Secretary of state says insurgents told US 'they will let people with travel documents' leave the country amid reports they're preventing hundreds from leaving, including Americans

Scholar warns the databases could give the Islamist insurgents 'the same capability as an average US government agency when it comes to surveillance and interception'

Unlike under the group's previous reign, women allowed to study, but face tough restrictions on their clothing and movement

US secretary of state thanks country for helping facilitate transit of refugees; is due to meet rescued Afghans, US diplomats who left Afghanistan

Leader of Afghan resistance forces calls for a 'national uprising' against the Taliban

Terrorist group's reach continues to be felt through affiliates in Yemen, Nigeria and Mali, which continue to plot attacks

Witnesses say thousands of insurgent fighters overran eight districts of Panjshir, where anti-Taliban forces have gathered

At least 4 jets chartered to evacuate hundreds held up at Mazar-e-Sharif, with conflicting accounts over cause

Taliban forces continue to battle resistance fighters in the last holdout province of Panjshir Valley

Longtime enemies the US and the Taliban re thrust into a bizarre collaboration, and both sides had a stake in making America's last 24 hours in the country work