Developments

An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday.

Taliban special forces fired their weapons into the air Saturday, bringing an abrupt and frightening end to the latest protest march by Afghan women demanding equal rights.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to head to the Qatari capital of Doha on Sunday to thank the country’s leaders for their assistance with the Afghanistan evacuation efforts and to meet with Afghan evacuees and U.S. officials.