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Amid Taliban offensive, 84 Afghan servicemen cross into Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry reported Sunday that 84 Afghan servicemen crossed the border into Uzbekistan asked for assistance.

Talks underway with Afghan govt for peaceful surrender of Kabul: Taliban

The Taliban said that there was no plan whatsoever to topple the capital city militarily

Afghan officials say Taliban enter outskirts of capital, Kabul

Three Afghan officials tell The Associated Press that the Taliban have entered the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.

Taliban at Kabul's door after eastern city falls, US evacuating embassy

The United States started evacuating its diplomats and was sending more troops to help secure Kabul airport and the embassy

Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east Kabul

An Afghan lawmaker and the Taliban say the militants have seized Jalalabad, cutting off Kabul to the east. The militants posted photos online early Sunday showing them in the governor's office in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. Abrarullah Murad, a lawmaker from the province told The Associated Press that the insurgents seized Jalalabad after elders negotiated the fall of the government there. The seizure Sunday comes amid rapid gains by the Taliban over the last week, pressuring Afghanistan's central government as US, British and Canadian forces rush troops in to help their diplomatic staffs still there. Thousands have poured into Kabul to flee the Taliban advance.

Donald Trump slams US Prez Joe Biden; accuses of failing Afghan policy

Former US prez Donald Trump has slammed his successor President Joe Biden and accused him of failing on Afghan policy as the Taliban continued to capture cities and provinces in the war-torn country.

Biden authorises deployment of approximately 5,000 US troops to Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden has ordered deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to ensure an orderly and safe drawdown of American personnel from the war-torn country

Afghan crisis: As Taliban tighten their grip, Kabul airport only way out

There's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, and only one way in for US troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul's international airport

Taliban capture Sharana, capital of Paktika province near Pakistan border

The Taliban have rapidly advanced across northern, western and southern Afghanistan in recent weeks and now control most of the country's provincial capitals

Afghan military was built over 20 years. How did it collapse so quickly?

Building the Afghan security apparatus was one of the key parts of the Obama administration's strategy

Afghan President says won't give up 'achievements' of last 20 years

Ghani offered few specifics in his speech and it wasn't immediately clear what help he was expecting from the West and his regional neighbours

Taliban takes over radio station in Kandahar after capturing Afghan city

The Taliban seized a radio station in Kandahar and took to the airwaves Saturday after capturing much of southern Afghanistan in a rapid offensive

Taliban claims control over two more Afghan provincial capitals

The Taliban has claimed to have captured two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan after over-running over a dozen others in the past one week.

Rights activists, lawmakers urge the world to save Afghanistan

In a recently held international conference in London, prominent human rights activists, security analysts, intellectuals and lawmakers urged the world to save the war-torn country

Afghanistan conflict: Marines lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuations

The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul as the US speeds up evacuation for some American diplomats and thousands of Afghans

Fallout from indifference to Afghanistan will be felt beyond its borders

Expect the immediate danger to be regional - in South and Central Asia - as geography and capability limit the initial damage

Afghanistan is spinning out of control: UN chief Antonio Guterres

Antonio Guterres called on the Taliban to immediately halt the offensive and asserted that seizing power through military force is a 'losing proposition' and can only lead to prolonged civil war

Rush of US troops to Kabul tests Joe Biden's withdrawal deadline

The last-minute decision to send 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the US Embassy is calling into question whether Biden will meet his August 31 deadline for fully withdrawing

Taliban trying to isolate Kabul, situation 'deeply concerning': Pentagon

The Pentagon has said that Afghan Taliban militants are trying to isolate the capital city Kabul and the situation on the ground is "deeply concerning".

Another Afghan tragedy

This time, America didn't just fight a war in Afghanistan but also invested a great deal of time, money and emotion in nation-building. Only to leave it like a possible Syria in South Asia