US to prioritise removing troops from Afghanistan in days before evacuation deadline

European capitals fear at-risk Afghans will be left behind as Washington perseveres with August 31st withdrawal date

Blame game erupts in Washington as Biden insists ‘significant progress’ being made

Women’s rights will be protected ‘within framework of Islam’, says spokesman

Resurgent militant group delivers twin blows to Western-backed Kabul administration

Capture of key trading border the latest sign of militants’ advance as US forces withdraw

Attacks this week, including on maternity unit in Kabul, leave process hanging by thread

Militant group urges politicians to work for end to conflict ahead of intra-Afghan talks

Former intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh was target of attack on Sunday in which 30 died

Presence of insurgents’ deputy leader raises hopes of progress in talks in Qatari capital

Taliban officials say negotiators have consented to withdrawal of foreign troops

Taliban says presence of international forces in Afghanistan is the main obstacle to peace

Car bomb and shootings come hours after Afghanistan’s president outlines peace plans

Trump reverses on campaign pledges saying withdrawal could create vacuum for terrorists

Taliban suicide bombers blamed for attacks in Kabul and Lahore that leave nearly 100 injured

One official claims at least 140 soldiers killed and many wounded at Mazar-i-Sharif base

Gunmen disguised as soldiers ‘talked their way past checkpoints’

Dozens reportedly injured in Mazar-i-Sharif after suicide attack claimed by Taliban

Three buses of cadets and emergency services targeted on outskirts of Kabul

14 Nepalese security guards killed after minibus targeted during rush hour in Kabul