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Sayyed Khosti, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said the blast occurred in Police District 1 of Kabul, killing at least two people and injuring four others.

KABUL - A bombing outside Kabul main mosque left at least two Afghan civilians dead and others wounded on Sunday, the Taliban said, the latest in a series of blasts apparently intended to undermine the militants ability to bring security to the capital and other cities.

"We enjoy good security, but we are concerned as living condition worsens in both urban and rural areas," a resident in Afghan capital Kabul said. "Good governance is the key to win the hearts and minds of the people. It is a key to change the current difficult situation."

"Strategically, the war is lost, the enemy is in Kabul. So you have a strategic failure while you simultaneously have an operational and tactical success," said Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, referring to the massive personnel evacuation since mid-August.

The Kabul International Airport is now fully operational for international flights and all airliners can resume airlifts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban caretaker government announced.

The U.S. military admitted on Friday that a U.S. drone strike in late August in Kabul of Afghanistan killed as many as 10 civilians, including 7 children.

Have a look at Afghan capital city Kabul after the Talibans takeover on Aug. 15 and the southern Kandahar province, one of the most war-torn regions in the country over the past 20 years.

The Kabul International Airport will soon be ready for international flights as efforts are underway to remove technical problems, airport director Abdul Hadi Hamadani said Monday.

TEHRAN — A mural on a wall in Kabul of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor who engaged in humanitarian aid activities in Afghanistan until being killed by an armed group in 2019, was painted over on Sunday, according to the local art group which produced the mural.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier this week that the United States had suspended its diplomatic presence in Kabul but will manage diplomacy with Afghanistan from Doha, Qatar.

A report by Politico said U.S. forces decided to keep the Abbey Gate, deemed to be at the "highest risk" for terrorist attack, open longer than they wanted to allow Britain to continue evacuating personnel. British foreign secretary on Tuesday rejected the claim.

Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, was the last service member with feet planted on Afghan soil.