🎂 A b-day he won't soon forget.

While thinking about how you would like to entertain your child on his birthday, make sure it doesn't end up being traumatic experience instead, like the case of a little boy from Utah.

🐊 The boy's family decided to provide him with some adventure and see how an alligator gets fed. At some point, the gator's handler wasn't paying close enough attention and her hand ended up getting trapped in between the reptile's teeth

🇮🇳 🇺🇸 India has sought US assistance in restoring airport operations in Kabul in order to facilitate the evacuation of Indian nationals stuck in Afghanistan.

India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has spoken to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to seek the American government's help

https://twitter.com/DrSJaishankar/status/1427381207281639425?s=20

🇦🇫 🚗 Videos of Taliban men enjoying rides at an amusement park in Afghanistan have gone viral. The videos surfaced on social media a day after the Afghan fighters captured Kabul

⛔ Facebook confirms it has suspended all Taliban-related accounts

Several Afghan women have taken to the streets of Kabul demanding respect for their rights

⚡ Taliban says US has to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by 1 September, has no intention to attack US troops

#LIVE | Stoltenberg holds briefing on situation in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover sptnkne.ws/Hb9Q

US military SUVs are also abandoned on the roads of Kabul as the city runs out of fuel.

People are removing their batteries and other spare parts to sell later, a Sputnik correspondent said.

An Afghan who tried to fly away from Kabul, sitting on the landing gear of an American plane, filmed the moment before take-off. Even when the plane is moving down the runway, his face is strikingly calm

#LIVE | Pentagon press secretary Kirby holds presser on situation in Afghanistan https://sptnkne.ws/HbBz

Footage of people trying to get to Kabul Airport emerges online

#BREAKING | Over 4,000 US troops to be on ground in Kabul by later today, Pentagon says

🛫 Pentagon: US plans to evacuate 5,000-9,000 people from Afghanistan per day

US military still plans to complete withdrawal from Afghanistan by 31 August

✈️ Kabul Airport open, flights able to land, depart – White House official

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has made several high-profile promises about the course the country will now pursue:

🔸Drug production in Afghanistan will be stopped

🔸Afghan women will be allowed to work

🔸The country's government will be inclusive

🔸Freedom of the media will be guaranteed

🔸On al-Qaeda: "We will not allow any foreigners in Afghanistan who wish to harm or threaten the security of any other countries"

🔸Those who worked with foreigners will not be targeted

🔸Serious measures will be taken to improve people's living conditions

🔸The territories of the diplomatic missions of all countries and international organisations in Afghanistan will be completely safe

🔸The religious beliefs and spiritual values of all Afghans will be respected

#BREAKING | US freezes Afghanistan's national reserves in American banks to prevent Taliban from accessing them - reports

#LIVE | White House spokesperson Psaki and US National Security Adviser Sullivan hold joint presser https://sptnkne.ws/HbGv

US military commanders brief Biden on situation in Afghanistan - National Security Advisor Sullivan