We start with breaking news now and Taliban fighters have reached the Afghan capital

Kabul.

Has it stand this hour?

Taliban fighters surround the capital Kabul and negotiations are under way to secure a transfer

of power.

American uniforms and American equipment are in full control of Kabul airport today.

The men inside them, however, are not US citizens, but Taliban fighters celebrating

victory over the force that swept them from power 20 years ago.

Afghans are thronging to Kabul's airport, desperate to get on planes and leave the country

at any cost.

They're scaling the airport's walls this morning, rushing in.

There's no screening, no security checks, just four sub-numbers.

It's been more than six months since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, displacing hundreds

of thousands of Afghans.

The United Nations' refugee agency predicted that by the end of last year, more than half

a million people would flee Afghanistan.

Some of those refugees settled in Ukraine and once again need to escape conflict.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN says it's caused the fastest growing refugee crisis

since World War II.

A consultant from the International Crisis Group told The New York Times that the war in

Eastern Europe is, quote, potentially apocalyptic, end quote, for Afghanistan's growing famine

and for its collapsing economy.

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