Norway says Taliban taken over Kabul embassy

The Norwegian Ambassador to Iran has said that the Taliban have taken over the Norwegian Embassy in Kabul.

Ambassador Sigvald Hauge on Wednesday wrote on Twitter that the Taliban "say they will return it to us later", and added: "but first wine bottles are to be smashed and children's books destroyed."

Norway vacated its diplomatic post in the Afghan capital with the help of its neighbor Denmark before the Taliban seized the city.