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The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters. The U.N. said Wednesday, April 5, 2023, that it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women's rights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

U.N. food agency: $800M urgently needed for Afghanistan

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters about the indictment of former President Donald Trump during a media availability on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Biden review of bungled Afghanistan withdrawal a ‘political whitewash’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Taliban special force fighters arrive outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul's airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

White House puts best face on role in Afghanistan chaos, shifts blame to Trump

By Joseph Clark and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden adjusts his microphone during a meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

U.N.: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Najia Sorosh (left), head of Sadai Banowan, a women-run radio station, speaks into a microphone in the broadcasting studio in Badakhshan province, northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (Sadai Banowan via AP) **FILE**

U.N.: Afghan female staff banned from work in eastern province

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Illustration on the legacy of Biden's unilateral withdrawal from Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Afghanistan haunts Biden, as it should

By Jed Babbin

President Joe Biden watches as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Despite deaths and chaos, Biden admin. has ‘no regrets’ over Afghanistan withdrawal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on the fiscal year 2024 budget request of the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Defense Secretary Austin: ‘No regrets’ over chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters stand guard at the explosion site, near the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 27, 2023. A suicide bomber has struck near the foreign ministry in the Afghan capital, killing at least six people and wounding about a dozen. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

UN says Afghan girls’ education activist arrested in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this May 2, 2021, photo, a U.S. flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony from the U.S. Army to the Afghan National Army, at Camp Anthonic, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO have promised to pay $4 billion a year until 2024 to finance Afghanistan’s military and security forces, which are struggling to contain an advancing Taliban. Already since 2001, the U.S. has spent nearly $89 billion to build, equip and train the forces. (Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office via AP) **FILE**

State Dept. faces Monday deadline to turn over secret Afghan dissent cable as GOP readies subpoena

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan women weave wools for making carpets at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 6, 2023. After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, women have been deprived of many of their basic rights. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Taliban want control of more Afghan diplomatic missions

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Thursday, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

175 Americans are still in Afghanistan, some held by the Taliban

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rescue worker unload earthquake victims from an ambulance at a hospital in Saidu Sharif, a town Pakistan's Swat valley, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people even in remote villages. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

The flag of Finland flies aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it arrives into Nuuk, Greenland, after traversing the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Saturday, July 29, 2017. After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of the fabled Northwest Passage. The once-forbidding route through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, has been opening up sooner and for a longer period each summer due to climate change. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Finland ranked as happiest country in the world for 6th year in a row

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Chief of the Australian Defence Force Gen. Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra, on Nov. 19, 2020. Police on Monday, March 20, 2022, arrested the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special forces soldiers could face charges for illegal conduct during the conflict.(Mick Tsikas/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Former Australian soldier to be charged with Afghan’s murder

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

In this Aug. 16, 2021, photo, hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Verified UGC via AP) **FILE**

Airport chaos during Afghan pullout created escape route for suicide bomber

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An Afghan woman weaves a carpet at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 6, 2023. After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, women have been deprived of many of their basic rights. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women: U.N.

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 26, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran’s top leader says suspected poisonings ‘unforgivable’

Associated Press

FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses lawmakers while defending his next year's budget bill at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Raisi on Wednesday, March 1, ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls' schools, which some officials suspect are attacks targeting women's education.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Crisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press