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Afghan police stand by burning tires during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans burned cars and threw rocks at a U.S. military base to protest an anti-Islam film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

NATO: 1 wounded in latest Afghan insider attack

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

One injured in the latest insider attack in Afghanistan

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers stand under their nation’s flag as the U.S. turns over its prison at Bagram Airfield north of Kabul to the Afghan government. It holds about 3,000 inmates, raising fears that militants could be released and endanger U.S. troops. (Associated Press)

U.S. troops fear for safety after tense transfer

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An Afghan soldier (right) escorts a released prisoner, Mohammad Karim, following the handover of the U.S.-run prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, to the Afghan government on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

U.S., Afghans locked in dispute over detainees

By Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan Commandos stand in formation during an instructors' training course at their base in Afghanistan's Wardak province on Oct. 4, 2009. (Associated Press)

Afghan soldiers fired during insider attacks probe

By Deb Riechmann and Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Afghans: Foreign spies at root of insider attacks

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Afghans push parts of a damaged vehicle off a hill after a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. A provincial spokesman said a roadside bomb killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan and three of his bodyguards. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials met with jailed Taliban leader

By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

LAMBRO: Obama’s politically calculated speech

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

World Briefs: Afghan, U.S. leaders reach partnership deal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Afghan security forces rush to a battle in Kabul on Sunday, when militants launched a series of coordinated attacks across the city. The militant group Hizb-i-Islami, which walked out of peace talks last month, returned after their attack was foiled. (Associated Press)

Afghan militants return to peace talks

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

ASSOCIATED PRESS
A former private security guard (left) hands over his weapon to Jamal Abdul Naser Sidiqi, head of the Afghan Public Protection Force, during a transition ceremony Thursday of private security forces to Afghan Public Protection Force on the outskirts of Kabul. The Afghan government is giving companies extensions ranging from a few weeks to 90 days.

Afghan government gives private security firms more time before ban

By Heidi Vogt ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

The transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Edward J. Dycus, 22, of Greenville, Miss., sits Feb. 2, 2012, at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. An Afghan soldier shot and killed Dycus at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan in February in a previously undisclosed case of Afghan treachery, Marine officials said. (Associated Press)

New case of Afghan killing Marine

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Ismail, Pool)

Afghan President Karzai tells NATO to pull back

By Amir Shah and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

An Afghan refugee girl reacts March 4, 2012, after another child stole her food voucher while she was queuing in front a truck organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghan officials: Talks for deal with U.S. faltering

By Deb Riechmann and Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (AP Photo)

Officials: Afghanistan, U.S. close to partnership deal

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan

By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Anti-Taliban Afghan tribal leader killed in mosque

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Futile death in Afghanistan

The Washington Times

Taliban may want release of prisoners

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks with an girl who was wounded in Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against Shiites as he visits the victims at the Emergency Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/S. Sabawoon, Pool)

Karzai: Toll from attacks on Afghan Shiites now 80

By Amir Shah and Patrick Quinn - Associated Press