Updated map of #Afghanistan [Aug 26]

- Ahmad Massoud forces still in Panjshir and resists the Taliban; delegations of both sides met in Charikar.

- The supplies of food and water to Panjshir continuing as usual.

- The Taliban accused of abductions of people used as shields.

🔴 One of the entry gates to Kabul airport has been hit by a large explosion only hours after western intelligence agencies warned of an imminent terrorist threat.

🔴 The French ambassador to Kabul has warned civilians to withdraw from the airport gates as a second attack is expected. - Al Jazeera

Update: A Pentagon spokesperson has said that the bombing at #Kabul airport has resulted in a number of US and civilian casualties and was the result of a "complex attack".

🔴 официальный представитель Пентагона заявил, что взрыв в аэропорту Кабула привел к ряду жертв в США и среди гражданского населения и явился результатом «комплексной атаки».

The preliminary reports say that 13 people were killed and 50 injured in the Kabul attack, with most of the casualties women and children.

🔴 At least 12 US service members killed amid reports of 60 civilian deaths as Islamic State claims responsibility for #Kabul attacks.

All together- 6 explosions tonight.

❗The Times is exclusively reporting that UK Foreign Office staff left documents with the contact details of Afghans who worked with them at the British embassy compound in Kabul.

The British embassy compound in Kabul has since been seized by the Taliban.

Death toll from multiple explosions in #Kabul reaches 90, over 150 injured, according to local media reports and Afghan health ministry

По данным местных СМИ и министерства здравоохранения Афганистана, число погибших в результате множественных взрывов в Кабуле достигло 90, более 150 получили ранения.

⚡️ Броят на жертвите от множеството експлозии в #Кабул достига 90, а над 150 са ранените според съобщения на местните медии и афганистанското здравно министерство.

Situation map #Syria [Aug 27]

French President Emmanuel #Macron is among leaders set to attend a regional summit in #Iraq.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and #Jordan's King Abdullah II are due at the Baghdad summit, while the foreign ministers of arch-foes #Iran and #SaudiArabia will also be present.

The meeting comes as Iraq tries to establish itself as a mediator between Arab countries and Iran.

The final #UK evacuation flight purely for Afghan nationals under Operation Pitting has left #Kabul airport, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Any further flights which will now leave Kabul under the UK’s evacuation operation will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board. (The Guardian)

Several were killed in the Houthi missile attack on Al Anad airbase in Lahij, southern #Yemen.

According to various reports, the number of victims varying from 20 to 90. Still unclear, but at least a dozen were killed.

Update: the attack on the al-Anad military base in the government-held southern province of Lahij was carried out using armed drones and ballistic missiles #Yemen

The attack is very likely from Taiz

After the regional conference in #Iraq, the Iranian Foreign Minister arrived in Damascus to brief Bashar #Assad on the results of the talks.

The top Iranian diplomat is angry that Assad was not invited.

The newly acquired Taliban arsenal.

Muhammad Amin ul Haq, who once coordinated security for Bin Laden and hosted him in #Afghanistan after returning from Khartoum, has returned to Tora Bora.

An infographic from the Islamabad Policy Research Institute, showing the chronology of the #IslamicState attacks in #Afghanistan and #Pakistan since 2016.