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FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis said Wednesday, June 14, 2017, he can now set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan after receiving the authority from President Donald Trump. It’s a break from past practice that Mattis said will enable him to more effectively manage the war effort. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

White House, Pentagon to take regionwide approach in new Afghan war plan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 22, 2017, file photo, an Afghan national Army stands guard at a checkpoint in the Kabul-Jalalabad highway on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said June 15, hoping to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to a third U.S. commander-in-chief. The deployment will be the largest of American manpower under Donald Trump’s young presidency. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

APNewsBreak: About 4,000 more US troops to go to Afghanistan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Dec. 28, 2001 file photo, an Afghan farmer works on his field, on the outskirts of the village of Madakhel in northeastern Afghanistan, near the mountain region of Tora Bora which is seen in the background. An Afghan official says Islamic State fighters have captured some territory around Tora Bora, the former stronghold of Osama bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. (AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)

IS says it has taken Tora Bora, bin Laden’s Afghan hideout

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis said Wednesday, June 14, 2017, he can now set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan after receiving the authority from President Donald Trump. It’s a break from past practice that Mattis said will enable him to more effectively manage the war effort. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump hands to Pentagon troop level decisions on Afghanistan

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sets his briefcase down before he testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget for the 2018 budget year, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Lawmakers demand new strategy for 16-year Afghan war

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

The Latest: Family: Slain NC soldier sought challenges

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In this March 22, 2017 photo, soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division clear a corner during a live fire training exercise on March 22 on Fort Bragg, N.C. The training was in preparation for a coming deployment to Afghanistan. (Shane Dunlap /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon: 3 U.S. soldiers killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan

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Pentagon: 3 US soldiers killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan

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In this March 22, 2017 photo, soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division clear a corner during a live fire training exercise on March 22 on Fort Bragg, N.C. The training was in preparation for a coming deployment to Afghanistan. (Shane Dunlap /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) **FILE**

Afghanistan must not be abandoned

By Ed Feulner

Soldiers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fire single-use AT-4 rockets during a live fire training exercise on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2017. The training was in preparation for a coming deployment to Afghanistan. (Shane Dunlap /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

Fort Bragg-based combat team prepares to deploy

By DREW BROOKS - Associated Press

Pakistani Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said his country will have plenty of economic opportunity in coming years that could be at risk from violence in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press/File)

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s ambassador, awaits Trump’s Afghanistan policy

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Security forces stand next to a crater created by massive explosion in front of the German Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. The suicide truck bomb hit a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul killing scores of people and wounding hundreds more. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pakistan refuses to play ‘blame game’ with Afghanistan over recent terror attack

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Security forces inspect near the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, causing casualties and sending a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Kabul bombing in diplomatic area kills 90, wounds at least 400

By Rahim Faiez and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Security forces inspect near the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, causing casualties and sending a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital

By RAHIM FAIEZ and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Polish, Afghan forces free 11 hostages from the Taliban

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

POW/MIA priorities: Accountability for the missing, suicide prevention

By Rolling Thunder Inc.

President Trump meets with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, right, at the Royal Palace on Wednesday in Brussels. The surge in Taliban violence and attacks by the Islamic State in Afghanistan will be Mr. Trump's focus when he visits NATO headquarters. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump to visit NATO headquarters

By Carlo Muñoz and Carlo Muoz The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Afghan woman overcomes much in pursuit of education, career

By ADAM TROXTELL - Associated Press

Syracuse-based National Guard unit getting new commander

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Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria briefs media at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Islamabad says Afghanistan has detained two Pakistani diplomats in Kabul. Pakistan's foreign ministry says it handed over a protest note to the Afghan deputy head of mission in Islamabad over the incident. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan says diplomats detained in Kabul have been released

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