21.   The United States envoy to Afghanistan has arrived in the land of his birth to offer American support for rebuilding the battered country.

22.   With international peacekeeping forces deployed in major Afghan cities, many Afghans hope that these developments will ensure durable peace and stability in their battered country.

23.   With rescue workers still searching Thursday for hundreds of missing villagers blown away by a ferocious tornado, authorities warned more storms may hit this already battered country.