Afghanistan likened to fall of Saigon as officials confirm Taliban take Kandahar

As Lashkar Gah is also captured, US senator Mitch McConnell says exit could be sequel' to Vietnam humiliation

Mitch McConnell has warned that America's retreat from Afghanistan risks a replay of the nation's humiliating withdrawal from Saigon at the end of the Vietnam conflict in 1975.

As thousands of American soldiers were ordered back to Kabul to evacuate embassy staff amid a rapid advance by the Taliban, US Senate minority leader McConnell said the US was careening toward a massive, predictable, and preventable disaster".