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Afghanistan has broken shackles of slavery, Pakistan PM Imran Khan says as Taliban captures Kabul

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday said Afghani people had “broken the shackles of slavery” while describing the Taliban’s seizure of power in the war-torn nation.

Afghanistan crisis: Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as people cling to moving C-17 aircraft

Kabul: Scenes of desperation were witnessed at Kabul airport on Monday as hundreds of people, who are desperate to leave Afghanistan, clung on to a moving US Air Force C-17 aircraft on the tarmac.

Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday

New York: As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.”

Hope to see Taliban implementing what is promised to ensure smooth transition of situation in Afghanistan: China

Beijing: The Chinese government on Monday said it hopes to see the Taliban implement what it promised to “ensure the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan."

Taliban govt will include non-Taliban Afghans: Spokesperson Shaheen

Kabul: Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen has said the Taliban government will include non-Taliban Afghans.

War in Afghanistan is over: Taliban

Kabul: Taliban insurgents have declared that the 'war' in Afghanistan is over after they entered Kabul on Sunday and took control over the Presidential Palace.

Malala Yousafzai 'in complete shock, deeply worried about women' as Taliban take over Afghanistan

As the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai expressed shock and worry for the safety of women, minorities and human rights advocates.

The people of Afghanistan do not deserve this: Kabul-born writer Khaled Hosseini

Kabul: Hours after Taliban entered Kabul city and took control of Afghanistan after months of bloody clashes since the foreign troops started leaving the war-torn country, celebrated US-based Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini said the people of the country did not deserve the situation the nation is currently facing.

Taliban takes control over Afghanistan Presidential Palace as Ashraf Ghani flees: Reports

Kabul: Taliban insurgents, who entered Kabul on Sunday after days of clashes with the Afghanistan security forces and capturing of several key cities, have now taken control over the Presidential Palace, hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn nation, media reports said.

US, Afghan govt likely to shift blame on Pakistan over Afghan crisis, says Pakistani Senator

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan is concerned that the United States and the failed Afghan government will attempt to shift the blame over the situation in Afghanistan on Islamabad, Saleem Mandviwalla, chairman of planning committee in the country's Senate, told Sputnik on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani leaves country

Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday left his nation as Taliban insurgents entered Kabul city, media reports said.

Several senior Afghan officials arrive at Kabul Airport to escape from war-torn nation: Reports

Kabul: Several high-ranking Afghanistan officials have reached the Kabul airport to fly out of the city as Taliban terrorists are fast approaching it.

Pakistan: Grenade attack on mini-truck leaves 12 people dead in Karachi

Karachi:  At least twelve members of an extended family, all women and young boys, died as a grenade attack on a mini-truck occured on the outskirts of Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday, media reports said.

Taliban enter Kabul; Ghani likely to step down : Report

Kabul/IBNS: Taliban terrorists entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter, according to media reports.

Afghanistan Updates: Over 70 pc of the country under Taliban as two more provinces Mazar and Maimanah fall

Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban continued to rapidly capture territory in Afghanistan. In the North, the two remaining Provincial capitals of Balkh (Mazar-e-Sharif) and Faryab (Maimanah) fell (Aug. 14).