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Too soon to predict economic spillover of crisis to Pakistan: IMF
Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, wresting control of its second and third biggest cities
 "Too soon to predict economic spillover of crisis to Pakistan: IMF")
Taliban gains control of south Afghanistan; four more cities fall
Taliban has captured over two-thirds of nation; US, Britain to evacuate embassies
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NATO envoys meet in Brussels to discuss Taliban blitz in Afghanistan
NATO envoys were meeting Friday in Brussels to discuss developments in Afghanistan amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the wake of the relentless Taliban offensive there
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Bitter blow: UK's former hub in Afghanistan captured by Taliban
With the Taliban advancing rapidly and now in control of around two-thirds of Afghanistan, questions are being raised about why the UK could not have remained even after the planned departure of US
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Al Qaeda will probably come back to Afghanistan: UK Defence Secy
Al Qaeda "will probably come back" as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.
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Taliban sweep across Afghanistan's south; take four more cities
The Taliban completed their sweep of the country's south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul
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Taliban capture Kandahar, Herat, Lashkar Gah; embassies getting staff out
US, Britain send troops to get staff out from Afghanistan; UN warns of 'catastrophic' impact of fight for Kabul
Afghanistan: Taliban take another southern provincial capital in sweep
Two lawmakers from Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province say local officials have surrendered the provincial capital to the rapidly advancing Taliban
China preparing to recognize Taliban if Kabul falls, says Report
China is prepared to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate ruler of Afghanistan if the terrorist group manages to overpower the democratically elected government in Kabul, US News has learned
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UN chief following developments in Afghanistan with deep concern: Spokesman
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following with deep concern the developments in Afghanistan and hopes that the discussions between the Afghan government and the Taliban will restore the pathw
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Taliban takes over Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-biggest city
The Taliban has taken over over Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-biggest city, Sputnik reported citing regional authorities.The city was reportedly seized on late Thursday as the Taliban continues to step up their offensive amid US troops' withdrawal. The pullout was stipulated in the deal the Taliban and the US agreed upon in Doha in February last year.According to FDD's Long War Journal, the Taliban have claimed the seizure of more than 10 out of 34 administrative centers of Afghan provinces.Taliban on Thursday claimed to have captured the police headquarters in Herat in western Afghanistan and the country's third-largest city. It also captured strategically important Ghazni City, the capital of a southeastern Afghan province with the same name.The Taliban began its offensive in May and swiftly began seizing key districts. More than 160 districts have fallen, in addition to an estimated 73 districts that were controlled by the Taliban before the offensive began, Long War Journal ...
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Canada to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan: Report
Canada is preparing to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan through its military as the Taliban is worsening the situation in the Asian nation, a media report said on Thursday.
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Kabul urges Taliban for peace as 10th provincial capital falls
A second negotiator, Ghulam Farooq Majroh, said the Taliban had been given an offer about a "government of peace" without providing more specifics
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Indians advised to leave Afghanistan through commercial means: MEA
India has issued an advisory for Indian nationals to leave Afghanistan through commercial means and there is no formal evacuation mechanism, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday
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Pakistan blames India, Afghanistan for terror attack on Chinese engineers
Pakistan on Thursday alleged that India and Afghanistan were behind last month's suicide attack on a shuttle bus in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that killed 13 people
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US sees Pakistan useful only for clearing mess in Afghanistan: Imran Khan
Taking a dig at the US, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington sees Pakistan as "useful" only for clearing the "mess" it has left behind in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting
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Taliban move closer to Afghanistan capital after taking Ghazni city
Two Afghan officials and the Taliban say the militants have seized the provincial capital of Ghazni. The capture Thursday marks the 10th provincial capital seized by the insurgents in the last week. Fighting was still ongoing on the outskirts of the city. However, officials say the Taliban were raising their flag and the city had calmed after hours of heavy fighting. The Afghan central government in Kabul and the security forces did not immediately acknowledge the capture of Ghazni. Ghazni is some 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of Kabul.
US keeping distance as Afghan forces collapse in front of Taliban
Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than US military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal
Taliban could take Afghanistan capital in 90 days: US intelligence
The Taliban now control 65% of Afghanistan
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Afghan FM quits, leaves nation; three more capitals fall to Taliban
Group now controls nine of 34 provincial capitals amid US withdrawal
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