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

Biden had cast Afghanistan as a costly side issue

In one collapsed building along the banks of the swollen river, 10 people were still believed buried

Ghani clings on to power, says 'consultations' are taking place to try and end the war

Britain is deploying around 600 troops to help evacuate its roughly 3,000 nationals from the country

Britain, Germany, Denmark and Spain have announced the withdrawal of personnel from their respective embassies

Cabinet okays shaheed package for families of 98 slain special police force constables

Biden administration exploring having Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan take in thousands of applicants

Biden administration says it will still equip Afghan military that appears on the verge of collapse.

Official notice asks staffers to reduce the amount of items which could be ‘misused in propaganda efforts’

Afghan security forces in the major city are escaping towards the border, says provincial council

Moscow pivoted to China in 2014 as its political ties with the West sank to post Cold-War lows

Tells Kabul, Taliban of going forward with peace talks amid war

Fighters from group walked into offices of Azizi Bank in Kandahar and ordered nine women working there to leave

Pfizer and Moderna have together locked up over $60 billion in sales of the shots just in 2021 and 2022

China strengthens anti-virus controls for international flights, cargo shipments after latest outbreak

'Huge tragedy for the people of Afghanistan'

Hundreds of thousands asked to evacuate Nagasaki, other parts of Kyushu to avoid floods, landslides

UN 'will not support the establishment of any government in Afghanistan imposed through military force'

15 people were killed in the floods in Kastamonu province and two people died in Sinop

Some states have closed their borders with NSW or enforced restricted entry to stop the spread

This was the first mass shooting in the UK in 11 years.

The fall of major cities is a sign that Afghans welcomed the Taliban, says a spokesperson of the group

More than 2,700 houses and shops suffer flood damage and power, transportation and communications also disrupted

About 30 people were on the bus when the incident happened at a bus stop

Mission centres are stand-alone entities that utilise resources from across CIA in line with agency priorities

Amid Taliban’s swift advances, Pentagon to send extra troops to help secure drawdown of embassy personnel

Disturbances broke out after Afghan traveller died of heart attack as he waited in dusty heat to enter Afghanistan

Morocco was one of four Arab to move towards normalising relations with Israel last year

Waterway surged to two metres (6.5 feet) above normal in the city of Allahabad

Proposal allows Taliban to share power in return for a halt in violence in country, says the source

Kabul can fall to the insurgents within 90 days, says US intelligence

Reason for maltreatment to Pakistan is Americans now consider India as strategic partner, Imran tells foreign journos

Turkey offers to deploy troops at Kabul airport after NATO withdraws

Total of 1,024 new infections beat a peak hit in March this year whereas hospital admissions also increased

Drop in production can not only limit rice and cotton exports but also boost imports of edible oils

Pakistani envoy denounced oft-repeated attempts by aggressors, colonizers and occupiers to justify their suppression

Planned permits for Palestinian appear aimed at blunting criticism of settler construction

The statement comes after the UN said over 1,000 civilians were killed in the past month

New Zealand's vaccine rollout has been less stellar, with under 20 percent of the population fully inoculated

Sami Sadat, 36, the highest-ranking army officer in southern Afghanistan

Militant group establishes bridgehead within 150 km of Kabul

Scientists had mounted a large telescope on the satellite to look down on the Indian subcontinent

Embassy’s ability to assist US citizens in war-torn country is extremely limited even within Kabul, notice says

Turkey says still keen to run Kabul airport despite precarious security

Agency says it has found no safety concerns for pregnant people in either the new analysis or earlier studies

The insurgent group has captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, says lawmaker Zabihullah Attiq

Turkey offers to deploy troops at Kabul airport after NATO withdraws

Around 30 people are still trapped, including passengers inside a bus lying under the debris

The Hope buses are reaching nearly 400 children across Delhi and neighbouring areas