16th August 2021 International Television (CGTN) reporters also paid a visit to the Afghan capital Kabul.
“You can see from the background of the picture, this is a Taliban checkpoint, I just spoke to the Taliban at the checkpoint, they said the people said they were worried about looting, so they set up checkpoints here, they made sure people could go out, and they said that the situation in Kabul is now under control,” said ITV reporter Mohammad Hades Pades. At the moment you can see that people are gradually going out.
On the 16th, the reporter was in a vehicle in Kabul to visit, from the picture can be seen, the streets of Kabul is relatively calm, the road has begun to appear vehicles and pedestrians. On the way to the city centre, he saw Taliban personnel who said the situation was under control and order was normal, the reporter said.