Boris Johnson has said the West needs to work collectively to ensure Afghanistan doesn’t again become a “breeding ground for terror”.
Following a second emergency Cobra meeting this afternoon, the prime minister said it was “very important that the West works together to get over to the new government that nobody wants Afghanistan once again to be a breeding ground for terror”.
It comes as a Taliban official said the militant group will declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace soon, according to the PA news agency.
Live updates on Afghanistan as Taliban enters Kabul
Ashraf Ghani, who was president of the country, reportedly left the nation for Tajikistan after the Taliban entered the capital Kabul.
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