Readers have been sharing their thoughts on the chaotic scenes currently unfolding in Afghanistan after Taliban forces took over the capital city, Kabul.

A former sailor living in Cumbria has expressed despair over the unfolding situation in the country, saying he fears sacrifices made by soldiers will have been in vain.

Gary Pettit, who served in the Royal Navy and is the founder of Cumbrian wheelchair rugby club Penrith Pumas, said a number of Afghanistan veterans attend his training sessions.

After years of attempting to stabilise the country, foreign soldiers - including British and American troops - withdrew from Afghanistan and left it in the hands of Afghanistan's security forces.

However, the country is now in the hands of Taliban forces once again.

Gary said it was "frustrating" to see how events in the country were unfolding.

Here's what readers had to say.

Aleasha Wallace said: "Personally I think we should keep our noses out.

"It only makes things worse.

"Pick up the pieces.

"Help the refugees rebuild their lives etc but is it really up to our tax payer money to try and solve an almost impossible crisis putting more lives at risk?"

Joshua Wyborn said: It needs a worldwide solution seeing as we created the issue. But 20 years to undo thousands of years of ideology that the west doesn’t understand…. Its [going to] take a while!"

Craig Lanchbery believes the situation should be left alone, saying "Leave them to it. Not our problem."

Emma Banks replied by adding: "But we created the problem in many ways."

David McNay echoed the reply, saying: "We (the West) went a good way in creating it though surely?

"And I've a feeling it could become our problem again very soon."

Jimmy Andrews believes that it is unlikely soldiers will be deployed .

He said: "Do people really think we will be going back?

"Drones and AirPower is all the west will use now as any deterrent to would be terrorist groups.

"There is no appetite for boots on the ground or the billions of Dollars it costs."

According to PA, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pushing for a virtual G7 meeting to be arranged, raising the idea with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a call on Tuesday and doing the same during talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.

And in a signal that Mr Johnson wants to draw together a broad coalition, Downing Street confirmed the UK wants the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) - which, as well as Britain, includes the US, China, France and Russia - to meet this week.

The gathering would extend even further than the G7 alliance of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US, with the Prime Minister keen for leading economies to act together on choosing how to broach relations with a Taliban-led state in Afghanistan.