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The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say. Some barbers in the capital Kabul have said they also received similar orders. The instructions suggest a return to the strict rulings of the group’s past tenure ...

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has apologised to the people of Afghanistan after fleeing to take refuge in the United Arab Emirates.

Taliban fighters used whips and sticks against a group of women protesting in Kabul on Wednesday following the announcement of a hardline, male-only interim government, in the group’s latest crackdown on dissent in Afghanistan. Videos and images received by CNN show the women chanting, “Long live the women of Afghanistan.” Some held placards declaring “No government can deny the presence of ...

The strike targeted a vehicle carrying at least one person associated with the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, US Central Command said.

The first batch of evacuees from Afghanistan arrived in Uganda Wednesday morning, the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

The US aims to complete evacuations from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by a 31 August withdrawal deadline

Mr Biden wants US forces out by the end of this month, but up to 15,000 US citizens are stranded in the country.

In a statement, the US Air Force said one of its aircraft landed at Kabul's airport on Monday and was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians.

As the US races to evacuate its diplomats, concerns are growing about the fate of local people who helped the Americans.

The Taliban have captured three regional capitals in Afghanistan as they continue to make sweeping territorial gains in the country.