Nearly 80% of Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children, according to UN.

ISLAMABAD: The civil and military leadership reiterated Pakistan’s commitment for an inclusive political ...

WASHINGTON: The Taliban will be denied access to any Afghan reserves held in US accounts, a US administration...

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council said Monday the international community must ensure Afghanistan...

MOSCOW: The Russian foreign ministry said Monday the situation in Kabul was “stabilising” after the Afghan...

LONDON: The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a “failure of the international community”, Britain’s...

ISLAMABAD: In a surprising development, Federal Minister for Information, Fawad Chaudhry spoke to Nobel laureate...

ISLAMABAD: A day after Taliban took over Kabul, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged Afghan leadership Monday...

LAHORE: Deputy Chief of Jamaat-e-IslamiLiaqat Baloch has said that freedom is a great blessing of Allah. For the...

KARACHI: The fall of Kabul in the hands of Taliban may not turn out to be as negative as feared earlier, especially...

TERMEZ: Uzbekistan said Monday that it forced the landing of 46 Afghan aircraft carrying 585 troops that illegally...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday discussed the collapse of Afghanistan’s Western-backed...

“I am not an apologist for Joe Biden but 20 years of in-country engagement…” “Is that the new term for...

President Joe Biden was expected to break his silence “soon” on the US fiasco in Afghanistan, an advisor said...

The collapse of the Afghan government’s military and security forces in the face of the Taliban offensive in ...

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Gen Zia asked General Akhtar, his ISI Chief, for an appraisal of the threat posed by the invasion. Akhtar predicted that sooner or later the Russians would invade Baluchistan, seeking a warm- water port on the Arabian Sea. In his assessment, Pakistan was caught between the Russians to the west and India to the east and sooner or later they would join together to destroy Pakistan.

The defeat of Afghan armed forces against Taliban insurgents was expected, it is highly humiliating for the ...

EDITORIAL: Nearly 20 years after their ouster from power in Afghanistan the Taliban are back in power, defeating the...

WASHINGTON: US soldiers killed two armed men at Kabul’s airport Monday after a top Pentagon general met with the...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said the “chains of slavery have been broken to bits in Afghanistan”...

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has suspended its flight operations to Kabul for indefinite period, ...

BRUSSELS: NATO envoys will hold emergency talks on Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan as Western powers ...

• The response to any attack would be "swift and forceful," Biden said in a televised address from the White House.

• Asked how he would hold the Taliban to account, he said: "Ultimately through working with our partners through everything from the sanctions that we can apply, to the ODA (Official Development Assistance) that we will hold back, pending reform and a more inclusive government.

• "We need to make sure that the many people who have big worries and concerns even though they have not worked with German institutions have a secure stay in countries neighbouring Afghanistan," Merkel said during a news conference.

• Downing Street said Johnson "outlined his intention to host a virtual meeting... in the coming days", during a call to French President Emmanuel Macron when he stressed the need for a "unified approach" to the situation.

• Cutting short his planned vacation, Biden will return to Washington from the Camp David presidential residence and "will deliver remarks on Afghanistan" in the White House's East Room

• Guterres' comments came as victorious Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war

• Sri Lanka's cricket board said it was still hoping to host Afghanistan and Pakistan for the three matches