
Kazakhstan said members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which also includes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and other former Soviet republics, will not accept (Reuters) foreign military bases or Afghan refugees on their territory.
This In Brief discusses where Afghan refugees will go.
Afghanistan: Taliban cofounder Abdul Ghani Baradar, recently named acting deputy prime minister of the Taliban government, appeared in a video (Radio Azadi) to refute rumors of his death.
This Backgrounder looks at the Taliban in Afghanistan.