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          Read the latest news about the extremist group governing Afghanistan after American-led coalition forces withdrew in 2021

          Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also held talks with European Council President Charles Michel. Reuters

          UK’s Johnson and Turkey’s Erdogan agree to share burden of Afghan refugees

          UKAugust 22, 2021
          Newly absorbed personnel in the Afghan security forces take part in a military training in Bandejoy area of Dara district in Panjshir province on August 21, 2021, days after the Taliban took over most of Afghanistan. AFP

          Hundreds of Taliban fighters heading to Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan

          AsiaAugust 22, 2021
          Medical personnel help an Afghan mother and her family off a US Air Force C-17 aircraft, moments after she delivered a child aboard the plane, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. AFP

          Afghan woman gives birth on US military evacuation flight

          AsiaAugust 22, 2021
          People board a French Air Force plane for an evacuation flight to Paris, where France's government is not recognising the Taliban. AFP

          France: Taliban's reassuring words 'do not fool anyone'

          EuropeAugust 22, 2021
          US President Joe Biden thanked Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for the UAE's support with the evacuation from Afghanistan. EPA and MOPA

          Joe Biden thanks Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for UAE's Afghanistan evacuation help

          UAEAugust 22, 2021
          Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, third from left, with Anas Haqqani, right. The Taliban have held talks with former Afghan officials since the fall of Kabul. AFP

          The Haqqani network: deadly Taliban faction at the top of new Afghan government

          AsiaAugust 22, 2021
          Greece built a wall on its border with Turkey to prevent a surge of illegal migration from Afghanistan. Reuters

          Greece gears up for Afghan refugee wave with new fence on Turkish border

          EuropeAugust 21, 2021
          Taliban fighters patrol Kabul. AP Photo / Rahmat Gul

          Taliban government talks continue in Kabul as US issues warning to stranded citizens

          AsiaAugust 21, 2021
          Roh Yakobi on a visit to Afghanistan in April. He accuses the West of abandoning the Afghan people and the values it claims to espouse. Roh Yakobi

          Afghan failure shows the US is 'no longer willing to fight for its values'

          UKAugust 21, 2021
          Ryan Crocker served as ambassador to several countries, including Afghanistan. Lauren Lancaster / The National

          Ryan Crocker: Afghanistan is a 'problem from hell' with no good remaining options

          USAugust 20, 2021
          Protesters with placards and flags expressed solidarity with the Afghan people at a demonstration in London on Saturday. Photo: AP

          Nato: Next Afghan government must protect rights of women, children and minorities

          AsiaAugust 20, 2021
          Afghan civilians and British nationals arrive at an unidentified airport in central England on Wednesday. AFP

          Britain's last evacuation flight 'could leave Kabul in five days'

          UKAugust 20, 2021
          An Afghan migrant waits for transport by smugglers after crossing the Iran-Turkish border on August 15 in Tatvan, eastern Turkey. AFP

          Erdogan says Turkey is not Europe’s ‘refugee warehouse’

          EuropeAugust 19, 2021
          Taliban militants gather after taking control of Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand, Afghanistan, 13 August 2021. EPA

          Afghanistan: what you need to know

          AsiaAugust 19, 2021
          People carry the national flag at a protest held during Afghan Independence Day in Kabul. Reuters

          Bloodshed as Afghans mark independence day with anti-Taliban protest

          AsiaAugust 19, 2021
          Former Taliban and ISIS militants surrender their weapons during a reconciliation ceremony in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. EPA

          UN warns of terrorism upsurge in Taliban-run Afghanistan

          USAugust 19, 2021
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