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American and allied forces executed more airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State strongholds in the country than in any year since 2014, but the Taliban claimed control of nine districts previously held by government forces over the past six months. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Afghanistan war strategy faces grim challenges

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide attack in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2017. An Afghan official says at least three people were killed after a suicide bomber carried out an attack in central Kabul, near the U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan security deteriorates as U.S. takes deeper role

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on Pakistan and Secretary Tillerson by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Rex Tillerson’s Sisyphean mission

By Jed Babbin

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives to the Fort Bragg courthouse for a sentencing hearing on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty last week to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

Troops describe hardships, wounds during Bergdahl searches

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

A staff member poses for photographs by looking at British artist John Keane's painting &quot;Bound&quot; during the media preview for the &quot;Age of Terror: Art since 9/11&quot; exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. The exhibition, which runs from Oct. 26 until May 28, 2018, considers artists' responses to war and conflict since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

London exhibition ‘Age of Terror’ explores art since 9/11

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center, is greeted before boarding his plane for Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Tillerson in Pakistan with a tough message on safe havens

By MATTHEW LEE and ALEX BRANDON - Associated Press

An Afghan health worker escorts a suspected drug addict during a campaign to collect drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The young men are then taken to a rehab center where they spend three months trying to kick the habit before they are reunited with their families. The process is part of a new campaign in the country with one of the highest rates of drug use in the world.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan police round up Kabul addicts in fight against drugs

By RAHMAT GUL - Associated Press

On separate occasions this week, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson (right) and Army Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, spoke publicly of Washington and Moscow's shared interests in the fight that could also align with each country's larger regional security goals. (Associated Press/File)

Rex Tillerson says room for Taliban in Afghan government

By Matthew Lee and Alex Brandon - Associated Press

Daytona pilot sets record flying around the world

By T.S. JARMUSZ - Associated Press

Report: 152 Afghan trainees have gone AWOL in US since 2005

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Kelly ‘stunned’ over criticism of Trump’s ‘sacred’ call to Army widow

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Daytona pilot sets record flying around the world

By T.S. JARMUSZ - Associated Press

This photo provided by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command shows Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger. (U.S. Army Special Operations Command via AP)

Evoking slain son, Kelly defends Trump on condolence calls

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Central Asian global security to the forefront

By L. Todd Wood

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, photo, soldiers carry the casket of Spc. Alex Missildine from the tarmac at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas. (Cory McCoy/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

Families of the fallen, and their presidents

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Afghan National Amy soldiers watch during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

The Latest: Afghan official: Drone strikes kill 35 Taliban

Associated Press

President Donald Trump points to a reporter to ask a question during a media availability in the Rose Garden with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., after their meeting at the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn’t called all families

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters ride atop of military vehicle as they celebrate victory in Raqqa, Syria. (Reuters)

ISIS to spread ideology, operations around world after Middle East losses

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Afghan National Amy commandos open fire during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Suspected US missiles kill 20 militants in NW Pakistan

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD - Associated Press