian country, and amid increasingly stalled peace talks with the Afghan government.

In reality, The Afghan government on Friday asked the United Nations Security Council to sanction the Taliban over the latest advances by the insurgents, as the Afghan envoy to the UN said, Ghulam Isaczai, who said that the country’s capital, Kabul, is threatened with invasion.

(With information from Europa Press)

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