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Rush of troops to Kabul tests Joe Biden's withdrawal deadline from Afghanistan

Officials have stressed that the newly arriving troops’ mission is limited to assisting the airlift of embassy personnel and Afghan allies, and they expect to complete it by month's end. But they might have to stay longer if the embassy is threatened by a Taliban takeover of Kabul by then

Taliban take Herat as Afghan govt forces retreat; insurgents capture gateway Ghazni

A senior security source from Herat told AFP that government forces and administration officials had retreated to an army barracks outside the city

Afghan government offers Taliban power-sharing deal in exchange for end to fighting, says source

This comes just hours after the Taliban seized the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni Thursday, just 150 kilometres from Kabul, their most important gain in a lightning offensive

Taliban won't talk to Afghanistan govt as long as Ashraf Ghani is president, says Imran Khan

Talking to foreign journalists in Islamabad, Imran said a political settlement was looking difficult under current conditions

US intel suggests Taliban could take over Kabul in 90 days; Ghazni, 150 km from capital, falls

The most recent American military assessment, taking into account the Taliban’s latest gains, says Kabul could be under insurgent pressure by September and that the country could fall entirely to Taliban control within a couple of months

Indian among four killed in bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kabul, says Ministry of External Affairs; 100 injured

An Indian national was among those killed in the Taliban terror attack in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, the Ministry of External Affairs said.