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The insurgents mixed threats and lure with propaganda and psychological warfare as they took city after city

UN chief appeals to the body to 'use all tools at its disposal' to suppress global terrorist threat from Afghanistan

Russian FM Lavrov speaks with Chinese counterpart, discusses political coordination regarding situation in Afghanistan

Fellow Gulf state Qatar says it is seeking a peaceful transition in Afghanistan

Washington could also block aid to Afghanistan from multilateral lenders like the IMF, World Bank

Aviation authority did not specify which military, given collapse of security forces in face of Taliban offensive

Some of money was left lying on the tarmac as it would not all fit in, says Russian embassy spokesperson

Britain fears the vacuum left by the West's chaotic withdrawal will allow militants to gain a foothold in Afghanistan

The situation caused such a commotion that US troops fired into the air to restore order

No Israeli casualties during the incident in the city of Jenin says Israeli police

Beijing says it respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny

We are not here to harm innocent civilians, adds the Taliban

We are witnessing difficult times, adds Merkel

President will get a domestic shot

Malala informs information minister about international concerns on women rights in neighbouring country

Britain has relocated its embassy to Kabul airport from the city

King keeps Muhyiddin as interim PM after resignation

Taliban say formation of new govt in Afghanistan would be made clear soon, call for peaceful international relations

Authorities race to bring doctors to the worst-hit areas before a major storm hits

Video posted social media showed hundreds of people scampering with their luggage toward the safety of the airport

Testing facility can determine a coronavirus case even before a person becomes infectious

Security personnel at Ghulam Khan Zero Point had evacuated the Afghan check post in the dark of night

Pakistan to mull recognising Taliban rule if they come to power through peaceful transition

US secretary of state defends Washington’s drawdown of personnel from Afghan capital amid rapid advance by Taliban

Taliban have won judgement of sword and guns and are responsible for protecting countrymen's honour, says president

We will continue efforts to enable return of stability in the region, says Erdogan speaking alongside President Alvi

We don't want anybody bilaterally recognising the Taliban, says PM Johnson

Council calls on govt forces and Taliban fighters to curb chaos while maintaining restraint, says former president

Afghan government refused to give up the war with the Taliban, says Leader of Hezb-e-Islami

We are working closely with all the relevant authorities to ensure the safe operation, says airline spokesperson

Insurgents spokesperson says group would protect the rights of women, as well as freedoms for media workers, diplomats

Despite Ghani's chequered history with warlords, the beleaguered president was hoping they could help turn the tide

Torrents of water tossed cars and heaps of debris, destroyed buildings, bridges

The 7.2-magnitude quake, followed by a series of aftershocks, had a depth of 10 km

FO spokesperson says monitoring situation; Pakistani embassy active, assisting nationals in Afghanistan

Some provincial governors asked forces to surrender in order to avoid bloodshed as defeat inevitable, say US officials

17-year-old Abdullah was forced to ferry rocket-propelled grenades up a nearby hill

For a whole generation of Afghan women who entered public life there's much to lose

Taliban have taken more than a quarter of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals in less than a week

Indian PM says the plan will help boost productivity of industries and create 'thousands of jobs'

The unequal rollout of Covid vaccines is creating a two-tier pandemic that is leaving developing nations behind

Fall of Jalalabad gives insurgents control of a road leading to Peshawar, one of the main highways into Afghanistan

President Ashraf Ghani's close aides also left the war-torn country after insurgents marched into capital Kabul

US president increases troops deployment to 5,000, says he will not 'pass this war' on to another US leader

Passengers fleeing war worry that Taliban could close the country’s airspace at any moment

7.2-magnitude quake struck 8 km from town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince

NCOC keeps Iran, Bangladesh and several other countries on the list of 'Category-C' nations

Qatari FM urges insurgents to pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the top officials

America faces ‘heightened threat environment from both domestic terrorists and those motivated by foreign terrorists’

All non-essential businesses and offices will have to close under the nationwide lockdown from Monday