Buck stops with me, won't pass this on to another US prez: Biden

US president Joe Biden says that four presidents oversaw the war in Afghanistan. He says he is ready to take in the criticism but will not pass on this war in Afghanistan to another President. Biden blamed Trump and Ghani during his speech. He said Trump made a 'bad deal' as it was unclear whether the ceasefire would continue after May 1 (the date set for withdrawal by Trump who brokered the deal with Taliban and Afghanistan) and accused Ashraf Ghani of cowardice.

Biden says US citizens, allies and Afghans who helped the US and its allies will be protected by the US. He says that the troop withdrawal will be completed successfully.

The US president says that he asked Afghanistan president Ghani to go for a political solution but the latter disagreed and said the Afghanistan army would fight the fight against Taliban. "But they didn't," said US president. Biden also expressed his surprise on how quickly Taliban occupied Afghanistan.

Biden says Americans should not fight a war which Afghanistan armed forces are not willing to fight. The US president says Afghanistan leaders fled and their armymen received economic help, logistical help and even salaries but their armed forces crumbled in front of the Taliban.

US President Biden says Mission Afghanistan was aimed to capture Osama Bin Laden and was never intended for nation building.

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to visit Assam tomorrow to review the Covid-19 situation in North-Eastern states and also to review construction works at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Changsari.

Pentagon blames Afghanistan over Taliban seizing power, says 'leadership was missing in Afghan government.''

All military and civilian flights halted at Kabul airport, reports AFP quoting Pentagon.

Delhi logs 27 new Covid-19 cases, 73 recoveries and 0 deaths as total tally reaches 1,437,118.

West Bengal govt allows museums, ASI protected monuments and entertainment parks to open from Tuesday at 50% capacity. IT and ITES sectors allowed to function with full employee strength after employees are vaccinated.

"I will be addressing the nation on Afghanistan at 3:45 PM ET today," tweets US president Joe Biden.

Taliban is not honouring their promises and commitments made in their statements at Doha and at other international forums. People are living in absolute fear: Ghulam M Isaczai, ambassador and permanent representative of Afghanistan to UN

More than 7.7 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered today so far. A total of 550,520,038 vaccine doses administered have been administrated till now: Union health ministry

Maharashtra reports 4145 new Covid-19 cases as against 100 on August 15. Daily deaths fall to 100 as against 130 on Sunday. Total cases at 6,396,805 including 135,139 deaths.

Goa reports 62 new Covid-19 cases, 96 recoveries and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total cases reach 172,568.

We’re in touch with representatives of Afghan Sikh and Hindu communities; we’ll facilitate repatriation of those who wish to leave Afghanistan: MEA spokesperson

Kerala logs 12,294 new Covid-19 cases, 18,542 new recoveries and 142 deaths. Test positivity rate at 14.03%.

Afghan military plane crashes in Uzbekistan, reports AFP citing defence ministry.

US troops temporarily halt evacuations from Kabul to clear air field, reports Reuters quoting a senior defence official

10 new cases of Delta Plus variant found in Maharashtra: six in Kolhapur, three in Ratnagiri and one in Sindhudurg, taking the total number of cases in the state to 76. Five of these 76 patients, have died: Health Department

Meghalaya orders judicial probe into the death of former HNLC leader Cheristerfield Thangkhiew who was killed in an encounter last week.

A Delhi court sends businessman Gautam Thapar to judicial custody in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud case. Thapar was recently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

“In record-breaking progress, India administers 55 crore Covid-19 vaccines,” tweets Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Punjab Police last night arrested two militants allegedly associated with a UK-based terrorist entity, to avert a possible terrorist attack on or around Independence Day. The police also seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including 2 hand-grenades and a pistol: Police

China says willing to develop 'friendly relations' with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.