A year-old B2B marketplace startup from Pakistan, Bazaar, has raised $30 million in Series A financing co-led by Silicon Valley-based Defy Partner and Singapore-based Wavemaker Partners. It is the biggest series A funding to be received by any startup in Pakistan.

Many Afghans fear a repeat of the brutal five-year Taliban regime that was toppled in 2001, and violent retribution for working with foreign militaries, Western missions and the previous US-backed government.

Taliban takeover is "blessing in disguise" for Pak-Afghan bilateral trade as it eliminates the intransigence by Afghan officials.

Another key US ally is slowly sifting towards Russian influence. Will Saudi Arabia become part of the greater Eurasian alignment?

With most of his records smashing or breaking apart things, the Pakistani has vowed to smash his way to 100 records but needs the government's support to do so.

Beijing has kept open its embassy in Kabul and sought to maintain friendly relations with the Taliban.

With many foreign and local elements trying to discredit and defame the new regime, working on their optics has become a necessity.

The tower cost $2 million and critics say erecting a sufficient number to clean the air substantially across the city would cost huge amounts of public money

The United States stands with our allies and partners in the face of these threats.

Pakistan has been at the forefront of safe evacuations from Kabul. It has been actively engaging with the world in order to stabilise the situation in Afghanistan.

A Taliban official said on Monday an extension would not be granted, though he said foreign forces had not sought one. Washington said negotiations were continuing.

In February the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund suspended all disbursements and projects there, a freeze that continues despite a worsening spread of COVID-19 in the country.