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Taliban captured US military biometric devices with crucial data: Report

The Taliban have captured the US military's biometric devices compromising crucial data of the US army and the local Afghans who played crucial roles during the war, a media report said on Wednesday.

Taliban ramp up on social media, complicate things for Facebook, Twitter

The question of what to allow online with the Taliban is only likely to grow for the social media companies.

Not just Afghanistan; you can find Taliban wherever people reject modernity

Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani releases video, first since fleeing Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday defended his decision to flee Kabul in the face of the Taliban advance, describing it as the only way to prevent bloodshed. He also denied claims by his country's ambassador to Tajikistan that he had stolen millions of dollars from state funds. Ghani posted a video on his Facebok page late on Wednesday, confirming that he was in the United Arab Emirates. He thanked Afghan security forces in his message, but also said that the failure of the peace process led to the Taliban snatching power. He also indirectly tried to quash an accusation by Afghanistan's ambassador to Tajikistan that he had stolen USD 169 million from state funds. He claimed that he was "forced to leave Afghanistan with one set of traditional clothes, a vest and the sandals I was wearing". "Accusations were charged in these days that money was transferred, these accusations are fully baseless," he said. Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday just as the Taliban approached Kabu

American troops can't escort Afghans to Kabul airport: US defense secretary

Austin said securing the airport is the paramount mission right now and he doesn't want to do anything to detract from that

US freezes nearly $9.5 billion Afghanistan central bank assets: Report

US sanctions on the Taliban mean that they cannot access any funds

Taliban takeover: UK to take 5,000 Afghan refugees, 5K evacuated & more

The British govt says it will take in 5,000 Afghan refugees this year, primarily women and children

Afghanistan turmoil: Taliban meets Karzai in talks to form govt

The Haqqani Network is an important faction of the Taliban, who captured the capital, Kabul, on Sunday

Taliban rings airport; protests turn violent in Afghanistan, three dead

Sharp objects, sticks used to beat women and children, who were desperately trying to enter Kabul airport

Samajwadi MP booked for sedition after remarks defending Taliban

An FIR has been filed against Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq and two others in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district for their controversial remarks over the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan

Afghanistan crisis: France evacuates 21 Indians from its Embassy in Kabul

The first evacuation flight by France from Kabul included 21 Indian nationals deployed for providing security at the French embassy in the Afghan capital. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had on Tuesday thanked his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian for evacuating the Indian nationals from Kabul to Paris, in the backdrop of the Taliban capturing power in the Afghan city. "The first French evacuation flight from #Kabul yesterday included 21 Indian nationals: the elite Gurkhas who were ensuring the security of the French Embassy," French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain tweeted on Wednesday. He said France has been actively coordinating with India on developments relating to Afghanistan. "As discussed in call between Min @JY_LeDrian & Min@DrSJaishankar, France coordinates actively with India on #Afghanistan, especially at #UNSC," Lenain said. After his telephonic conversation with Le Drian, Jaishankar said the evolving situation in Afghanistan was discussed. "Discussed

Dry fruit prices may rise marginally if uncertainty in Afghan persists

Volume of imports may not go down as much as to affect India's domestic consumption requirements

NATO to hold emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Afghanistan

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he will chair an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the 30-nation military alliance on Friday to discuss developments in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban stopped exports, imports from India, says FIEO DG

Ajay Sahai says Taliban has stopped the movement of cargo through the transit routes of Pakistan, thereby stopping imports from the country

K'taka appoints officer for safe return of stranded people from Afghanistan

Karnataka government on Wednesday appointed Additional DGP (CID) Umesh Kumar as the nodal officer to coordinate with the Central government for bringing back people of the state stuck in Afghanistan

Afghan central bank's $10 billion stash mostly out of Taliban's reach

Most of the assets are held outside Afghanistan potentially putting most of them beyond the insurgents' reach, according to Afghan officials, including the bank's acting governor, Ajmal Ahmady

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in Abu Dhabi, says UAE govt

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the war-torn country after it was overtaken by the Taliban, is now in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE government confirmed on Wednesday.

Top headlines: LPG price hiked; govt clarifies on discom loss levels

Business Standard brings you the top headlines this evening

Peaceful, stable Afghanistan crucial for Pak and the region: FM Qureshi

FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over the evolving situation in Afghanistan and stressed on the need for an inclusive political settlement in the war-ravaged country

Afghanistan: At least 3 dead in anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad

Witnesses said the deaths took place when local residents tried to install Afghanistan's national flag at a square in Jalalabad