KABUL, Aug 31 (NNN-ANA) – The Taliban welcomed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, shortly after the U.S. Central Command announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Asian country has completed, a Taliban spokesman said early today.
The last U.S. soldiers were evacuated from Kabul airport at mid-night, Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid wrote, on his social media platform twitter.
“In this way, our country became completely free and independent,” he said.
The final evacuation flight was conducted on the last hours of last night, Aug 30, airlifting the last U.S. military and non-military personnel back home, one day before the Aug 31 (today’s) deadline, set by U.S. President, Joe Biden.
Shortly after Mujahid’s comments on social media, roughly at 1:00 a.m. today, local time, Taliban members started celebratory gun firing in the capital, Kabul, which lasted for about an hour, causing panic in Kabul residents.
Following the firing, Mujahid said, in a separate tweet that, “the gunshots heard in Kabul are as a result of celebratory firing, the Kabul residents should not worry about it.”
The formal stance of the Taliban, about the U.S. withdrawal, is yet to be made, amid the absence of any statement.– NNN-ANA
