Ajmal Arian is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
Survivors and witnesses of deadly air strikes by the Afghan military have accused authorities of killing dozens of civilians, contrary to the army’s claims that it killed only Taliban militants.
Residents of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, where government forces have been battling Taliban militants for days, are facing a humanitarian crisis.
With the Taliban spring offensive under way, locals in Afghanistan's northeast are noticing a mysterious influx of foreign fighters.