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People gathered outside the airport react to gunfire, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 18, 2021 in this still image taken from video. Photo :Reuters
South Asia

Taliban urge people to leave airport in Afghan capital after 12 killed since Sunday

"We don't want to hurt anyone at the airport," said the Taliban official, who declined to be identified

Members of Taliban forces sit at a checkpost in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. Photo : Reuters
South Asia

Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work

Afghan security guards stand on a wall as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped the main airport as desperate crowds tried to flee the country. Photo : UNB/AP
South Asia

Afghans plead for faster US evacuation from Taliban rule

People carry Afghan flags as they take part in an anti-Taliban protest in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 18, 2021 in this screen grab taken from a video. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Taliban keep some evacuees from reaching Kabul airport, as US vows to finish airlift

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a news briefing at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, August 18, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

Biden says Aug. 31 deadline in Afghanistan might have to be extended

Taliban fighters ride on a police vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Taliban soldiers ‘firing into air’ at Kabul airport to disperse crowds

An aerial view of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, previously known as Kabul International Airport, in Afghanistan, February 11, 2016. AfghanistanLM REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
World+Biz

US defense chief, top general, to brief on Afghanistan on Wednesday

British nationals and Afghan evacuees arrive on a flight from Afghanistan at RAF Brize Norton, Britain August 17, 2021. Picture taken August 17, 2021. Mark Large/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Taliban are supporting UK evacuation plans - UK ambassador in Kabul

US President Joe Biden speaks with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a plenary session at a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2021. Olivier Matthys
World+Biz

UK lawmakers condemn PM Johnson and US President Biden over Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Ghani fled with $169 million in cash-stuffed helicopter; currently in Dubai

A member of Taliban forces (L) sits on a an armoured vehicle outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Anti-Taliban protests spread beyond Jalalabad

Taliban forces stand guard inside Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Analysis

Despite Taliban assurances, world frets again about Afghan militant havens

File photo of Afghan children holding their skateboards as they wait in line to take part in a skateboarding competition at Skateistan, a co-educational skateboarding school in Kabul on June 21, 2010. Photo: REUTERS
World+Biz

Sleepless 'mother of a thousand' worries for Afghan orphans