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.

One in three Afghans is at dire risk of food insecurity. The conflict has uprooted all existing mechanisms to support civillians.

About two dozen U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan sent an internal cable last month warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the potential fall of...

Pakistan has continued to play a positive role amidst chaos in Afghanistan. It is still offering save evacuations and transit routes to those who wish to travel back home.