Kabul

After a month-long offensive against the Afghan army, terrorists associated with the Islamist outfit Taliban finally reached the gates of Kabul on Sunday

Fears are now rapidly increasing that the Islamist terror outfit, Taliban may launch an assault on Kabul anytime soon

China had last month hosted a Taliban delegation and conveyed its concerns about East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

The US negotiators are hoping to secure assurances from the Taliban that they will not attack the US Embassy in Kabul if the Taliban terrorists overrun the capital in the coming days.

US Embassy in Afghanistan has urged US citizens in the country to leave the country immediately using commercial transportation

The Taliban control around two-thirds of Afghanistan, already control or about to control 11 provincial capitals, and can attack Kabul soon

The Indian consulate at Mazar-e-Sharif in Northern Afghanistan had hours ago issued a statement asking all Indian citizens to take the special plane that will leave for Delhi in the evening of August 10.

A massive blast occurred in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Tuesday evening. The blast was reportedly a suicide attack carried out using a car bomb around 8 pm in downtown Kabul, close to the 'Green Zone' - one of the most secured regions in the city.

“What I am scared of is the Taliban.” Such statements have been reverberating in Afghanistan since the Taliban is in the ascendency.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that they have initiated a programme to eliminate all Afghan pilots for bombarding their people