Taliban on Tuesday announced its government which included several listed individuals in the terrorist list. Those listed in the terrorist list included Afghanistan's interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani and Khalil Haqqani who was named minister of refugees.

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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

Sheikh Molvi Noorullah Munir, the Taliban government's Minister of Education, has declared that PhD and master's degrees are not useful because mullahs do not have them, even though they are "the greatest of all.

Watch | Taliban Education Minister says PhD and Master's degrees worthless, mullahs greatest without them

The Taliban on Tuesday announced UN-sanctioned Taliban veteran, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as the leader of their new government while giving key positions to some of the movement's top figures.

Listed terrorists among Taliban's new government

With the new government in place in Afghanistan, the Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said that the government will work towards upholding Sharia law.

Taliban government lists agenda on Sharia law, media quality & foreign policy

Qatar's ruling Emir and the visiting US secretaries of state and defense discussed developments in Afghanistan and efforts to enhance security there, the Emir's court said on Monday.

Blinken discusses transit of US citizens from Afghanistan with Qatar's Emir

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has expressed the desire to join China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) as the militant group consolidates its hold over Afghanistan.

CPEC is useful, look forward to implementing Afghanistan’s part: Taliban

A week after US troops left Afghanistan, the Biden administration organised land evacuation of four Americans who crossed over to a "third country". They were received by American diplomats.

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After over a week after leaving the country, four Americans left Afghanistan by land into a neighbouring country with Taliban's knowledge, reports said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed about the development asserting that the "Taliban did not impede them".

Four Americans leave Afghanistan by land; US diplomats receive nationals

As the Taliban consolidated its hold over Afghanistan, hundreds of people protested in Kabul on Tuesday chanted anti-Pakistan slogans. Reports said the Taliban fired shots to disperse the protests in the capital.

Taliban open fire to disperse demonstrators who chant anti-Pakistan slogans in Kabul

Claims and counterclaims are rife in Afghanistan on the reported takeover of Panjshir valley by Taliban. While Taliban say it had taken control of the area, the resistance forces dug their heels in.

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As the Taliban claimed it had captured Panjshir Valley, the militant group's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said there were no civilian casualties while "taking over Panjhsir".

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The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul on Monday called for a "national uprising" against the Taliban.

Panjshir: Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud calls for a ‘national uprising’

On Monday, the Taliban invited former Afghan military men to join the new hardline leadership. "Afghan soldiers who have been trained over the last 20 years will be requested to rejoin security departments alongside Taliban fighters," said spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid at a press conference in Kabul.

Taliban vow to include US-trained Afghan soldiers in new security setup

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Talking about plans in an interaction with media, a Taliban leader said Afghanistan will have an all-inclusive government soon. The group will also invite different countries for the government's formation ceremony.

Will invite countries at govt launch ceremony, work will start with reforms in constitution: Taliban

A day after anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud said he was ready for talks with the Taliban, the militant group in a statement said Panjshir province has come under the "complete control of the Islamic Emirate".

Panjshir under control, claim Taliban; Massoud's NRF says 'struggle' will continue

Pakistani drones attacked Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley ahead of the reported fall of the valley that offered stiff resistance to the Taliban. The drone attacks, if they happened, would amount to Pakistan helping the Taliban defeat the resistance forces in Panjshir.

Pakistan conducted drone strikes in Panjshir: Report