Chaotic scenes in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover; UN urges global community to unite | What we know so far

At least seven people, including three Afghan nationals who clung to a US Air Force plane to escape Taliban rule, died on Monday in a melee at the Kabul airport, as hundreds of people scrambled to board flights in a desperate bid to get out of Afghanistan, following the toppling of the government led by President Ashraf Ghani. We hope that Talibani Afghanistan is going to live it's commitment and make a clean break from terrorist organizations: Geng Shuang, Dy Permanent Representative of China to UN 9:51 PM: Armed contingent of ITBP actively securing diplomatic staff of Indian embassy in Afghanistan capital Kabul will be there till it is required: Officials 9:45 PM: All military and civilian flights halted at Kabul airport, reports AFP news agency quoting Pentagon 9:44 PM: One C-17 of the Indian Air Force evacuation flight returned to India from Kabul, #Afghanistan this afternoon with personnel and equipment. 08:52 PM: If there is zero-tolerance for terrorism in all its forms & manifestations & it's ensured that Afghan territory isn't used by terrorist groups to threaten or attack any other country, then Afghanistan's neighbours & region would feel safer: India's Ambassador to UN, TS Tirumurti 08:40 PM: US President Joe Biden will address the nation on Afghanistan tonight 8:24 PM: US soldiers kill two armed men at Kabul airport: Pentagon 08:20 PM: AP sources say seven people died at the Kabul airport amid evacuation chaos. 2:25 PM: International community must remain engaged with Kabul: Pakistan Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said the international community must remain engaged with Afghanistan, asserting that Islamabad will continue to play a facilitative role to bring political settlement in the war-torn neighbouring country, which has been taken over by the Taliban in a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the government. 1:35 PM: US to expand its security presence at Kabul airport to 6,000 troops The US has said it would deploy 6,000 troops at the vital Kabul airport to ensure the safe departure of American citizens and its allies from Afghanistan which has been taken over by the Taliban, in a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the elected regime led by embattled President Ashraf Ghani.