Former child refugee Rehana Popal now helps Afghans with asylum applications.

The US insists the meeting does not mean recognition of the Taliban, who now control Afghanistan.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham believes there will be no choice as "the threat will be so large".

As the Taliban take power after 20 years of conflict, what did the war achieve and what happens now?

A deep dive into the US-Taliban deal of 2020 and its role in the militant group's takeover of Afghanistan.

A Taliban spokesman says Afghans with passports can leave on commercial flights "at any time".

Afghanistan's ex-rulers still back brutal punishments, the BBC finds as it goes behind Taliban lines.

Taliban and Afghan government officials deny reports of a ceasefire offer in return for prisoners.