Foreign Minister Maas also highlighted the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Pakistan-Germany diplomatic relations during 2021.

China shares a border with Afghanistan in its Northwest Xinjiang region, terrorist groups that once gathered in Afghanistan, including the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), posed threats to China’s national security.

FM Qureshi said that he invited FM Heiko so he could better assess the situation on the ground.

The UNSC meeting prevailed under the Indian presidency had formulated a resolution on Afghanistan, demanding the Taliban to abide by its pledges, but China and Russia abstained seeing the loopholes within it. Once more, this debacle strengthens the China-Russian cooperation in the region, showing their likemindedness and resolve on Afghanistan.

The transition presents an enormous test for the Islamists in a desperately poor, diplomatically isolated country where deep-seated political and social problems have been compounded by more than four decades of war.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid led a group of officials onto the runway, his usual stoic expression replaced by a broad grin.

The Taliban will soon disclose their plans for the governance of Afghanistan now that the US withdrawal is completed.

Aqeel Karim Dhedhi, Pakistan's foremost stock market doyen and top Karachi business tycoon, speaks frankly to support the PTI government's achievements in the past three years. They [PTI government] gave the injured patient the medicine it needed to recover, and he postulates the economy is now going to move from strength to strength. He does not remember how long it has been since he has invested outside the country and says he is fully invested in Pakistan with all his heart, mind, and soul!

More than 123,000 people, including 6,000 American citizens, have been safely flown out of Afghanistan, according to Blinken.

A devastating suicide bomb attack claimed by IS outside Kabul airport on Thursday killed scores of people who were hoping to flee the country, as well as 13 US service members.

Prominent members of the UK parliament from both sides of the political divide sent messages of thanks and support to Khan, who will be ending his presidency of the territory after five years at the helm.

Insurance rates for flying into Afghanistan had “skyrocketed at prices we have never seen before” in the 12 hours since the blast.