Because of the throngs of people who have poured out onto the runways, all military and civilian aircraft have been suspended at the Kabul airport, according to Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby.

All military and civilian flights halted at Kabul airport: Pentagon

The Taliban will be denied access to any Afghan reserves held in US accounts, a US administration official told AFP on Monday. As US forces were evacuating Afghanistan's capital after the Taliban's swift takeover, the official said, "Any Central Bank assets the Afghan government have in the United States will not be made available to the Taliban.

Taliban will not get access to Afghan reserves held in US: Official

As the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan, a Chinese official said on Monday that China is ready to further enhance "friendly and cooperative" relations with the country.

'We welcome this': What China stands to benefit from rise of Taliban in Afghanistan

Life of Afghan civilians: The stark difference between 'then' and 'now'

Taking over Afghanistan by the Taliban represents a failure by the international community, according to British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who is assessing the West's intervention was just half-done.

UK accuses Western powers of being politically short-sighted

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is planning to deploy soldiers to Afghanistan to help with the evacuation of German nationals and Afghans in danger from the Taliban, parliamentary sources said Monday.

German forces to aid Afghan evacuations: Parliamentary sources

As US officials prepared to leave Afghanistan, locals thronged the Kabul airport to catch any flight after the Taliban gained control of the capital. Live: As it happens - Hundreds gather amid international evacuation in Kabul Newswire Reuters quoting eyewitnesses reported that at least five people were killed in Kabul airport amid the confusion.

At least 5 dead at Kabul airport as US officials leave Afghanistan: Report

Kabul today is a very different place than it was just a few days ago. The passage of time seems to have passed backwards, 20 years to be exact. The Taliban are in the city, and the people are scrambling to flee.

On streets of Afghanistan, an air of despair surround the end of 20-year war

Pakistan's Prime Minister appears to be endorsing the Taliban as they take control of Afghanistan. On Monday, a video surfaced on social media purporting to show Imran Khan praising the Taliban's takeover of the neighbouring nation.

'They have broken shackles of slavery': Pakistan PM Imran Khan endorses Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan

As the Taliban continues to make inroads seizing provincial capitals, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could meet with the militant group in order to ensure peace in Afghanistan.

Erdogan ready to 'receive' Taliban leader as US backs Afghan forces

As majority of US troops pulled out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the US military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31. "We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build," the US president said in a speech.

'I do not trust the Taliban': Biden declares August 31 as final date to end US military mission in Afghanistan

President Joe Biden gave a significant policy speech on Afghanistan on Thursday, saying that the US had achieved its objectives in the country and that now was the right time to leave.

US achieved its goals, Afghans must decide own future: President Joe Biden

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Friday that its forces have captured a key border crossing with Turkmenistan. "The important Torghundi border port has been fully captured," Zabihullah said even as the Afghan government added that its forces are trying to recapture the area.

Taliban controls two-thirds of Afghan-Tajik border: Russia

Taliban official Shahabuddin Delawar declared in Moscow on Friday that the Taliban control 85 per cent of Afghanistan's territory. After nearly two decades of fighting, foreign forces, including the US, are retreating, emboldening Taliban insurgents to try to take new territory in Afghanistan.

Taliban controls 85% of Afghan territory, Taliban official says

The White House said on Friday that US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will be completed by the "end of August". "We expect it to be completed by the end of August," press secretary Jen Psaki said.

US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to be completed by end August: White House

The previous two presidents of the United States declared that they wanted to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan, and they both decided in the end that they could not do it.

Stay or go? Biden, long a critic of Afghan deployments, faces a deadline