UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said that no country should recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, coming after the group appeared to take over Kabul and most of the country’s provincial capitals.
A spokesman for the Taliban wrote online that the group took over the presidential palace in Kabul. Video footage and photos showed Taliban members sitting in the president’s office while holding AK-47s just hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
