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

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

As Taliban representatives met Chinese officials, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said China's involvement towards "peaceful resolution of the conflict" and "truly representative and inclusive" was a "positive thing".

Positive thing, says US Secretary of State Blinken on China's talks with Taliban

The United States will evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreters and others who helped US forces in the country starting in late July, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

US to evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreters who helped military

As the Taliban makes further inroads, reports say the militant group has surrounded Ghazni city in central Afghanistan. On Sunday, Afghan authorities had said they had installed anti-missile system at Kabul airport to guard against the Taliban's incoming rocket attack even as Tukey declared it will provide security to Kabul airport once US and NATO troops leave in August.

Taliban surround Ghazni amid fighting with Afghan troops

As Afghan troops prepared their counterattack in the north after the Taliban's rapid advance in the area, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon assuring help to the former Soviet republic.

Putin dials Tajikistan president amid Taliban's rapid advance in Afghanistan

When Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin convened his military brain trust Thursday on a classified videoconference for an update on Afghanistan, commanders had reason to feel positive.

Pentagon seeks to soften blow of US withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Taliban Friday said they "welcome and support" the exit of all US and NATO forces from Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base, a sign of an imminent final withdrawal of foreign troops from the country.

Taliban 'welcome and support' exit of foreign forces from Bagram

Antonov An-225 Mriya the world's heaviest aircraft made a stopover at Karachi airport on Wednesday after taking off from Kyiv’s Gostomel Antonov Airport in Ukraine in its first flight in nearly a year.

Antonov An-225 Mriya, world's heaviest aircraft makes stopover at Karachi airport; Twitter reacts

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

Days after the American embassy in Kabul stopped its visa operations due to a surge in coronavirus cases, the management announced an immediate lockdown after 114 staffers fell ill, with the military hospital's ICU running at full capacity.

American embassy in Kabul hit with Covid virus; 114 infected, 1 dead

Turkey should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan under the 2020 deal for the pullout of US forces, a Taliban spokesman said on Thursday, effectively rejecting Ankara's proposal to guard and run Kabul's airport after US-led NATO forces depart.

Turkey should pull troops from Afghanistan under 2020 accord: Taliban

In a hearing on Thursday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the US Congress that the troop pullout has been proceeding "slightly" ahead of schedule in Afghanistan.

US troop pullout proceeding 'slightly' ahead of schedule in Afghanistan, US defence secretary Austin informs Congress

The military of the United States has formally begun its withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost 20 years in the country, Army General Austin Scott Miller confirmed on Sunday.

US troops begin final withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban ramps up deadly bombings

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday it's "time to end" America's longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan where they have spent two decades in a bloody, largely fruitless battle against the Taliban.

Biden says 'time to end' US war in Afghanistan with total pullout

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that the moment has arrived to bring the foreign troops home, adding that Washington would engage with NATO allies on a "coordinated" pull-out.

'Time to bring our forces home': US on Afghan pullout

The remaining 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan are set to be withdrawn by September 11, 2021 by President Joe Biden. US officials on Tuesday announced the withdrawal is set to take place on the same day on which the US was attacked in 2001 by al Qaeda, triggering America’s longest-running war.

Biden set to complete withdrawal of remaining US troops from Afghanistan before 9/11 anniversary

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

As the Trump administration prepares US troops to pull out of Afghanistan, German foreign minister Heiko Maas said today that premature withdrawal should not take place as it could jeopardise the peace negotiations.

Germany warns against 'rash actions' over troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Amid reports of troop pullout from Afghanistan and Iraq, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned that "hasty" troop pullout from Afghanistan could have "high price". Also Read: Trump expected to order troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq Pentagon has reportedly announced US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq and reportedly issued a "warning order".

Hasty pullout of US & allied troops from Afghanistan could exact 'very high' price: NATO chief Stoltenberg

US President Donald Trump's announcement of completing the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Christmas has taken aback nation's military, with officials saying they haven't been informed about the process and concerned over its impact on Taliban-Afghanistan peace talks.

US military startled with Trump's announcement of complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration wants all US forces to pull out of Afghanistan by Christmas, speeding up the process to end America's longest war.

Donald Trump wants US forces to pull out from Afghanistan by Christmas

Iran is accused of offering bounties to attack American and coalition troops stationed in Afghanistan, which includes more than 6 attacks. Watch report.

Iran bounties on US troops: US pinpoints payments at Iran's behest

A Republican congressman revealed on Monday that he was told Russia was offering bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops when he served in Afghanistan - meaning scandal could go back to 2014.

Republican congressman knew about Russia's bounty offer to kill US troops in 2014