The Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country aje.io/rzu6sg
🔴 Follow this thread for the latest updates ⤵️
At least 5 people killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital, witnesses tell news media.
One witness said it's unclear whether victims were killed by gunshots or in a stampede.
Who are Taliban’s key leaders in Afghanistan? aje.io/sn4gcn
Shots were heard amid scenes of chaos and panic at Kabul's international airport, as hundreds of Afghans rushed to secure a flight and flee the country after the Taliban took over the capital ⤵️
"The region could not afford continued instability in Afghanistan"
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s foreign minister, meets delegation of Afghan political leaders who arrived on Sunday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Taliban fighters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, have started collecting weapons from civilians because people no longer need them for personal protection, says Taliban official.
Shocking footage from Kabul Airport shows several Afghans chasing down a US Air Force plane as it takes off, with some reportedly falling to their death while clinging to the plane.
Russia will seek ‘pragmatic’ engagement with the Taliban after the armed group seized control of Afghanistan, say analysts aje.io/26e283
An Afghan military jet has crashed after crossing the border into Uzbekistan and its pilot ejected and survived, the Uzbek defence ministry is quoted as saying.
Who is Ashraf Ghani, the former president of Afghanistan? aje.io/6xan3v
The US spent more than $8bn over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan’s opium and heroin trade.
That strategy failed has failed, we look at why ⤵️ aje.io/q7xrqc
Kabul is brought to a near standstill on the first day of the Taliban's “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” as planes carrying Afghan soldiers land in Tajikistan.
• Switzerland's last agency workers escape Kabul on a US flight
• Belgium to send four aircraft for evacuations
• Italian diplomats and Afghans arrive in Rome
• India says its doors are open to Sikh and Hindu minorities
Afghans desperate to flee the Taliban throng Kabul airport — in pictures aje.io/tzx3qr
At least seven people were killed after a panic rush of crowds at Kabul airport.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride, reporting from Kabul, said the Taliban are stopping people getting into the terminal of Kabul airport and have been firing warning shots to keep people away from the area.
An Israeli court extends Dr. Hussam Abu Safia's detention for six months, citing a “security threat,” despite legal teams arguing he was just doing his job as director and paediatrician of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Israel’s military says a ground invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah is under way and troops are pushing into the north near the town of Beit Lahiya and central areas.
Hamas calls Israel’s strikes a ‘treacherous’ attack on defenceless Palestinian civilians, accusing it of trying to overturn the Gaza ceasefire. Netanyahu says he acted due to stalled truce talks.
Report says at least 308 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air attacks across Gaza. The number of people killed so far included 154 in the northern part of the territory.
Israel's ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza has left roughly a million Palestinian children 'living without the basic necessities they need to survive,' according to UNICEF.
Israeli forces continue attacks on Gaza despite the ceasefire, while the US launches air strikes on Yemen after Houthi rebels vow to resume targeting Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea over Gaza's total blockade.
Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi has condemned US’s attacks on Yemen and said the Trump administration has “no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy”.