Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Terming the evacuation from Afghanistan the 'most difficult and largest airlift' ever in the history, US President Joe Biden on Friday assured to get all Americans and allies out of the war-torn country.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Islamabad's reaction to the Taliban's victory was the opposite of the despair in Western capitals. Their triumph showed that Afghans had "broken the shackles of slavery", Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted.
Peshawar [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Even as the Taliban has talked of honour women's "rights" under Islamic law, experts have said Islamabad will share in the blame if and when the terrorist group's takeover starts to go wrong.
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): After the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan, a number of former government officials have disappeared in the country including a provincial Governor and police personnel, Tolo News reported citing the families of missing officials.
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday expressed that Pakistan has a special responsibility towards Afghanistan as Islamabad possesses close relations with the Taliban, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported that the Taliban are carrying out 'organised searches' for journalists after Chancellor Angela Merkel described the terrorist outfit's takeover of Afghanistan as "bitter, dramatic and terrible."
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): The US is deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their rights to education, work and freedom of movement post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): The founder of terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Maulana Masood Azhar expressed happiness over the Taliban's "victory", collapsing "US-backed Afghanistan government".
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 20 (ANI): Provincial president of Awami National Party Aimal Wali Khan said the emergence of the Taliban in Gilgit Baltistan in PoK is "very disturbing."
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Former CIA Clandestine Service member John Sipher blamed Pakistan for the swift collapse of Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Afghanistan's biggest female pop star Aryana Sayeed on Thursday confirmed her escape after the Taliban takeover of Kabul city.
Tokyo [Japan] August 20 (ANI): Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato on Friday said that the country is not considering to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government in Afghanistan.