Afghan and Pakistani security forces have clashed along the countries' disputed border, leaving at least three civilians dead, Afghan officials said.
NATO has reaffirmed its commitment to the long-running Afghanistan mission and said it will ensure its deployment there remains "sustainable."
Fifteen police officers have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz, a provincial council member says.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Congressional members made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on October 20, her office said.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington remains committed to “peace and stability” in Afghanistan and the fight against terrorism following a deadly attack on a mosque in the war-ravaged country.
Funerals were held in eastern Afghanistan on October 19 for victims of a bombing a day earlier at a mosque that killed at least 69 people during Friday Prayers.
Almost 30 people were killed in a double blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday Prayers on October 18, a senior provincial official said.
A provincial high court in Pakistan has struck down a tough security law that granted sweeping powers to the security forces in a northwestern province.
A court ruling says the Trump administration used a "tortured" interpretation of the law to justify life-threatening delays on visa applications from Afghans and Iraqis who helped the U.S. military.
A large number of the more than 10,000 Waziristan families who fled into the adjacent southeastern Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, and Paktika in 2014 are waiting to be allowed back into their homeland.
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