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Taliban's recent takeover of Afghanistan has left Afghan people in distress and despair. Meanwhile, many people of Indian origin have returned back home to take shelter and save themselves.

After Taliban took over Kabul, all eyes are currently on Afghanistan's inhabitants trying to save themselves from doom. Here are some of the images of people who escaped from Taliban in hopes to retain their freedom and identity.

The US is also evacuating the citizens of NATO allies and its partners, including their diplomats, their embassy staff who remain in Afghanistan and to get them back to their homes as well.

Tens of members of armed uprising groups attacked the Pol-e-Hesar district of northern Baghlan province in Afghanistan and cleared them of the Taliban.

Several heart wrenching scenes are emerging on social media since the Taliban captured power in Afghanistan. Afghan women, out of desperation, hoisting their children, infants into the hands of American soldiers on the other side of a security wall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Western countries should not interfere in Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul, saying they "must stop the irresponsible policy of imposing foreign values from abroad".

The ‘Heart of Asia’ Afghanistan is undergoing a severe humanitarian crisis like never before, something which might have serious consequences on the international politics.

The Taliban forces shot dead several people in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan during rallies supporting the Afghan national flag

Facebook has been criticised by the Taliban for blocking freedom of speech in Afghanistan as a result of the crackdown by the US firm

As the US tries to keep a Taliban-led government from accessing undue money, it has frozen nearly $9.5 billion in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank and stopped shipments of cash to the nation.

After Taliban took over Kabul last weekend, the entire country of Afghanistan is terror stricken. People of the nation, who have already witnessed the cruelty of Taliban are currently scrambling to save their lives. Speaking to OTV, an Afghan refugee residing in Delhi, Khalida Ibrahim, narrates the horrors that she had lived through 6 years ago while she was working as a translator at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan.

Shops, schools and markets have been shut. Some heart-breaking scenes unfolded in Kabul as the Taliban overran the Afghan capital leading to widespread chaos across the city. The Taliban forces have also taken control of the presidential palace after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday night. Nation witnessed the desperation of Afghans at Kabul airport when several people clung to the side of moving limitary planes and at least two persons apparently fell to their deaths from the undercarriage soon after flight took off. The insurgents are now in control of all the districts of Kabul while a night curfew has been imposed in Kabul reportedly to prevent further violence. A Taliban spokesperson has said the war in Afghanistan is over, and a new power structure will soon be clear.

Two days after the Taliban captured Kabul, the insurgent group on Tuesday urged the Afghan government employees to return to work in an effort to bring back normalcy in the capital city.

Facebook announced that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting the insurgents from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation.

Tirumurti, who convened the meeting at the request of Norway and Estonia who have responsibility for Afghanistan matters, hinted at the difficulties he faced in getting an agreement on the statement.