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Afghan military was built over 20 years. How did it collapse so quickly?

Building the Afghan security apparatus was one of the key parts of the Obama administration's strategy

Afghan President says won't give up 'achievements' of last 20 years

Ghani offered few specifics in his speech and it wasn't immediately clear what help he was expecting from the West and his regional neighbours

Taliban takes over radio station in Kandahar after capturing Afghan city

The Taliban seized a radio station in Kandahar and took to the airwaves Saturday after capturing much of southern Afghanistan in a rapid offensive

Taliban claims control over two more Afghan provincial capitals

The Taliban has claimed to have captured two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan after over-running over a dozen others in the past one week.

Rights activists, lawmakers urge the world to save Afghanistan

In a recently held international conference in London, prominent human rights activists, security analysts, intellectuals and lawmakers urged the world to save the war-torn country

Afghanistan conflict: Marines lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuations

The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul as the US speeds up evacuation for some American diplomats and thousands of Afghans

Fallout from indifference to Afghanistan will be felt beyond its borders

Expect the immediate danger to be regional - in South and Central Asia - as geography and capability limit the initial damage

Afghanistan is spinning out of control: UN chief Antonio Guterres

Antonio Guterres called on the Taliban to immediately halt the offensive and asserted that seizing power through military force is a 'losing proposition' and can only lead to prolonged civil war

Rush of US troops to Kabul tests Joe Biden's withdrawal deadline

The last-minute decision to send 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the US Embassy is calling into question whether Biden will meet his August 31 deadline for fully withdrawing

Taliban trying to isolate Kabul, situation 'deeply concerning': Pentagon

The Pentagon has said that Afghan Taliban militants are trying to isolate the capital city Kabul and the situation on the ground is "deeply concerning".

Another Afghan tragedy

This time, America didn't just fight a war in Afghanistan but also invested a great deal of time, money and emotion in nation-building. Only to leave it like a possible Syria in South Asia

Too soon to predict economic spillover of crisis to Pakistan: IMF 

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, wresting control of its second and third biggest cities

Taliban gains control of south Afghanistan; four more cities fall

Taliban has captured over two-thirds of nation; US, Britain to evacuate embassies

NATO envoys meet in Brussels to discuss Taliban blitz in Afghanistan

NATO envoys were meeting Friday in Brussels to discuss developments in Afghanistan amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the wake of the relentless Taliban offensive there

Bitter blow: UK's former hub in Afghanistan captured by Taliban

With the Taliban advancing rapidly and now in control of around two-thirds of Afghanistan, questions are being raised about why the UK could not have remained even after the planned departure of US

Al Qaeda will probably come back to Afghanistan: UK Defence Secy

Al Qaeda "will probably come back" as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

Taliban sweep across Afghanistan's south; take four more cities

The Taliban completed their sweep of the country's south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul

Taliban capture Kandahar, Herat, Lashkar Gah; embassies getting staff out

US, Britain send troops to get staff out from Afghanistan; UN warns of 'catastrophic' impact of fight for Kabul

Afghanistan: Taliban take another southern provincial capital in sweep

Two lawmakers from Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province say local officials have surrendered the provincial capital to the rapidly advancing Taliban

China preparing to recognize Taliban if Kabul falls, says Report

China is prepared to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate ruler of Afghanistan if the terrorist group manages to overpower the democratically elected government in Kabul, US News has learned