An American and an Australian have been abducted in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
In Afghanistan's northern Faryab Province, paramilitary forces are helping government security forces battle the Taliban. But these same armed groups are often preying on ordinary Afghans, too.
Afghan officials say at least 10 people have been killed in two explosions in the eastern province of Paktia.
A call to distribute two types of national ID cards to all citizens has been met with ridicule and anger in Afghanistan, where debate over whether an individual's ethnicity should be documented has dragged on for years.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says his government is using "formal and informal channels" to seek the return of seven passengers of a crashed Pakistani helicopter who were captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan have joined China in a military alliance aimed at countering Islamist militancy, officials said.
Officials in Islamabad say a government helicopter crash-landed in Taliban-held territory in Afghanistan on August 4 and that all passengers and crew -- including a Russian navigator -- were feared to have been captured by militants.
Hundreds of people fled from a fire that swept through a market in the western part of the Afghan capital on August 4. One person was reported killed and at least seven were injured. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
A group of foreign tourists escorted by an Afghan Army convoy has been attacked in the western province of Herat.
With its involvement in Afghanistan winding down, the United States is attempting to restructure the relationship it has had with Central Asia for the last 15 years -- where for Washington, security had been the priority.
Some Afghan refugees are returning to their home country after Pakistan declared in June that migrants without legal permission would be arrested.
A powerful truck bomb exploded at the gates of a logistics facility and guesthouse used by foreign contractors in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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![A spokesman for Faryab Governor Said Anwar Sadat (above) says around 6,000 armed militants are present in Faryab. “More than half of them are helping Afghan security forces [against the Taliban]," he says, "but the other half of them are those who prey on ordinary people.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/DA81BD75-3BFD-4594-90F4-9574CAD3A601_w100_r1.jpg)
![A spokesman for Faryab Governor Said Anwar Sadat (above) says around 6,000 armed militants are present in Faryab. “More than half of them are helping Afghan security forces [against the Taliban]," he says, "but the other half of them are those who prey on ordinary people.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/DA81BD75-3BFD-4594-90F4-9574CAD3A601_w66_r1.jpg)
