Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani left the country on Sunday accompanied by aides, according to Afghanistan's Tolo News shortly after the Taliban entered the capital, Kabul. Reuters says he is on his way to Tajikistan. The Taliban are trying to confirm whether he has left and have given the go-ahead for the full entry into Kabul "to prevent looting", Reuters reported, as policemen have deserted their jobs. The Taliban's final assault for full control of Afghanistan is already underway in Kabul, with a spokesman for the radicals promising that it will be "a peaceful transition".