The founder of an all-girls boarding school in Afghanistan is burning her students’ records to protect them from the Taliban, who will rule Afghanistan under their hardline interpretation of Sharia Law.
Despite assurances of no reprisals, the Taliban are reportedly conducting door-to-door searches for supporters of the previous regime, leaving a family of 16 cowering in their bathroom fearing a raid.
The Afghan baby, who was handed over a barbed wire fence to a US Marine at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, has been reunited with its father and "is safe at the airport".
Along with seizing most of Afghanistan, the Taliban has also managed to get their hands on weapons and equipment left behind by fleeing Afghan forces, including armoured vehicles, aircraft, rockets, night-vision goggles and drones.
Around 300 Sikhs holed up in a gurdwara in Kabul have sent out an SOS call, requesting to be evacuated as they fear for their lives in an Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban.