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Top Republican Senator Lindsey Graham believes American troops will return to Afghanistan despite the chaotic military withdrawal from the war-torn country that was completed days ago.

Washington is not going to recognize the Taliban as the new leadership of Afghanistan in the near future, US president Joe Biden stated on Monday days after the US forces chaotic withdrawal from the war-ravaged country.

The leader of Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley front has called for national uprising against the Taliban.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) in the Afghan province of Panjshir rejected the Taliban’s claim about winning control of the region, with its fighters vowing to carry on their struggle against the militants.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed cooperation with Russia and China in fight against terrorism in Afghanistan, but opposed the creation of a European army following the recent developments in the war-ravaged country.

The Taliban has invited Iran, Russia, China and several other countries to participate in an event to announce new Afghan government, an official within the group announced.

Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation has praised Iran for defending the Afghans in the wake of the US withdrawal from the war-hit country.

Fahim Dashti, the Spokesman for the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan’s northern Panjshir province that steadfastly refuses to recognize the Taliban, has been killed in armed clashes that continue in the region.

Taliban Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed that the group is in complete control of Panjshir, the last stronghold of resistance to the Taliban. This as the National Resistance of Panjshir denies the report.

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain estimates that around 100 Americans are still left in Afghanistan waiting to be evacuated, days after the US administration’s August deadline for getting them all out.

The Taliban says US forces have intentionally damaged equipment at the Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport during their withdrawal from Afghanistan.

There is a “very good probability” that Afghanistan will descend into civil war, Army General Mark Milley warned following the chaotic US withdrawal, vowing to continue strike operations when “opportunities present themselves".

The Pentagon is drawing up plans to shift the military involvement in Afghanistan onto the US Navy, which will likely be called on to deploy more aircraft carriers to the Middle East to provide launching ground for “over the horizon” airstrikes, according to a report.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the Taliban’s political office, told Al-Jazeera the group is in the process of forming an inclusive government following its lightning takeover of Afghanistan

A large majority of Americans support President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end country's longest war but disapprove of the way Washington handled the withdrawal from the war-torn country, Washington Post-ABC News poll showed.

At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in incidents of gun firing on Friday night in the Afghan capital, an official at a Kabul hospital confirmed.

Moscow says the recent events in Afghanistan have clearly demonstrated the US-led NATO is “an absolute failure as a military-political bloc” after the Taliban group seized the war-ravaged country following the chaotic withdrawal of American troops.

The European Union (EU) laid out strict conditions under which it will engage with the Taliban but has drawn a line under recognizing a new government in Afghanistan.

The UN refugee agency reported on Friday Afghans have not been fleeing in large numbers across the borders to neighboring countries, Iran and Pakistan, in the wake of the Taliban’s return to national power, but some have crossed over indicating they intend to claim asylum.

After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last month, Ismail Khan was, the former governor of Herat province, was captured by the militants and shortly afterward, his images were published showing him in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.

The foreign ministers of Iran and China say the two countries are determined to implement their 25-year strategic cooperation agreement.

Blind Iranian Judoka Vahid Nouri has won the minus-90 kilogram Paralympics gold after beating his British rival.

The death toll from Thursday’s bombings in the Afghan capital Kabul rises to 170.

Iran’s president says the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is a turning point for all Afghan ethnic groups to establish peace and security in their country.

Top Iranian diplomat says his priority as the new foreign minister is to expand ties with neighboring countries. In a message posted on Instagram, Hossein Amir Abdollahian added the ministry under his command will pursue balanced, dynamic and smart foreign relations based on mutual respect. His full message is as follows: