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KABUL: Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, making sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and not allowing crowds to gather at the perimeter, witnesses said. There…

KABUL: The Taliban aim to unveil a new governing framework for Afghanistan in the next few weeks, a spokesman for the Islamist movement said on Saturday, after the insurgents' swift takeover of the South Asian nation. "Legal, religious…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden says even with the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, he sees a greater threat from outposts of al-Qaida and its affiliated groups in other countries, and that it was no longer "rational" to continue to…

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has suspended all arms sales to the government of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country. In a notice to defence contractors posted Wednesday, the State Department's…

At least three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the group in the western Afghan city of Jalalabad, two witnesses and a former police official told Reuters. The…

KABUL: The Taliban Tuesday declared a general amnesty for all government officials and urged them to return to work, two days after taking power following a lightning sweep through the country. "A general amnesty has been declared for…

NEW DELHI: In a bid to escape the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, several visuals surfaced showing crowds of people flocking to the Kabul airport on August 16. In another striking image, 640 Afghans were seen jammed into a US cargo…

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that he had fled the country on Sunday to “prevent a flood of bloodshed”, as the Taliban entered the capital. Ghani said he believed “countless patriots would be martyred and the city of Kabul…

KABUL: A Taliban official says the group will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace in the capital, Kabul. That was the name of the country under the Taliban government ousted by US-led forces after…

KANDHAR: The surrenders seem to be happening as fast as the Taliban can travel. In the past several days, Afghan security forces have collapsed in several cities under the pressure of a Taliban advance. The offensive has resulted in mass…