Boris Johnson set to recall Parliament this week to tackle Afghanistan crisis

BORIS Johnson is set to recall Parliament this week to tackle the crisis in Afghanistan.

MPs will be asked to come back from their summer holidays two weeks early.

No 10 Downing Street / BEEMBoris Johnson is set to recall Parliament this week[/caption]

ReutersPeople wait to cross at the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman[/caption]

It comes as Taliban fighters have begun storming the capital Kabul from all sides.

It will be the first time since 2014 that Parliament has been recalled to discuss a crisis in the Middle East.

The lightning speed of the Taliban has shocked the world and just a few days ago United States officials predicted it would 30 days for them to reach Kabul – and 90 to take the city.

Twenty years after they were ejected by the US and its allies in the wake of 9/11 they stand on the brink of being back in power.

Helicopters were seen near the US embassy as staff were evacuated to outside the city and they included Black Hawks, which typically carry armed troops.

Three Afghan officials said that the Taliban were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and Paghman in the capital.

An Afghan official said troops have surrendered Bagram air base, which is home to a prison housing 5,000 inmates, to the Taliban.

The Taliban have said in a statement they do not plan to take Kabul “by force” as sporadic gunfire echoed in the Afghan capital.

The country’s President Ashraf Ghani is reported to be preparing to relinquish power ahead of the formation of an interim government.