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The Government Of Afghanistan Is Finished, Over RadioDECEMBER 7, 2001 · 09:02
The last capital of the last government to be recognised by almost nobody left the city somewhere between Thursday night and Saturday. The new authorities have no army, no money, and, at time of writing, the telephone.
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KABUL, December 7 -- Forces opposed to the government took control of the capital this morning. The government had lost the city on Wednesday and had not attempted to retake it, it said, because it no longer had the fuel.
A convoy of senior government officials left the city on Thursday evening in four cars and was reported to have crossed into Pakistan on Friday. It is not known which of them, if any, remains in the country.
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