Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Tajikistan and Uzbekistan this week. He will also attend the SCO foreign ministers' meet at Dushanbe where Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will be present.

Amid Taliban's surge, Indian EAM Jaishankar to meet Tajik, Uzbek leaders

According to the United Nations refugee agency data, the world’s second-largest registered refugee population, an estimated 2.5 million came from Afghanistan, with the vast majority taking refuge in neighbouring Pakistan, Europe or Iran.

UN says half of Afghan population in need of humanitarian aid

France on Tuesday called on all its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country over security concerns, the French embassy in Kabul said, as the Taliban pressed on with a blistering offensive while foreign forces completed their withdrawal.

France to set up special flight to pull citizens out of Afghanistan

Pakistani army has suffered major casualties during an operation against banned terror group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan or Pakistan Taliban. The incident that happened on Monday saw the Pakistani army suffering 11 casualties includes Captain Abdul Basit from the 28 Baloch Regiment.

Pak army suffers major casualties during operation against Pakistan Taliban

Afghanistan is turning into a security nightmare for India and the world. With terrorists from Taliban reaching the gates of Kandahar, India has withdrawn its staff from the local consulate. WION's Palki tells you how America hasty withdrawal has triggered a major crisis

Gravitas: Taliban terrorists come close to Indian consulate in Kandahar

The Pro-Taliban sentiment in Pakistan is getting stronger. Terrorists from at least 6 Pakistani outfits have joined the #Taliban's war in #Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in #Peshawar a funeral procession turned into a rally in Taliban's support.

Gravitas: Pak Terror groups join forces with Taliban

After Turkey said it was ready to provide troops to protect Kabul airport, the Taliban said the decision of Erdogan's regime was "ill-advised" and "violation of our sovereignty".

'Will take a stand against them': Taliban warns Turkey over involvement in Kabul airport

According to a CNN report, Taliban fighters have executed 22 Afghan commandos. Several videos have come up, apparently of the incident. In a clear but unsteady video, several commandos of Afghan Special Forces unit can be seen asked to surrender before they are shot to death amid cries of 'Allahu Akbar'.

Taliban kills 22 Afghan commandos after they try to surrender: Report 

Afghan security forces, with the help of airstrikes, repelled an assault by Taliban fighters on the provincial centre of a key northern province bordering Tajikistan on Sunday, officials said.

Afghan forces repel Taliban assault on provincial capital, governor says

The armed civilians and Afghan forces have managed to repel a Taliban attack in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province. The Taliban reportedly have suffered huge casualties in this failed attack on the Taloqan city.

Afghan forces repel Taliban attack in Takhar province

Afghan Air Force Major Dastagir Zamaray had grown so fearful of Taliban assassinations of off-duty forces in Kabul that he decided to sell his home to move to a safer pocket of Afghanistan's sprawling capital.

Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as US withdraws

Armed civilians and Afghan forces on Sunday repelled Taliban attack in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province. The governor of the province said that heavy casualties were inflicted on the Taliban.

Armed civilians, Afghan forces inflict heavy casualties on Taliban in Takhar: Governor

Taliban attacks on security outposts in Gazni city were repelled by Afghan security forces on Sunday, TOLOnews reported, citing a police official. The Taliban attacked security outposts in PD3, PD6, PD1 and PD5 in the early hours of Sunday morning, the provincial police statement said, adding "the Taliban faced a response from the joint security forces, and their attacks were pushed back.

Afghanistan: Taliban attack on Ghazni repelled, say police

The Taliban has said it sees China as a 'friend' of Afghanistan. According to a media report, the Taliban also assured Beijing that it would guarantee security for Chinese investments in the country.

Taliban calls China a 'friend' of Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Kabul airport has been fitted with an air defence system to counter incoming rockets, officials said Sunday, as the Taliban pressed on with a blistering offensive across the country.

Air defences installed at Afghanistan's Kabul airport as Taliban gain ground

Many Afghanistan citizens have been disappointed by the new stringent restrictions imposed on the local population in several of the districts that the Taliban have lately conquered, despite ongoing talks with the Afghan government and the US army withdrawal.

Return to dark days: Taliban impose strict restrictions on women, media in Afghanistan’s north

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.

The American Exit: Taliban Claims five key border posts

The US has said that regional consensus and support for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process is important for enduring peace, stressing that Afghanistan's neighbours and countries in the region have a real stake in the war-torn nation's future.

Afghanistan’s neighbours in the region have real stake in its future: US State Department

Afghan authorities on Saturday prepared to try and retake key border crossing seized by the Taliban. The Taliban has been on the offensive across Afghanistan and have large swathes of territory under their control.

Afghan govt to rush troops to border to tackle Taliban

Amidst the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, China has evacuated 210 of its nationals citing safety concerns. On Thursday, Xiamen Airlines in a social media post said that Chinese nationals stranded in Afghanistan were flown to Wuhan, Hubei Province, by a flight from Kabul on July 2.

Chinese citizens evacuated from Afghanistan as US troops withdraw

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called Friday for international pressure to force a deal between the Kabul government and the Taliban to end the conflict in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Turmoil: US Defense Secretary on Afghan Peace process

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

After staying in Afghanistan for 20 years & failing to end terrorism, America now wants Afghanistan's neighbours to clear the mess. Their words & actions are emboldening the Taliban, its onslaught is picking pace.

Gravitas: Taliban's rise: U.S. puts onus on Afghanistan's neighbours

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