The Taliban are currently working on forming a government, but two sources within the movement told AFP there would be no announcements on a cabinet until the last US soldier has left Afghanistan.

Pakistan the biggest winner and India a loser in Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, admits Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran. He also viewed the development as “humiliating” for the US.

Kabul misery exacerbates as prices go skyrocketing, banks shuttered and uncertainty crumbles the already fragile Afghan economy. With people thronging at Kabul airport desperate to get out of the country and drought conditions making lives unbearable, Afghan people woes stand unabated.

Pakistan’s leadership has consistently made it clear that it has no favourites in Afghanistan and would work with any government in Kabul that has the support of the Afghan people.

Australia's government is under mounting pressure to expedite the rescue of Australians and Afghans.

US officials insist the trip was planned long before the Afghan crisis and is focused on Washington's broader strategic goals in Asia.

PIA is set to operate three special flights to Kabul on Monday to evacuate foreigners and their dependents.

In an exclusive interview with APP, the former Afghan commander said initial talks about the formation of a new government had been started here after the Doha peace agreement.

As fighting intensifies at the Kabul airport, US and German troops join the skirmishes to maintain safe evacuations.

Afghanistan was the world's fourth most dangerous country in last year's Peoples under Threat Index, compiled by Minority Rights Group International.

In the last 20 years, it has also emerged as a powerful symbol of national unity in a country riven by civil war and ethnic conflict.

While the US was spending billions of dollars in Afghanistan training an army to maintain control of the country after they left, the Taliban, it seems, had plans of their own.