Inside pictures of plane at Kabul airport as Afghans battle to flee Taliban rule

Afghanistan's neighbour Uzbekistan on Tuesday said that they are in close contact with the Taliban and that they will "strictly suppress" any attempts to breach their borders after the insurgent group seized power in the country.

Uzbekistan says in contact with Taliban, warns over border violations

Turkish government officials said on Tuesday they welcomed Taliban fighters' "positive messages" to the international community after they seized power in Afghanistan.

Turkey welcomes 'positive messages' from Taliban, says in talks with the group

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 the Taliban seized Kabul, China said it intends to develop "friendly and cooperative relations with Afghanistan". "China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop.

Willing to develop friendly relations with Afghanistan, says China as Taliban take control

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

Confirming the imminent withdrawal of most embassy staff in the wake of a rapid Taliban offensive, Boris Johnson said the United Kingdom would not abandon Afghanistan.

'UK will deploy 600 troops': Boris Johnson vows not to turn back on Afghanistan

Ashraf Ghani, who left Afghanistan on Sunday following the Taliban's rapid advance through the country and into Kabul, was twice elected Afghan president, as well as being one of the country's best-known academics.

Ashraf Ghani: Departing Afghan president who failed to make peace with Taliban

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that all the US embassy staff in Kabul are being moved to the airport as the Taliban attacked the Afghan capital.

As US embassy staff haphazardly removed from Kabul, Blinken rejects comparison with Saigon

The Taliban want to take control of Afghanistan "in the next few days", a spokesman for the group told the BBC Sunday, as their fighters encircled the capital. "In next few days, we want a peaceful transfer," Suhail Shaheen, based in Qatar as part of the group's negotiating team, told the BBC.

Taliban want peaceful transfer of power in 'next few days'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Sunday to hold further crisis talks on Afghanistan, his office said, as he recalled parliament from its summer break.

UK PM holds Afghanistan crisis talks, recalls parliament

Turkey will work with Pakistan to help stabilise Afghanistan and prevent a new flood of refugees, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. "Turkey is facing a growing migratory wave of Afghans transiting through Iran," he said, alongside his Pakistan counterpart Arif Alvi.

Turkey to work with Pakistan to stop new wave of Afghan migrants

Afghanistan: Last night Kabul was rocked by an explosion that killed 10 people including 3 civilians, 3 attackers. Later on Taliban claimed the responsibility of the attack. The car bomb attack targeted a guesthouse that belonged to the acting Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi who was not there when the explosion happened.

Anti-Taliban protests held in Kabul, Herat and Jalalabad

Gunmen killed at least 35 students in Afghanistan’s Kabul University on Monday. According to the witnesses and government sources, gunmen opened fire on students in the capital of Afghanistan, while they attempted to flee the scene.

Afghanistan: Gunmen kill at least 35 students at Kabul University

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul University on Monday that killed 22 people including students, the group’s Amaq News Agency said.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul University attack

Gunmen traded fire with Afghan security forces in Kabul University's campus following a blast in the area on Monday (November 2), and at least six people were wounded, Afghan government officials said.

WION Dispatch: Gunmen battle Afghan security forces on Kabul University campus

At least 18 people have been killed and 57 wounded, including schoolchildren, in a suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in Kabul, the Afghan interior ministry said.

At least 18 dead in suicide bomb attack in Kabul

At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed as flash floods caused by torrential rains lashed a city north of the Afghan capital Kabul, officials said on Wednesday.

Flash floods ravage region around Kabul, at least 46 dead in Afghanistan

Afghanistan convenes a grand assembly of elders, known as the loya jirga, in Kabul on Friday to decide the fate of hundreds of prisoners the Taliban insist should be released before entering peace talks with the government. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Afghan grand assembly convened in Kabul, Afghan Peace Talks

In Kabul, the police authorities have finally made headway in the kidnap case of an Aghan Sikh from an eastern region of Pakita. Sources have confirmed to WION news that police forces have arrested 5 people in connection with this case.

WION Dispatch: Minorities in Afghanistan approach India for help

Minorities targetted by Taliban: Sikh volunteer abducted, Police arrests 5 in case

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