The international community has reacted to the Taliban takeover of the Afghan capital with some politicians, including those in the West, criticizing the outcome of their 20 year presence in Afghanistan.

In his Eid message, the head of Yemen's supreme political council called on the UN to re-calibrate its position on the war in Yemen and to end the policy of double standards

During the 72-hour operation, Yemeni armed forces killed and wounded hundreds of Daesh and Al-Qaeda mercenaries, and seized a large cache of weapons from their possession.

The former Chief of MI6 Alex Younger has raised grave doubt about the wisdom of the UK's formal withdrawal from Afghanistan.