The Taliban says it will not allow Afghans to leave the country and is rejecting talk of extending the deadline for US troops to pull out, as a frantic Western evacuation operation at Kabul airport picks up pace.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday that while foreign nationals could continue travelling to the airport, the huge crowds of Afghans gathered there in recent days should return home and would not face reprisals from the country's new rulers."The Afghans leaving, we are not going to allow that, and we are not even happy about it," Mr Mujahid said.
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