SIDELIGHTS
Aircraft carrying US citizens and Afghan nationals evacuated from the chaos in Afghanistan have left Italy headed to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Pope Francis has expressed "great worry" about the situation in Afghanistan, in particular for the suffering of those who were killed in the suicide attack outside the Kabul airport.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled his willingness to help the Taliban develop Afghanistan.
In aftermath of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, more than 20,000 Afghan nationals and other foreigners have landed at Islamabad airport from the war-ravaged country.
Approximately 800 demonstrators protested against Pakistan in front of the Greek Parliament on Sunday in an Afghan protest rally amid the ongoing crisis in the war-torn country.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country will support the people of Afghanistan, while its relations with the Afghan government will depend on Kabul's own approach towards Tehran.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has estimated that some 500,000 Afghans are likely to leave the war-torn country in the next four months in the wake of the Taliban takeover.
The former Afghan government first Vice President and selfproclaimed acting President Amrullah Saleh on Saturday told that the Taliban rule won't last long in Afghanistan.
The former Afghan government first Vice President and selfproclaimed acting President Amrullah Saleh on Saturday told that the Taliban rule won't last long in Afghanistan.
There is no influx of Afghan refugees along the borders with Pakistan, and the people who have valid documents to enter Pakistan are being allowed to pass, a top military official said in Islamabad.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that the issue of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a proscribed organisation, is one that the Imran Khan government must resolve, not Afghanistan.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that discussions were underway with the Taliban through Qatar to "protect and repatriate" Afghans at risk since this month's takeover by the group.Evacuations are planned jointly with Qatar and may
involve "airlift operations", Macron said on Saturday in Baghdad