The Taliban has stated that they will not allow Afghans to leave the country.
The Taliban is also rejecting talks of extending the deadline for US troops to leave, after a frantic Western evacuation operation at Kabul airport picks up pace.
A Taliban spokesperson has come out and said that while Afghan residents are able to gather and travel to Kabul Airport, the huge crowds of Afghans gathered there in recent days should return home and would not face reprisals from the country's new rulers.