It was vacated just hours ago by government officials, including former President Ashraf Ghani who has fled the country.
According to the Al Jazeera network, which broadcast scenes of the Taliban live from the palace, one of the Taliban officials said that Kabul was a different city to the one they left 20 years ago.
"Securing Kabul is a huge responsibility.
The Al Jazeera correspondent at the palace reported that three Afghan government officials were present for the palace “handover” to the Taliban.
A Taliban security official then said that "no blood was shed in the handover." He also said there is a "peaceful handover of government facilities ongoing across the country."
One of the Taliban officials also said that they want an all-inclusive government in Afghanistan.
He further said that Taliban leader as well as two of his deputies are now in Afghanistan and that they will come to Kabul when the security situation improves.
Another Taliban member present for the ceremony, spoke briefly in English to say he had formerly been held by the US in Guantanamo.
The Taliban was making empty promises leading up to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Ampour reported.
"Most analysts who understood what was not happening in Doha, i.e. peace talks that were meant to engineer some kind of proper transition from one US-led force to the Afghans, didn't pay off. The Afghan Taliban continued to fight on the ground while they continued to make empty promises to the United States in Doha, Qatar," Amanpour told CNN's Fredericka Whitefeld Sunday.
Amanpour noted that the Afghan Taliban's efforts to gain control in the country are "very similar to what they did back in 1996, and the 90s, when they also stormed in and by and large took most of the cities, including Kabul, without a fight."
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I think all these happen because USA poll out their force in April and taliban gain ground
Even taking territories without a fight