Some 200 passengers, including US citizens, left Kabul airport on Thursday, on the first flight carrying foreigners out of the Afghan capital since a US-led evacuation ended on August 30.

First evacuation flight takes off from Kabul since US troop withdrawal

The Taliban are putting China in charge of rebuilding post-war Afghanistan. They want to join Beijing's Belt & Road Initiative. Will China get sucked into the Afghan churn? Will it be next in the graveyard of empires? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Taliban expresses 'desire' to join China's belt & road

As world leaders debate whether to accept Afghan refugees, Kosovo's president Vjosa Osmani says helping Afghan refugees is her moral obligation. Here's a snippet of Palki Sharma's exclusive conversation with the president - herself a former refugee.

Gravitas: Kosovo President to WION: "Proud to help Afghans"

Three spy chiefs, three meetings, one agenda- Afghanistan. Palki Sharma tells you why top security and espionage officials from the US, UK and Russia are making a beeline for New Delhi.

Gravitas: US, UK & Russia dispatch their spy chiefs to India

17 out of the Taliban's 33 ministers are sanctioned by the United Nations. Their Interior Minister is one of the most dreaded terrorists in the world. Palki Sharma brings you the key players of the Taliban regime.

Gravitas: The key players in Taliban's cabinet

The Taliban's new cabinet is all-male, almost entirely Pashtun & composed of sanctioned terror suspects. What happened to their promise of inclusivity? Why was the Ministry of Women affairs removed? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Ministry of women missing in Taliban's all-male regime

The Taliban have reinstated the virtue and vice ministry. It was the most feared and hated ministry during the Taliban's last regime. Its forces would beat women in public, stone them. Palki Sharma tells you all about it.

Gravitas: Afghanistan's virtue and vice ministry

The Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell has expressed "deep disappointment" over "lack of inclusiveness" when it comes to Taliban announcement on the new government in Afghanistan.

Deeply disappointed by lack of inclusion: Australian Envoy Barry O'Farrell on Taliban govt

The Taliban has announced a ban on all protests in Kabul and other provinces in Afghanistan which have not got prior permission. The interim government added that any consequences for those who protest without approval would be their own responsibility.

Taliban bans unapproved protests and slogans across Afghanistan

The first commercial flight from Qatar Airways has arrived in Kabul. Taliban authorities have agreed to allow 200 Americans and several other foreign nationals still in Afghanistan to leave the country.

First commercial flight arrives at Kabul airport

According to UN officials, a lack of clarity on the Taliban's position on women in Afghanistan has generated "incredible fear" across the country.

UN officials warn of 'incredible fear' among women across Afghanistan

According to a US official, 200 Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan will leave the war-torn country on charter planes from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban leadership consented to their evacuation.

Taliban agree to evacuation of 200 Americans, other foreigners from Afghanistan

Taliban authorities have agreed to allow 200 Americans and several other foreign nationals still in Afghanistan to leave the country, one week after US troops and government officials completed their evacuation operation from the country. WION's Anas Mallick brings you a report.

Taliban agrees to allow 200 Americans and other foreigners to leave Afghanistan

In a sign that the Taliban may not be in a mood to allow vibrant, free media to flourish, horrific images of Afghan journalists beaten up and tortured by Taliban fighters have surfaced.

Taliban brutally flog and torture Afghan journalists for covering women's protests

India and Russia held consultation on Afghanistan on Wednesday. In this, New Delhi pointed out that since Pakistan has links with Taliban and has been supporting international terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) and lashkar-e-taiba (LET), Islamabad has "special responsibility" to ensure that Afghan soil is not used to spread terrorism.

Pak should ensure Afghan soil is not used to spread terrorism: India to Russia

The newly installed Taliban regime will forbid Afghan women from playing cricket and other sports where their bodies might be seen.

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from playing cricket, other sports

The new Taliban government in Afghanistan began work on Wednesday with the interim government drawn exclusively from the loyalist ranks. Taliban faces a monumental task ahead of them with a crippled economy, drought and security challenges including from the local ISIS-K.

Taliban government's new orders: Ex-officials should return home, approval needed before protests

Afghan women held anti-Pakistan slogans infront of Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan. They opined that they did not want an ISI govt in their country.

Afghan women protest against Taliban, Pakistan in Afghanistan

India and Russia will hold consultations in Delhi on Wednesday on the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, a direct outcome of the talks held between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 24.

India, Russia to hold consultations on Afghanistan on Sept 8 in Delhi

Slamming Pakistan, India said the country continues to foment a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders as it hit out at Islamabad for using the platform of the United Nations for hate speech against it.

Pak continues to foment culture of violence at home, across its borders: India at UN

Afghanistan crisis will be one of the key focus at the 13th BRICS summit to be hosted by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. BRICS' leaders will be meeting virtually for the summit, and it is for the second time in a row the meet is happening virtually due to the ongoing Covid crisis.

Afghan crisis to shadow BRICS summit chaired by India on Thursday

After consultations with partners on how to show a united front to the hardline new administration in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken cautioned that the Taliban would have to earn legitimacy from the rest of the world.

Any legitimacy, any support 'will have to be earned': Blinken to Taliban

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. It was the first time when many even heard of Al-Qaeda. The group is now congratulating the Taliban over Afghanistan takeover. Take a look at the Taliban's relationship with its long-time ally, Al-Qaeda.

20 years after 9/11, will Al-Qaeda rise again?

Even as US and NATO forces and almost the entire Western diplomatic corps packed up and fled the Afghan capital last month as the Taliban seized control, a handful of international aid directors made a decision: They were staying put.

Aid workers staying in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan tread a tricky path

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