Reporters without Borders says 50 people were killed this year in connection with their journalistic work, with Afghanistan and Pakistan being among the most dangerous countries for media professionals.
Afghan police say two explosions in the capital Kabul have killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others.
The Afghan Attorney General's Office and the National Directorate of Security announced in a joint statement on December 28 that three senators were caught during an operation in the northern province of Balkh.
The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government will be held in Qatar from next month, a top official said on December 27, despite President Ashraf Ghani's recent calls for them to be moved home.
Hundreds of migrants at the Lipa camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina are stranded amid heavy snowfall after a fire destroyed much of the camp on December 23.
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At least two Afghan police officers were killed in a spate of bomb attacks in the capital, Kabul, on December 26.
The Afghan government has expressed "great concern" over video footage released in which Taliban leaders are apparently meeting their members in Pakistan.
Prominent Afghan women’s rights activist Freshta Kohistani has been assassinated in a village in the Kapisa Province northeast of Kabul.
The Treasury Department alleged that the Quds Force used the Al-Mustafa International University as a "cover" to recruit Afghans for the blacklisted Fatemiyoun Brigade, a pro-Iranian militia that fought in Syria.
The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan is alarmed over the "deeply disturbing" numbers of targeted killings in the war-torn country after the head of an Afghan independent election-monitoring group was slain in Kabul.
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Chris Miller has held consultations with Afghan officials about on the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban. The Pentagon said in a statement on December 22 that Miller's trip was not announced ahead of time due to security concerns.
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