Speaking live from a hotel in central Kabul, Sky News Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay stopped his live broadcast as a Taliban "procession" drove past the hotel where his crew were filming. Mr Ramsay appears deeply disturbed as the realisation hits him the Taliban were in the centre of the Afghan capital. He described how a "white flag" was leading the pack of fighters as he prayed the procession "keeps going past" his hotel.

       Mr Ramsay said: “I think it’s a procession of the Taliban!

       “Yes it is - there is the white flag.

       “And they are coming down the street just next to us.

       “They are in their Shalwar Kameez - they are led by a white flag.”

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       He added: “They are chanting as they go down."

       But he stressed: “From our position we can’t show you it.

       “But there they are, right here."

       A visibly concerned Mr Ramsay added: “Hopefully they keep going past this hotel."

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       The Taliban are now inside the government's presidential palace and have demanded Taliban leaders from across Afghanistan to come to Kabul to form their 'Islamic Caliphate'.

       It comes as a major evacuation effort is under way by western governments to extract as many citizens from Kabul as quickly as possible over fears they will be targets for the Taliban.

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       Meanwhile other reports suggest the international airport where thousands are attempting to flee the country has come under fire from the Taliban as all flights out of the airport, apart from military flights, have been cancelled.

       In videos circulating online, thousands can be seen on the tarmac desperately trying to board grounded flights out of the country as security are nowhere to be seen.

       Over a matter of months the hardline group made lightning gains taking a string of regional cities and provinces as the Afghan army failed to hold back their offensive.