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The US ambassador in Kabul has written to the White House to oppose sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan.
BBC: US opinion on Afghan strategy
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After Wednesday's ceremony at the US state department, Croatia's ambassador said his country intended to assume its share of the security burden in Afghanistan, where Nato leads the 55, 000-strong International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).
BBC: Nato welcomes Albania and Croatia
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The new US Secretary of State John Kerry has still not appointed a successor to Ambassador Marc Grossman who stepped down as Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan at the end of last year.
BBC: Barack Obama delivering his State of the Union address