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Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls for U.S. special operations forces to stop activity in Wardak province after reports of “harassing, annoying … even murdering innocent people.” (Associated Press)

Karzai edict prompted by reports

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdul Wakil Warzajy (left), battalion commander, gives orders to soldiers of the First Battalion before they set out on a search and capture mission towards the village of Noor Khiel village, Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghan attacks on allies alarm departing nations

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan soldiers at the Chinari outpost and elsewhere in Afghanistan are limited by a lack of equipment needed to do their jobs, yet they say they aren't afraid of the Taliban and expect the fighting to stop once U.S. and NATO forces leave in 2014. Most of the soldiers say they enlisted because they love their country and because the $250 monthly salary offers a way out of poverty. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: Afghan forces face challenges but ‘on track’ to take charge

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from right) meets Salahuddin Rabbani during a Civil Society round-table discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)

Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul

By Chris Blake and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

An Afghan soldier patrols the gate of a military hospital Sunday in Kabul. An assassin earlier in the day fatally shot Arsala Rahmani, a top member of the Afghan peace council and a senator in Parliament. (Associated Press)

Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez and Chris Blake - Associated Press

Afghanistan's Minister of National Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak meets April 10, 2012, with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Afghan officials seek patience, funding for war effort

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghan policemen walk ahead of the U.S. soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a foot patrol in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Jan. 7, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

Attacks by Afghans on U.S. troops often personal

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A U.S. soldier with the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks Jan. 19, 2012, by a damaged vehicle at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacker blew himself up at an entrance to a sprawling base for U.S. and NATO operations in southern Afghanistan, killing at least six civilians, police said. (Associated Press)

France mulls early Afghanistan pullout as 4 killed

By Deb Riechmann and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Illustration: Afghan dove by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

HAIDARI: Bonn II: Seeking a secure Afghanistan

By M. Ashraf Haidari - The Washington Times

Karzai: Afghan forces to take lead in more areas

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Marine Gen. James Amos visits Combat Outpost Geronimo in southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

U.S. Marines to wind down Afghan combat in 2012

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

General says Afghan pullout risks few for security

By Stephen Levy - The Washington Times

Illustration: Afghan surge

REVERON: The real Afghan surge

By Derek S. Reveron - The Washington Times

USAID compound attacked in Afghanistan; 4 killed

By Amir Shah - Associated Press