Senior Afghan official urges calm

The Chief of Staff to President Ashraf Ghani has taken to his Twitter account to urge the people of Kabul, ‘Please don’t worry. There is no problem. The situation of Kabul is under control.’,reports Al Jazeera

The tweet comes as the Taliban have entered the Afghan capital from all sides and have reportedly made it within a few kilometers of the main city.

President Ghani himself, hasn’t been heard from since he gave a short, pre-recorded address to the nation Saturday afternoon.