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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 27, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John McCain to force vote on new Afghanistan war strategy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain is proposing a new “strategy for success” in Afghanistan. He’s calling for increasing the number of U.S. counterterrorism forces and giving them a freer hand to target the Taliban, Islamic State and other terrorist groups. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Frustrated with Trump, McCain promotes his own Afghan plan

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Illustration on outsourcing U.S. air power in Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Afghanistan war could be outsourced to Erik Prince of Blackwater

By Gary Anderson

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Frustrated by his options, President Donald Trump is withholding approval of a long-delayed Afghanistan war strategy and even mulling a radical shakeup in his national security team as he searches for a “game changer” after 16 years of indecisive conflict. In a recent Situation Room meeting that turned explosive, Trump raised the idea of firing Nicholson, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump hedges as military presents new Afghanistan strategy

By VIVIAN SALAMA and LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Frustrated by his options, President Donald Trump is withholding approval of a long-delayed Afghanistan war strategy and even mulling a radical shakeup in his national security team as he searches for a “game changer” after 16 years of indecisive conflict. In a recent Situation Room meeting that turned explosive, Trump raised the idea of firing Nicholson, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump hedges as military presents new Afghanistan strategy

By VIVIAN SALAMA and LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

An Afghan policeman stands guard near to the site of a suicide bomber struck at a NATO convoy in Kandahar southern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. A suicide bomber struck a NATO convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, causing casualties, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo)

One U.S. soldier killed, several wounded in Afghan suicide attack

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this July 24, 2014, photo provided by Leah Marche, her cousin Mark Hunter's son Jonathan Hunter poses for a photo at a graduation ceremony at Fort Benning, Ga. Jonathan Hunter, an Indiana soldier who was just 32 days into his first deployment, was one of two American service members killed in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan, his father said Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (Mark Hunter via AP)

Indiana soldier among 2 killed in Afghanistan attack

By RICK CALLAHAN - Associated Press

An Afghan policeman stands guard near to the site of a suicide bomber struck at a NATO convoy in Kandahar southern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. A suicide bomber struck a NATO convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, causing casualties, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo)

U.S. says 4 wounded in Afghan attack that killed 2 American troops

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Illustration on the need to defeat Islamist ideology in Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Afghanistan war will not end unless Islamist ideology defeated

By Jed Babbin

President Donald Trump, right, speaks as Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, listens at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, where Trump announced that McMaster will be the new national security adviser. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump, H.R. McMaster meet amid purge of national security staffers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A U.S. military helicopter flew over the site of a suicide bomb that struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Two Americans were reported killed (Associated Press)

US military wrangles over release of American casualty info

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A U.S. military helicopter flew over the site of a suicide bomb that struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Two Americans were reported killed (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal off the table

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

An Afghan policeman stands guard near to the site of a suicide bomber struck at a NATO convoy in Kandahar southern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. A suicide bomber struck a NATO convoy near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, causing casualties, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo)

The Latest: 2 US troops killed in Afghanistan convoy attack

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, leaves after a closed-door briefing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the administration's perspective on the authorizations for the use of military force on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Report: Trump fumed about Afghanistan in tense meeting

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in western Herat province of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Thousands of angry residents carried the bodies of 31 people who died in a horrific suicide attack on a Shiite Mosque in western Herat. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Pentagon: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan blast

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 31, 2017 photo, an Afghan man ride his bicycle walks past blast walls in Kabul, Afghanistan. A U.S. watchdog says unprecedented security restrictions are making it difficult to monitor Afghanistan projects that are costing hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Watchdog: Tight security hinders oversight of US Afghan aid

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Security forces leave after a suicide attack followed by a clash between Afghan forces and Islamic State fighters during an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 31, 2017. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

EDITORIAL: The threats of war

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Security forces respond at the site of a suicide attack followed by a clash between Afghanistan's forces and IS fighters during an attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 31, 2017. A media outlet linked to the Islamic State group says two IS militants were behind the attack on the Iraqi Embassy in the Afghan capital. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan police: Car bombing targets Iraq Embassy in Kabul

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Illinois man pleads guilty to seeking bribes in Afghanistan

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, July 24, 2017 file photo, Men look at the remains of their properties at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the last week the Taliban have overrun two districts in the north and west of Kabul, temporarily cut a key highway linking the capital to the north and staged a suicide bombing in the heart of the capital Kabul. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Q&A: A look at why the Taliban seem to be unstoppable

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press