A high-intensity explosion has been reported outside the Taliban-run foreign ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 20, according to local officials.

The brother of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who is also an expert in economic issues, says Iran is the only country that has the capacity to help Afghanistan after the two-decade-long war on the country.

The United Nations warns that Afghanistan’s humanitarian situation is 'catastrophic.'

The Chinese ambassador to the United Nations (UN) says the US and its NATO allies should be held accountable for the human rights violations they committed in Afghanistan during the 20-year-long war on the country.

The Taliban have captured Afghanistan’s key eastern city of Jalalabad, leaving the capital, Kabul, the only major city under the government's control.

Afghan government forces and the Taliban are engaged in fierce fighting in three northern provinces as the militants ramp up their offensives to seize further territory.

China offers to host talks between Afghanistan’s rival factions as part of efforts to end the two-decade-long war and a recent surge of violence that has claimed the lives of hundreds in recent weeks across the country.