Afghan Pilots Who Sought Safety in Uzbekistan Poised for U.S. Transfer Under New Agreement
WASHINGTON—The U.S. and Uzbekistan have reached an agreement to transfer a group of Afghan Air Force pilots and their relatives...
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Afghan Diaspora Is Losing Hope of Returning Home After Taliban Takeover
NEW DELHI—There are 2.6 million registered Afghan refugees world-wide, second only to those from Syria. Many others are undocumented or have traveled...
Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul
KABUL—The Taliban completed the seizure of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city and the Islamist movement’s birthplace, and took into custody a...
Taliban Commander Who Led Attack on Afghan City Was Released From Prison Last Year, Officials Say
KABUL—The Taliban commander overseeing an assault on the key southern city of Lashkargah is one of 5,000 former prisoners released...
Militants Attack Afghan Schoolgirls, Killing 25 People in Blast
KABUL—Militants killed at least 25 people in three explosions targeting girls outside a school in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in...
Afghan Pullout Leaves U.S. Looking for Other Places to Station Its Troops
WASHINGTON—U.S. military planners are looking for options to base forces and equipment in Central Asia and the Middle East after...
