IN PICS | Scenes From Afghanistan As Taliban Take Control of Kabul

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Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. (Image Source: AP/Zabi Karimi)

Earlier on Sunday, they had taken control of Jalalabad, the city connects roads between Afghanistan & Pakistan. (Image Source: AP/Zabi Karimi)

Earlier, a Taliban spokesperson had told the BBC that the group wants to take control of Afghanistan "in the next few days". "In the next few days, we want a peaceful transfer," Suhail Shaheen who is based in Qatar and is a part of the group's negotiating team, told the BBC. (Image Source: AP/Zabi Karimi)

Taliban fighters raise their flag at the Ghazni provincial governor's house, in Ghazni, southeastern, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (Image Source: AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)

The Taliban flag flies at the Ghazni provincial governor's house, in Ghazni, southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, August 15, 2021. (Image Source: AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)

Members of the 16 Air Assault Brigade arrive in Kabul as part of a 600-strong UK-force sent to assist with Operation PITTING to rescue British nationals in Afghanistan amidst the worsening security situation there. (Image Source: AP Photo)

British Forces from 16 Air Assault Brigade arrive in the Afghan capital of Kabul to assist in evacuating British nationals and entitled persons as part of Operation PITTING amidst the worsening security situation there. (Image Source: AP Photo)

Anti-missile decoy flares are deployed as U.S. Black Hawk military helicopters and a dirigible balloon fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of the city after promising not to take it by force, but amid the uncertainty panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy. (Image Source: AP/Rahmat Gul)

Passengers walk to the departures terminal of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Image Source: AP Photo)

Smoke rises next to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, late Sunday. (Image Source: AP/Rahmat Gul)

An Afghan national talks to the media after he arrives at Indira Gandhi International airport by Air India special flight from Kabul, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Image Source: AP/Dinesh Joshi) A fleet of the C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been reportedly kept on standby to undertake evacuation missions.