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Taliban takes over Kabul, president Ashraf Ghani flees the country

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said "it is simply not in our interest" to remain in Afghanistan

Air India flight from Kabul leaves for Delhi with 129 passengers

Air India's return flight from Kabul to Delhi departed on Sunday evening with 129 passengers as Taliban forces entered the national capital of Afghanistan

To keep Afghanistan connected, NATO to maintain operations at Kabul airport

NATO says that it is helping to maintain operations at Kabul airport to keep Afghanistan connected with the world.

Afghan delegation to meet Taliban in Qatar on Sunday, govt negotiator says

Fawzi Koofi, a member of the Kabul negotiating team, confirmed to Reuters the delegation would meet with the Taliban in the Gulf state after the militant group earlier entered Kabul

Air India landed at Kabul after an hour delay amid tension in Afghanistan

Air India landed at Kabul after an hour delay amid tension in Afghanistan, security and boarding underway

President Ghani talks with officials regarding security of Kabul citizens

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday talked with security officials about providing security to the citizens of Kabul after the Taliban entered the Afghan capital from all sides.

Taliban will be back in charge of Afghanistan. What next for the country?

In just a few weeks, the militant group has swept from province to province until it entered the capital, Kabul, earlier today.

Amid Taliban blitz, Afghanistan students at JNU fear to go back

About 22 students from Afghanistan studying at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are not willing to go back to their country and want to extend their visas through academic courses.Afghan students are worried about their stay in India as their visa tenure is about to expire within months.The visa limit for most of these foreign students is getting over by the month of December this year, however, with the situation in Afghanistan turning volatile, no one wants to go back and they want to extend their visa through academic courses such as a PhD, sources said."For a war-torn country like Afghanistan, most of the people are extensively unemployed and trying to escape from either death or captivity. Arranging a 'hefty fee' seems impossible." said Afghan students in JNU while talking to ANI.Terminal students have to leave the hostel by September 23, which is making them unsure of accommodation with narrow financial capacity.Jalaluddin, a JNU student told, "Situation is extremely critical ..

We have contingency plans: Govt on evacuation of embassy staff in Kabul

India has put in place contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of its officials and citizens from Kabul that has been gripped by fear and panic

India monitoring situation in Afghanistan for staff evacuation: Report

Taliban is close to a complete victory in Afghanistan as fighters entered the outskirts of the capital on Sunday

Afghanistan forces surrender Bagram air base to Taliban, official says

An Afghan official says forces at Bagram air base, home to a prison housing 5,000 inmates, have surrendered to the Taliban. Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents. The prison housed both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters. It came as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul.

Amid Taliban offensive, 84 Afghan servicemen cross into Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry reported Sunday that 84 Afghan servicemen crossed the border into Uzbekistan asked for assistance.

Talks underway with Afghan govt for peaceful surrender of Kabul: Taliban

The Taliban said that there was no plan whatsoever to topple the capital city militarily

Afghan officials say Taliban enter outskirts of capital, Kabul

Three Afghan officials tell The Associated Press that the Taliban have entered the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.

Taliban at Kabul's door after eastern city falls, US evacuating embassy

The United States started evacuating its diplomats and was sending more troops to help secure Kabul airport and the embassy

Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east Kabul

An Afghan lawmaker and the Taliban say the militants have seized Jalalabad, cutting off Kabul to the east. The militants posted photos online early Sunday showing them in the governor's office in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. Abrarullah Murad, a lawmaker from the province told The Associated Press that the insurgents seized Jalalabad after elders negotiated the fall of the government there. The seizure Sunday comes amid rapid gains by the Taliban over the last week, pressuring Afghanistan's central government as US, British and Canadian forces rush troops in to help their diplomatic staffs still there. Thousands have poured into Kabul to flee the Taliban advance.

Donald Trump slams US Prez Joe Biden; accuses of failing Afghan policy

Former US prez Donald Trump has slammed his successor President Joe Biden and accused him of failing on Afghan policy as the Taliban continued to capture cities and provinces in the war-torn country.

Biden authorises deployment of approximately 5,000 US troops to Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden has ordered deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to ensure an orderly and safe drawdown of American personnel from the war-torn country

Afghan crisis: As Taliban tighten their grip, Kabul airport only way out

There's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, and only one way in for US troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul's international airport

Taliban capture Sharana, capital of Paktika province near Pakistan border

The Taliban have rapidly advanced across northern, western and southern Afghanistan in recent weeks and now control most of the country's provincial capitals