The Taliban has been "very pragmatic and businesslike" in its approach to the US's withdrawal, Gen McKenzie says.

He adds that IS-K - the so-called Islamic State group's Afghanistan branch - has been working "very very hard to strike" the US, and that the strike the US carried out yesterday "was very disruptive to their plans" to disrupt the withdrawal.

There were no American citizens on those last five jets to leave Kabul, McKenzie says.

The last Americans that they evacuated were flown out about 12 hours earlier.

Gen Frank McKenzie says the US evacuated almost 80,000 civilians from Kabul in the past few weeks. This includes almost 6,000 US civilians.

Gunfire has been heard ringing out across the Afghan capital, Kabul, apparently celebrating the end of the US military involvement in the country.

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Taliban supporters just an hour ago posted photos of their elite unit - looking like American soldiers themselves with the uniforms and all of the regalia - meeting face-to-face with the last American soldiers at the airport, suggesting that the final transfer was on its way.

Gen McKenzie says they will soon provide a photo of the last plane leaving Afghanistan.

The Pentagon confirms that US forces have now all left Afghanistan.

We're going to be hearing from John Kirby, the Pentagon's press secretary, and Marine Corps Gen Kenneth McKenzie, who's commander of US Central Command.

You may remember we heard from Kirby earlier today, after a US drone strike was reported to have killed 10 civilian members of a family, including six children.

Kirby and McKenzie are going to be addressing reporters in about 10 minutes - 16:30 EDT. It is now almost 01:00 in Afghanistan.

Well, that was a short pause for breath. We're restarting our live coverage because we are getting unconfirmed reports that the final US evacuation flight may have just left Kabul airport, potentially marking an end to 20 years of the US presence in the country. There's a Pentagon briefing expected in about 10 minutes time. Stay with us for live updates and analysis on this developing story.

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Thank you for joining us. You can still follow the latest updates on Afghanistan on the BBC News website, as well as our radio and TV stations.

Until we return, here are some of Monday's biggest developments:

• The US says its anti-missile systems intercepted several rockets that were fired at Kabul's airport. Islamic State-Khorosam has claimed responsibility for the attack
• The Pentagon says it's also investigating reports that civilians were killed during a drone strike that had targeted an alleged member of Islamic State's Afghan branch
• Surviving relatives have told the BBC that the drone strike killed 10 members of one family, including six children
• The US is due to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan on 31 August - but the Pentagon has been tight-lipped about when exactly operations would end
• Amrullah Saleh, the self-proclaimed acting President of Afghanistan, has written to German newspaper Der Spiegel, external, saying he does not recognise Taliban rule and has no plans to surrender. Saleh is currently leading resistance forces in the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan
• The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling on the Taliban to give safe passage to those trying to flee the country.

The Taliban has said that it would accept any Afghan migrants rejected for asylum in Europe, and would try them in court on their return.

In an interview with Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung, a Taliban spokesperson did not elaborate on why the refugees would be taken to court, or what judgement they might face.

He also repeated the group's pledge to respect the rights of women within the framework of Sharia law.

"We will grant women Islamic rights, enable education and create conditions for work. We are in the process of putting that in place," they added.

Austria's government has taken a tougher stance than many other European countries on Afghan asylum seekers.

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer had initially said Austria should deport rejected asylum seekers for as long as possible. He has since conceded that this isn't possible, but said that neighbouring countries should set up "deportation centres" to take them in.

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Tens of thousands of people have been airlifted from Afghanistan since evacuations began. Those who escaped before the US troops' 31 August withdrawal deadline are looking ahead to a new life in the US or one of two dozen countries that have opened their doors to Afghan refugees.

For refugees arriving at Dulles airport, just outside Washington DC, a fleet of buses waited to take them to the centre that would give them temporary shelter.

A translator volunteering at the centre described seeing among the arrivals a young girl who had come with only a sister and cousins, but no parents.

"Her mother had to choose between sending her daughter alone or keeping her in Afghanistan," BBC Persian was told.

Another woman had just given birth five days earlier, but had kept quiet about her condition, bearing the pain all the way from Kabul to Virginia.

You can read more here.

The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution calling on the Taliban to ensure safe passage for people trying to leave Afghanistan.

The resolution from Britain and France calls for the creation of a safe zone to allow some Afghans to get to Kabul’s airport following the planned 31 August departure of US troops.

It passed 13-2 in favour, with China and Russia abstaining,

Ahead of the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron said that talks were being held with the Taliban regarding further evacuations.

The council’s resolution also demands that Afghan territory not be used to threaten any other country or harbour terrorist groups.

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A local branch of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attempted rocket attack on Kabul airport this morning.

IS-K - Islamic State Khorasan Province - is the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, and was also behind last week's deadly bombing that killed around 170 people outside the airport.

It is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan.

IS-K was set up in January 2015 at the height of IS's power in Iraq and Syria, before its self-declared caliphate was defeated and dismantled by a US-led coalition.

It recruits both Afghan and Pakistani jihadists, especially defecting members of the Afghan Taliban who don't see their own organisation as extreme enough.

"Khorasan" refers to a historical region covering parts of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group initially included Pakistan until a separate Pakistan section was declared in May 2019.

Read more about the group here.

A little more from the briefing by White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

She said that “the buck stops” with President Joe Biden over the death of US personnel and civilians in Afghanistan, but did not respond directly to a question about whether he also felt responsible for the 10 civilians reportedly killed in a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday.

She said that the US military “takes steps to avoid civilian casualties” and is investigating the incident. The military believes some civilians may have been killed by secondary explosions following the airstrike.

“The loss of lives from anywhere is horrible and impacts families no matter where they are living in the United States or around the world,” she said.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has said that the US government does not believe that there is a direct threat to the United States from terrorist groups in Afghanistan.

“We have not assessed that any group on the ground, whether it is ISIS-K or the Taliban, has the ability to attack the United States", Psaki said.

Psaki did not answer whether Americans were "less safe" than they were at the beginning as a result of American military equipment falling into Taliban hands. She instead criticised Afghan security forces.

"We had to make an assessment several weeks ago about whether we would provide material to the Afghan national security forces so that they could fight the fight. Obviously they decided not to fight. We made the decision to provide them with that equipment and material."

The female news anchor who made history earlier this month by interviewing a Taliban spokesperson on Afghan television has fled the country.

Beheshta Arghand's interview with a senior Taliban official was the first time a member of the group had been interviewed by a woman on national television.

Arghand told CNN, "I left the country because, like millions of people, I fear the Taliban".

Reflecting on the interview, Arghand said it was difficult but that she "did it for Afghan women".

"I told myself, 'One of us must start' ... If we stay in our houses or don't go to our offices, they will say the ladies don't want to work,' but I said to myself, 'Start working'. And I said to the Taliban member, 'We want our rights. We want to work. We want — we must —be in society. This is our right."

The US government believes that only a “small” number of Americans who wish to leave Afghanistan remain in the country, according to the White House.

Press secretary Jen Psaki said that US officials are still working to determine the exact number.

She added that authorities are still calling and texting US citizens in Afghanistan to determine whether they wish to leave.

Earlier, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan put the figure at “roughly” 300 US citizens waiting to leave.

Psaki added that some of the Americans who remain in Afghanistan are US-Afghan dual nationals, some of whom have yet to decide whether they want to leave.

Approximately 6,000 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan since 14 August.

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If you're just joining us, here is a roundup of some of the main stories out of Afghanistan.

• A US drone strike near Kabul airport ended up killing 10 members of one family, including six children, surviving relatives have told the BBC
• The Afghan branch of Islamic State says it was behind an attempted rocket attack on Kabul airport. The Islamic State Khorasan Province – known as IS-K – claimed on its social media channels that the attack was “successful”, but officials said no damage was done
• As the US evacuation effort enters its final day, the Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, has warned that US forces are at a “particularly dangerous” stage in their withdrawal
• The White House announced that the US flew another 1,200 people out of the country. Over 120,000 people have now been evacuated by coalition forces
• Amrullah Saleh, the self-proclaimed acting President of Afghanistan, has written to German newspaper Der Spiegel, external, saying he does not recognise Taliban rule and has no plans to surrender. Saleh is currently leading resistance forces in the Panjshir Valley in the north of the country
• The Taliban have arrested an influential Afghan cleric who acted an advisor to the ousted president, Ashraf Ghani. Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran was the former head of Afghanistan's largest religious organisation and had reportedly called for a revolt against the Taliban.

Woman's Hour

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The BBC's Sana Safi, who was born and raised in Afghanistan, describes what she's been hearing from contacts in the country:

It's true that the Taliban have been going door-to-door asking for people who worked with the previous regime, asking for individuals who are vocal against the Taliban or their attacks.

But it's also true that they've announced a general amnesty, and what seems to be happening on the ground is that there's a disconnect between what the leadership is saying and what fighters in different communities are deciding.

What I'm hearing from Kabul is that life is still very uncertain. It's desperate - people don't know what to do, so they're still staying at home.

Banks are still shut, the bazaars are still shut and there is no government - and I think most people are waiting for that.

So life is still very up in the air, and there is a sense of utter helplessness.

I've never seen Afghans so alone, so beaten in some ways, so helpless.

I was born in Kabul, then I was raised in Kandahar and Helmand. I was seven years old when the Taliban took over the first time - and despite everything, I've never felt that Afghans could be in such a situation.

You can listen to the whole interview on Woman's Hour here.