KABUL - The Taliban armed forces have seized eastern Panjshir province following heavy fightings on Monday, gaining control over the last province of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed.

A former United Kingdom prime minister, who remains a grandee of the ruling Conservative Party, has sharply criticized the decision to hastily pull Western troops from Afghanistan.

KABUL - Afghanistan's flag carrier airline Ariana Afghan Airlines has resumed domestic flights, a local television channel reported Sunday.

KABUL - The Taliban military chief on Saturday ordered Taliban members to avoid aerial gun firing after two people were killed and 10 wounded on Friday night in Kabul, a Taliban media official confirmed.

TEHRAN -- Nearly 33,000 children have been killed and maimed in Afghanistan amid its 20-year war, an average of one child every five hours, an Iranian media outlet has said.

UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Geneva to convene a high-level conference on aid for Afghanistan on September 13, his spokesman said Friday.

The United States plan to resettle tens of thousands of Afghan refugees is facing operational and legal challenges, with issues ranging from the uncertain immigration status of many evacuees to limited social resources and permanent housing for the new arrivals.

Hypocrisy becomes abiding memory of double standards in Afghanistan

China and Russia have maintained close coordination over developments in Afghanistan and the country has always been high on the security agenda of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, a senior Chinese diplomat said.

A United Nations' humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that the country's food reserves could be depleted by the end of September, with about one-third of the country's population of 38 million facing "emergency" or "crisis" levels of food insecurity.

US President Joe Biden defended the country's withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday amid political fallout over how the pullout unfolded.