The Taliban government called itself the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" before the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and when it came to power.
A Taliban official told the Associated Press that the group would soon announce the formation of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" from the presidential palace in Kabul.
The Taliban government called itself the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" before the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and when it came to power.
Earlier, Reuters quoted two Taliban commanders as saying that the group's fighters had entered the Afghan presidential palace.
The Taliban said in a statement that they had ordered their members to enter Kabul following the flight of the Afghan president and officials and the evacuation of Afghan security forces.