While Washington continues troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, lawmakers in US have demanded answers from the Biden administration on its evacuation plan concerning 18,000 Afghans and their families who had supported the US-led war on terror.

Pakistan is helping Taliban gather tanks across border, claims Afghan interior minister

About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in Kunduz after days of fighting between the Taliban and government forces, officials said Saturday, with the insurgents continuing to surround the key northern city.

Thousands displaced by fighting around northern Afghan city

The Taliban is gaining ground across key districts in Afghanistan while the US is moving ahead with the pullback of the military forces from Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan drawdown: Challenges ahead of Afghan government

Abdullah Abdullah, the chief of Afghanistan's peace council said on Friday that talks with Taliban on political settlement should not be abandoned despite Taliban attacks unless the insurgents themselves pull out.

Afghanistan peace talks should go on unless Taliban pull out: Abdullah

A report claims that India told the Taliban to not support "militant elements who are anti-India" in Afghanistan. What was the Taliban's response? What did the Taliban say about Pakistan? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Taliban confirms meeting with Indian delegation

Afghan forces on Friday retook control of six districts from the Taliban, reported Tolo News. As per the report, the districts include Andkhoi and Khan Chahar Bagh in Faryab, Khinjan and Doshi in Baghlan, and Ahmad Aba and Sayed Karam in Paktia.

Taliban loses control of 6 districts to Afghan forces: Report

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in USA on Friday. He is accompanied by Abdullah Abdullah who leads the High Council for National Reconciliation. Ghani is slated to meet US President Joe Biden.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reaches US, to meet Biden soon 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken unequivocally said on Friday that Taliban's actions are not helping establish peace in war-torn Afghanistan. While speaking at a news conference in Paris, he said that actions of taking the country by force were "inconsistent" with the goal of establishing peace in the country.

Taliban's actions 'inconsistent' with establishing peace in Afghanistan: Blinken

According to reports, the Biden administration is preparing to relocate thousands of Afghan coalition aides to third nations to keep them safe from the Taliban while they wait for the US to approve visas for them and their families.

US to relocate Afghan coalition aides as they fear reprisal from Taliban

Joe Biden will be meeting Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in Washington on Friday(25 June) amid an ongoing US military withdrawal and Taliban resurgence.

Afghan President to meet Joe Biden amid rise in Taliban attacks

Afghanistan's envoy to India Farid Mamundzay has said that India can send the "right message" to the Taliban to cut ties with international and regional terror groups.

India can send 'right message' to Taliban to cut ties with international terror groups: Afghan envoy Mamundzay

A Qatari envoy has confirmed 'quiet talks' between India and the Taliban in Doha. What are India's options while dealing with the Taliban? Have the insurgents changed after 20 years in the wilderness? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Qatari envoy confirms India-Taliban talks

Districts in Afghanistan are falling without a fight. The Taliban is taking control of more territory, while Afghan soldiers on the ground are surrendering. Palki Sharma brings you five videos that show how the Taliban is taking control of Afghanistan.

Gravitas: 5 videos that show how the Taliban is taking control of Afghanistan

The United States has slowed down the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan. However, Washington is certain that the pullout will be done by the deadline. These developments have created an uncertain situation in Kabul. WION's Principal Correspondent Sidhant Sibal talks with Afghan Envoy to India, Farid Mamundzay on the several ifs and buts regarding US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Afghan Envoy: Don't agree that Taliban will takeover or topple govt

The Pentagon said on Monday that it would complete its full withdrawal by September 11, but the pace of the pullout could be slowed given the Taliban's gains.

US watching Taliban gains as it leaves Afghanistan

There was fear in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz as residents prepared for a siege by Taliban. The insurgents have surrounded Kunduz. Government forces are patrolling the streets.

Fear in northern Afghan city as Taliban lay siege

Kabul could be captured by the Taliban within a year as US forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but its fall is not inevitable and will depend on a much better-run Afghan defence force, US experts say.

Taliban takeover of Afghanistan not inevitable: US experts

As a key stakeholder in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, India has been concerned about the post-withdrawal situation and has called for urgent efforts to ensure peace in the region.

'No peace plan presented by Taliban': Afghanistan

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the insurgents had seized the border post, on the south bank of the Pyanj River.

Taliban capture Afghanistan's main Tajikistan border crossing

UN Human Rights Council members hit out at China's record in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet on the second day of its 47th session. As US troops continued to pull out from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday captured a key border crossing with Tajikistan even as the Pentagon had said a day earlier that it could delay the pullout due to the militant group's continued attacks.

Top 10 world news: UN Human Rights Council hits out at China, Taliban captures border crossing with Tajikistan & more

A day after Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US military could slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan due to the gains made by the Taliban, AFP quoting officials reported that the Taliban had captured Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan.

Taliban captures Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan

Reports have emerged of a substantial surge in fund-raising by the Afghan Taliban on Pakistani soil as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) began a plenary conference on Monday to examine Pakistan's efforts to combat terror financing.

Sharp increase in Taliban fundraising on Pakistan soil

Indian diplomats paid a 'quiet visit' to Doha on Monday, according to Qatar's Special Envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani, to have talks with the Afghan Taliban's political leadership based there.

Indian delegation engaged in talks with Taliban in Doha: Qatar special envoy

Bangi and Khwaja Ghar districts in northern Takhar province were retaken from the Taliban on Monday morning in an operation led by the Afghanistan government and public uprising troops, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defence.

Afghan security forces retake two districts from Taliban in Takhar province

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