US intelligence officials: Al-Qaeda could rebuild in Afghanistan in one to two years

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc had no choice but to negotiate with the Taliban, and that Brussels was trying to coordinate with EU members for a diplomatic presence in Kabul.

Wahidullah Hashemi, a senior Taliban official, told Reuters that Afghan women should not be allowed to side with men.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken tweeted about the US decision to provide $ 64 million in humanitarian aid to the Afghan people. Blinken stressed that the United States will use all diplomatic and economic means to support a stable future in Afghanistan.

Anthony Blinken told members of the House of Representatives that, given Pakistan's actions over the past 20 years, the United States intends to address its relationship with Pakistan in the next few weeks and its expectations for its future role in international cooperation and counterterrorism. Check

Reuters quoted an informed source from the Gulf Arab states as saying that after the US withdrew from Afghanistan and the possibility of the country becoming a new base for al-Qaeda terrorists, US Arab allies were skeptical about continuing to rely on US security support.