Hamid Karzai meets senior militant as president Ashraf Ghani flees to UAE, amid reports of beatings and shootings
A senior Taliban commander met a former Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, for talks on Wednesday, as the Taliban worked to establish a government in Afghanistan amid allegations of women and children being beaten and at least three protesters being shot dead.
Karzai, president from December 2001 to September 2014, has been leading efforts to ensure there is a peaceful transfer of power after Kabul fell on Sunday and the president, Ashraf Ghani, fled while the Taliban declared themselves the victorious rulers of Afghanistan.
