KABUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Taliban officials said on Monday they had received no reports of any clashes from across the country a day after the militants seized the capital, Kabul, and the U.S.-backed government collapsed. "The situation is peaceful, as per our reports," one of the senior members of the Taliban said. They declined to be identified. Reporting by Kabul bureau; Editing by Robert Birsel and Christopher Cushing Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.