BRITAIN and the US were blamed for the disaster unfolding in Afghanistan today as Taliban forces entered the capital of Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

Stop the War Coalition (StWC) convenor Lindsey German said the desperate situation is the consequence of a failed 20-year long military intervention.

“The responsibility rests with the US, British and other Nato governments which plunged into a war that was always doomed to fail.