Hashmat Ghani, politician and brother of exiled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, says he's accepted the Taliban takeover of the country, but that there was no other choice.

Speaking to Sky News, he said that once the West 'pulled the rug out from under our feet', all they could do was 'stay back and try to save the lives of our people'.

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