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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

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