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US airstrike hits suicide bomber targeting airport: Taliban spokesman

A Taliban spokesman says a US military airstrike has targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to target the Kabul international airport amid the American evacuation there

Blast reported near Kabul airport as evacuation missions near end

The incident comes hours after US President Joe Biden warned that another attack in the airport area was highly likely.

President Biden to pay respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan

President Joe Biden is embarking on a solemn journey Sunday to honour and mourn the 13 US troops killed in the suicide attack near Kabul airport

'Need not worry about fallout from Taliban rule of Afghanistan in Kashmir'

The General Officer Commanding of the Army's 15 Corps, also known as the Chinar Corps, Lieutenant General D P Pandey, said this to reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Educators at Afghan universities call on Taliban not to replace system

Former officials and lecturers at Afghanistan universities have called on the Taliban to maintain and upgrade the country's education system instead of creating a new one.

Over 20,000 Afghan evacuees reach Pakistan via Islamabad airport

The evacuation mission from the neighbouring country has been limited to Islamabad airport.

Britain ends 20-year military campaign in Afghanistan as troops fly back

It has been the UK's largest military evacuation since World War II.

No existence of Taliban in Bangladesh, says Home Minister Kamal

The Bangladesh government has repeatedly denied the existence of any foreign terrorist groups in the country.

Changes in Afghanistan challenge for us, made us rethink strategy: Rajnath

Defence Ministry is very seriously considering the formation of Integrated Battle Groups amid these developments, said Singh.

Taliban restricts bank withdrawals in Afghanistan to $200 per week

The directive reads that the decision is made after financial difficulties arose in Afghanistan and will be temporary.

Live: Police justified in caning farmers in Karnal, says Haryana CM Khattar

News updates: Farmers union in Haryana to meet after police cane protesters; Joe Biden warns of another militant attack in Afghanistan.

Taliban seals off Kabul airport, stops people as evacuation nears end

The Taliban on Saturday sealed off Kabul airport in order to prevent large crowds from leaving the war-torn country as final NATO evacuation flights left Afghanistan.New layers of checkpoints sprang up on roads leading to the airport, some manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with Humvees and night-vision goggles captured from Afghan security forces, reported Euronews.The massive US-led airlift wound down ahead of an August 31 deadline of the Taliban. Britain too began bringing its troops home from Afghanistan, as a Royal Air Force plane carrying soldiers landed at the RAF Brize Norton airbase northwest of London.The troops are part of a contingent of 1,000 that has been based in Kabul to help run the airlift, reported Euronews.Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised Friday to "shift heaven and earth" to get more people from Afghanistan to Britain by other means, though no concrete details have been offered.Italy's final evacuation flight of refugees from Afghanistan also landed at ...

How Instagram influencer helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan

Dozens of desperate Afghans who had been trying to flee the Taliban before Tuesday's deadline for the US withdrawal from Kabul made it to safety with help from an unexpected place

US evacuates about 2,000 people from Kabul in the last 24 hours

The US has evacuated approximately 2,000 people from the Kabul airport in the last 24 hours, the White House has said, as the countdown for the end of America's longest military mission begins

Afghanistan: Panjshir resistance forces reject Taliban's claim of advances

The resistance forces in the Panjshir province on Saturday rejected the Taliban claims that their forces entered Panjshir province from various directions.Ahmad Massoud supporters rejected the claims of a Taliban advance toward Panjshir and say no one has entered the province, reported Tolo News."There is no fight in Panjshir and no one has entered the province," said Mohammad Almas Zahid, head of the Resistance Front delegation.Earlier, the Taliban claimed that their forces entered Panjshir province."No fighting occurred, but the mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan advanced from various directions without facing any resistance. The Islamic Emirate forces have entered Panjshir from different directions," said Anaamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's Cultural Commission, reported Tolo News.Ahmad Massoud (the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Taliban) and Amrullah Saleh (former Afghan government ...

Antony Blinken and Jaishankar discuss Afghan situation over phone

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the current situation in Afghanistan with his Indian counterpart External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday

US Embassy urges Americans to leave vicinity of Kabul airport due to threat

The US Embassy in Afghanistan is urging Americans to leave the Kabul airport area because of a specific threat in Afghanistan

Finland's evacuation ops in Afghanistan ends with 413 people flown out

Finland's evacuation operation in Afghanistan ended late on Friday night

Afghanistan: Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home

British troops have left Kabul, ending the UK's evacuation operation and its 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the heroic evacuation effort, even as the government acknowledged some eligible Afghan civilians had been left behind. The UK's top military officer conceded that we haven't been able to bring everybody out." The UK government said late Saturday that about 1,000 troops who ran an airlift of British nationals and Afghan civilians had departed from Kabul airport, hours after the final evacuation flight for civilians. Most countries apart from the United States had already left. Before departing, Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan, Laurie Bristow, said from Kabul airport that it was time to close this phase of the operation now. But we haven't forgotten the people who still need to leave, Bristow said in a video posted on Twitter. We'll continue to do everything we can to help them. Nor have we forgotten the brave, decent peopl

Another attack likely in Kabul, says Biden; pledges more strikes on IS

President Joe Biden vowed to keep up airstrikes against the Islamic extremist group whose suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed scores of Afghans and 13 American service members