The American flag at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, has been taken down after the Taliban moved into the city and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left the country.

Iran PressAsia: As reported by CNN on Sunday, the lowering of the flag marks the final step in the evacuation of staff from the embassy.

As it has been reported the US ambassador to Afghanistan has fled the country and other staffers were transferred to the Kabul airport, where they will be flown out of Afghanistan.

The embassy on Sunday instructed U.S. citizens to shelter in place in Kabul, however, amid reports that the airport was under fire. 

During its 20 years of failed military presence in Afghanistan, the United States has been incapable of containing the Taliban and has produced nothing but the spread of terrorism, war, violence, instability, and the killing of tens of thousands of people. 219