White House Spokesman: If the United States kept 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, it would be fighting the Taliban

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a Senate hearing that the sudden fall of the Afghan army took the Pentagon by surprise.

Fox News correspondent Terry Youngst wrote on Twitter that the US State Department had underestimated the number of US legal residents trapped in Afghanistan, adding that a senior official told him that about 100 US citizens and residents were still waiting to leave Afghanistan.

According to Reuters, no Afghan representative will address the UN General Assembly following the removal of Ghulam Ishaqozi, Afghanistan's special envoy to the United Nations. Earlier, the Taliban had asked Taliban official Sohail Shahin to address the UN General Assembly.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor said the prosecutor's office was seeking permission to resume an investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan. The statement said that in view of the recent developments and the return of the Taliban to power, a request has been made to the judges of the court.

Italy's foreign minister says Taliban government in Afghanistan can not be recognized, but calls on foreign governments to prevent economic collapse to prevent Afghan refugees from growing