U.S. President Joe Biden has authorised 6,000 troops to be deployed to Afghanistan to assist in evacuating its citizens, allies, and Afghan partners out of the country.
Five people were killed in chaos at Kabul airport on Monday as U.S. troops guarded the evacuation of embassy staff.
All commercial flights from Kabul’s airport have been cancelled, said a statement of Afghanistan’s civil aviation authority released on Monday.
Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul as Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens.
Taliban fighters entered the city of Kabul on Sunday, demanding the unconditional surrender of the central government.
Afghanistan is seeing a spike in violence since the Taliban stepped up their offensive after international troops started a gradual withdrawal from the country.
In another development on Tuesday morning, at least one person was wounded in a magnetic bomb blast, security officials said.
