Government forces collapsed without the support of the US military, which invaded in 2001 after 9/11 attacksР”В«y Lauren Lewis and Jack Wright For Mailonline.EU said foreign ministers would hold crisis talks on Tuesday as member states seek to evacuate their citizens.Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for Taliban's political office: 'Thanks to God, the war is over in the country'.The group controlled 90 per cent of state buildings and fighters were told to prevent damage, an official said.Taliban officials said they had received no reports of any clashes anywhere in the country, and declared peace.Airport is the main point of evacuations out of Afghanistan, but all non-military flights have been grounded.The US was forced to halt evacuation flights as soldiers fought to clear the runway to let planes take off.An Apache helicopter was used to buzz the tarmac to chase people off the runway so planes could take off.

US troops fired warning shots in to prevent hundreds of civilians running onto the tarmac Monday morning.Hundreds of people ran alongside a taxiing US Air Force plane and clambered on to the front and rear wheels.

Three stowaways plunged hundreds of feet to their deaths after clinging to the wheels of an evacuation flight.

At least eight dead in Kabul airport chaos: US uses helicopters to try and herd desperate Afghans off runway - after two stowaways fell to their death while clinging to evacuation flight forcing military to halt departures

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