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1. The US says on Sunday it targeted an 'explosive laden vehicle' headed towards Kabul's international airport where the American military is involved in an evacuation operation. 'US military forces conducted a self-defence unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamid Karzai International airport,' said Capt Bill Urban, spokesman of the US Central Command. An Afghan official says three children were killed the drone strike. 2. US President Joe Biden attends the 'dignified transfer' of the remains of 13 US troops, at the Dover Air Force Base near Delaware, who were killed in the Kabul attack. According to CNN, the President was joined by the First Lady, administration officials, including US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 3. The Taliban wants to maintain Afghanistan's trade, economic and political relations with India, senior leader of the outfit Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai say while describing it as an important country in the region. 4. A Haryana IAS officer draws widespread condemnation from leaders of various political parties and bureaucrats for allegedly ordering police to 'break the heads' of protesting farmers. Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala disapproves of the remarks of 2018-batch officer Ayush Sinha and promises strict action against him. 5. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not in the race for the post of the prime minister though he has all the qualities required to become one, his party, the Janata Dal (United), says. The party is an ally of the BJP at the Centre as well as in the state.