Taliban reach Kabul, offer "peaceful transfer of power"

Taliban fighters reached Afghanistan's isolated capital Kabul on Sunday, offering a "peaceful transfer of power" even as the United States evacuated its embassy by helicopter.A senior Interior Ministry official told Reuters the Taliban were coming in "from all sides," while Afghan officials told the Associated Press that the insurgents were in some city districts.Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC, "Our leadership have instructed our forces to remain at the gate of Kabul -- not to enter the city. We are awaiting a peaceful transfer of power."He also said all Afghans would have pa…READ FULL ARTICLE