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Afghanistan crisis: Air India flight en route to Delhi from Dushanbe

An Air India flight carrying 78 passengers, including 25 Indian citizens is en route to New Delhi from Tajikistan's Dushanbe in a safe evacuation from Afghanistan.

Taliban have no self-doubt; they don't care if Afghanistan goes down

There is no meaningful evidence that the Taliban are feeling any existential crisis, much less that they care about making money or running an economy

Taliban name obscure official to lead central bank in economic crisis

Mohammad Idris, who headed the Taliban's economic commission, will 'address the looming banking issues and the problems of the people'

Biden to decide on extending Aug 31 Afghanistan evacuation deadline

US president expected to take call on Tuesday, had said before evacuation was going to be "hard and painful" and much could still go wrong.

Afghanistan central banker sees currency drop, capital controls

The Afghani, as the tender is known, likely will see renewed weakness after it reached a record low last week, Ajmal Ahmady, governor of Da Afghanistan Bank, known as DAB, said in an interview

Kabul airport curbs blocking medical, food supplies to Afghanistan: WHO

Aid agencies say it is critical that medical and food supplies reach some 300,000 people displaced in Afghanistan over the past two months amid advances by Islamist Taliban insurgents

Afghanistan crisis: Centre calls all-party meeting on Thursday

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that representatives of her party, the Trinamool Congress, will attend the meeting

Pak intel agency played key role in fostering Taliban: US Congressman

Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban and allowing it to eventually take over Afghanistan, a top Republican lawmaker has alleged

Afghan crisis: Western forces must leave by Aug 31 deadline, says Taliban

'There will be consequences in case of delay in withdrawing troops'

China hints at providing financial aid to Taliban controlled Afghanistan

China on Monday hinted at stepping up financial assistance to the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, saying it will play a positive role in helping the war-ravaged country

Afghanistan LIVE: China hints at providing financial aid to Taliban

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the National Monetisation Pipeline today. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

'Thought Taliban might kill us': Afghan returnee narrates horror

Jeet Bahadur Thapa shudders to recall how he and other Indians thought they might be killed by the Taliban gunmen any moment after they were made to sit on ground in an open area at Kabul airport.

Govt calls all-party meet on Thursday to discuss Afghanistan crisis

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief parliamentary leaders of various political parties on August 26 on the developments in war-torn Afghanistan

Troops deployment in Afghanistan beyond Aug 31 under discussion: Biden

US President Joe Biden said that extending the deployment of troops for the evacuation mission in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline has been under discussion.

1 Afghan force member killed, 3 injured in gunfight at Kabul airport

A firefight broke out at the Kabul airport on Monday between unidentified gunmen, Afghan guards and foreign forces, said the German armed forces.One Afghan security force member and three other suffered injuries in the battle, in which American and German forces were also involved, Sputnik reported citing German armed forces.The incident took place at the North Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport. However, the identities of the assailants are still unknown.Countries including the US and India have been urgently evacuating their citizens from the war-torn nation.The evacuations are being carried out in the wake of the collapse of the Afghan government and its take over by the Taliban.While Taliban terrorists are deployed outside the airport, the Afghan guards are helping US forces inside the airport.The US, which has stationed thousands of troops to secure the airport, has set a deadline to complete the evacuations by August 31.There are up to 15,000 Americans and 50,000 to ...

Japan to send military planes to Kabul to evacuate Japanese

Japan will send three military aircraft to Afghanistan starting Monday to evacuate Japanese citizens and local staff as security deteriorates following the Taliban takeover, officials said

Attackers kill Afghan soldier at Kabul airport, says German military

The German military says a firefight broke out at the Kabul airport's north gate early on Monday between Afghan security forces and unknown attackers.

Afghan crisis: India brings back 146 of its evacuated nationals from Doha

India on Monday brought back 146 of its nationals in four different flights from Qatar's capital Doha, days after they were evacuated from Afghanistan by NATO and American aircraft

Afghanistan crisis: Scare, uncertainty grip Kabul although peace prevails

The Afghan capital's residents seemed doubtful about their future, pondering whether the current peace could be a lull before storm

Biden says troops withdrawal from Afghanistan was a 'logical and rational'

Amid deepening crisis in Afghanistan, Biden defended his move to withdraw troops from the country, saying history will record this as a 'logical, rational, and right decision'