A U.S. senator is vowing to revive a lapsed special-visa program for Afghan interpreters and others who served U.S. forces in the country, often risking their lives.
The head of the U.S. military's Central Command says more U.S. troops will be needed on the ground in Afghanistan in the fight against the Taliban and other forces.
Pakistan closed its two main border crossings with Afghanistan on March 9 after thousands of people rushed to cross the border during a two-day reopening.
Pakistan’s border police say more than 20,000 Afghans and Pakistanis have crossed into Afghanistan since March 7 since Pakistani authorities temporarily reopened two main crossings that were closed after a series of militant attacks.
Reporters Without Borders launched a center to protect women journalists in Afghanistan, the second most dangerous country for female reporters after Syria.
At least two people have been killed after gunmen attacked a military hospital close to the U.S. Embassy in the Afghan capital and engaged security forces inside the building, officials and witnesses say.
A lawyer for an Afghan family of five detained in Los Angeles last week after traveling to the United States on "special immigrant" visas says the family will soon be released.
At least five members of the Afghan security forces were killed early on March 5 when their checkpoint was attacked in northeastern Kunduz Province, an Afghan official said.
At least eight Afghan civilians, including four children, have been killed in an attack in the western Farah Province, Afghan officials says, although it was immediately unclear whether they died in a military air strike or a roadside bomb blast.
A gunbattle broke out between security forces and an unknown number of attackers in Kabul, shortly after a loud blast was heard in the western part of the Afghan capital, a police official has said.
An Afghan police officer fatally shot 11 of his colleagues as they slept at a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, officials have said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon have agreed to bolster their joint efforts to secure the Tajik-Afghan border.
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