The list announced by chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was dominated by members of the group's old guard, with no women included. Around 17 out of 33 cabinet members are on the UN terror blacklist
"China has a real problem with Taliban. They try to work out some of that with the Taliban, I am sure. As does Pakistan, as does Russia, as does Iran," Biden told reporters at the White House.
The Taliban have said only Afghans with passports and valid visas would be allowed to leave.
The Taliban on Tuesday announced Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhunzada, chief of its powerful decision-making body 'Rehbari Shura', as the head of the Islamic State of Afghanistan while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will serve as his deputy.
Taliban militants detained a mediaperson who was filming an anti-Pakistan rally in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Tuesday, Tolo news reported.
The Congress has mounted further attack on the BJP-led government in Haryana for suppressing the voice of the farmers by blocking internet in Karnal.
Slogans like "azaadi, azaadi", "death to Pakistan", "death to ISI" were raised during the protest.
Javed Akhtar came under attack from the Shiv Sena and the VHP for his comments that appear to equate the RSS and other right-wing outfits with the Taliban, a militant group that has seized power in Afghanistan, while police stepped up security outside his Mumbai home
Panjshir province had remained the only defiant holdout where resistance forces led by Ahamd Masoud, the son of late former Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, were fighting the Taliban.
In 2015, China announced the 'China Pakistan Economic Corridor' (CPEC) project which is worth USD 46 billion.
Afghanistan now is experiencing a collapse of administration and economy, rising food prices, restriction on basic freedom and brutalities against women and children. And there is no mechanism to seek redress or appeal, thus creating a hell-like situation for Afghan people.
From media reports, it is clear that Pakistan is dictating to the Taliban as to how it should deal with "pending requests" for evacuation of foreign nationals. It is almost certain that these "requests" relate to nationals of countries in the West and perhaps Indians. Since Kabul airport is not fully operational, the evacuation will have to be through Pakistan.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday did not respond to a media report claiming that the Taliban has invited China, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Iran and Qatar to attend the new government formation ceremony in Afghanistan.
The leader added that the people in the country and the international community should come together to fight the Taliban.
Earlier, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, who has been appointed by the Taliban as the acting Minister for Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education, said classrooms for female students will be separate from those of males
Earlier today, the Taliban had announced that Panjshir became the last Afghan province to fall under the control of the Taliban.
Shiv Sena said that Javed Akhtar was 'completely wrong' in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen tweeted that Baradar and his delegation met Griffiths at the foreign Ministry in Kabul.
On Sunday too, the Taliban had said they have taken control of all districts in Panjshir province, a claim that was denied by resistance forces.
The Panjshir Valley is the last region not under Taliban control following their stunning blitz across Afghanistan.
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