Kabul residents flee capital in face of Taliban advance
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People in Kabul have been fleeing the capital as news of the Taliban advance emerges.
Long queues of cars have formed as people try to find a way out of the city. Banks have also been busy as residents try to withdraw their savings.
Afghan MP Farzana Kochai, whom we were speaking to earlier, describes the scene: "I'm in my house and looking at the people who are just trying to run."
She continues:"I don't know where they're trying to go, even in the streets and from their houses, their bags they are carrying... and all these things. It's heartbreaking, you know."
Earlier, Pakistan said it was closing the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan after the militants seized the Afghan side of the border, according to reports.
This leaves Kabul International Airport as the only way out of the country.
"Some people have left their keys in the car and have started walking to the airport," one resident told Reuters.