Taliban continues its surge across Afghanistan with the capture of two more provincial cities with a total of eight provinces seized in the last couple of days. Amid the Taliban advance, US President Biden said he did regret his decision to pull US troops out of the region as the militants took Farah city and Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan.

I do not regret my decision, says Biden as two more cities fall to Taliban in Afghanistan

Taliban continued its offensive in Afghanistan after its weekend blitz led to the fall of key provincial cities with the US describing the situation as "grave". Meanwhile, Canada reopened its border with the United States for the first time in 16 months after closing it last year as the pandemic began.

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Amid the recent intensification of conflict with the Afghan Government, the Taliban continues to violate human rights unabatedly by killing civilians, destroying mosques, and assaulting women. Innocent Afghan children killed by Taliban. At least 27 children have been killed by Taliban in the last 72 hours.

WION Live Broadcast: Afghan children killed by Taliban

The Indian embassy in Afghanistan advised all Indians to return from the country amid the ongoing fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban. India has now closed all its consulates, leaving only the embassy in Kabul operational.

Afghanistan's Indian embassy advises all Indians to return amid ongoing crisis

India has been invited to a meeting of regional countries on Afghanistan in Doha later this week, which will see the participation of countries like Turkey and Indonesia as well.

India invited to Afghanistan meet in Doha this week

As the Taliban took their sixth Afghan provincial capital since last week amid fighting with the country's defence forces, a social media campaign against Pakistan and its "proxy war" in Afghanistan became a popular trend Monday.

Why is #SanctionPakistan trending? Because thousands of Afghans want the world to punish Pakistan for backing Taliban

The Taliban have now overrun six provincial capitals in mere days. On Sunday the group claimed a huge symbolic victory when its fighters seized Kunduz.

Taliban capture sixth provincial capital in northern Afghanistan

The US has said that the situation in Afghanistan is not going in the right direction and added that Afghan security forces had the capability to fight.

US says situation in Afghanistan is concerning, makes remarks on Afghan forces' capability to fight

The US is having conversations with the Pakistani leadership about the need to shut down the safe havens for Taliban militants along the Afghan-Pakistan border that are providing a source of more insecurity and instability inside Afghanistan, the Pentagon has said, as Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke over the phone with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Pentagon: US talking to Pakistan about closing Taliban safe havens along Afghan border

Taliban is on a blitzkrieg in Afghanistan. 6 provinces have fallen in 72 hours. 90% of the border has been 'seized'. Key routes to Kabul are blocked. A woman has been killed for wearing 'tight clothes'. Palki Sharma gets you a report on the Taliban's onslaught.

Gravitas: Taliban's 72-hour blitzkrieg in Afghanistan

The terror group Taliban is rapidly closing in on the heart of Afghanistan, Kabul city. There has been intense fighting in areas that are a few kilometers from Kabul.

WION In Afghanistan: Afghan civilians fear Taliban takeover

According to sources, the Taliban have also taken government buildings in the northern provincial capital of Sar-e Pul, driving officials out of the main city to a nearby military base, Mohammad Noor Rahmani.

Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e Pul

Herat, the third-largest city in Afghanistan remains precarious. The Taliban continues to make rapid territorial gains in the country. WION's correspondent reports from the heart of the conflict.

WION Ground Report: Third largest city of Afghanistan fears Taliban takeover

After working in Afghanistan for 9 years with NATO and the USA, the Afghan cameraman Salim Zalmi landed in the United States in 2018 escaping the Taliban's escalating threats to the family. WION brings you Zalmi's journey to the US.

Afghan cameraman Salim Zalmi's road to settling in US

Taliban has reportedly seized the northeastern city of Kunduz with the Afghan forces in control of the airport and the army base. Kunduz, a strategic town lies at the gateway of northern provinces and Central Asia.

Taliban seize provincial capitals in Afghanistan as Kunduz falls

Taliban continued its sweep across Afghanistan targeting provincial capitals after overrunning rural areas in the south and north. Last week the Taliban had captured a provincial capital located on the border of Iran and Afghanistan in Nimoroz as US troops continue their final pullout from the country.

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US B-52 bombers hit Taliban's positions in Afghanistan

The Taliban faced heavy casualties when Air Forces targeted their gatherings and hideouts in the city of Sheberghan, killing 200 members of the terrorist outfit.

US B-52 bombers targeted a Taliban rally in Sheberghan

After the city of Zaranj, Nimroz province’s capital, fell to the Taliban on Friday, some people flocked to loot public property from government institutions, a TOLOnews report said.

In Taliban-held Nimroz, public property gets ‘looted’  

As the Taliban captures two provincial capitals, the UN envoy has reported to the UNSC about the Afghan war entering a deadlier and more destructive phase, with over 1000 civilian casualties.

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To give air support to Afghan security forces fighting Taliban in various parts of the country, US President Joe Biden has ordered B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to target the group’s positions in Afghanistan, a MailOnline report said.

US orders B-52 bombers, Spectre gunships to target Taliban, says report  

The Taliban tightened the noose over northern Afghanistan Sunday, capturing two more provincial capitals as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months.

Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals in northern blitz

Amid fighting between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Kunduz, the militant group claimed it had captured the key Afghan city. Reports say street-to-street fighting is taking place in Kunduz after the Taliban seized their first provincial capital Zaranj in Nimroz and Sheberghan in Jawzjan.

Taliban captures key installations in Kunduz, heavy fighting underway in Herat, Kandahar

Amid strong calls for peace and political settlement. Afghanistan continues to crumble under a Taliban onslaught. In the latest, the Taliban has captured two provincial capitals in two days.

Afghanistan: Taliban captures two provincial capitals

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