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FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The attorney for Bergdahl, who was released in exchange for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay, says the soldier's case has been referred for trial by a general court-martial. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Bowe Bergdahl had mental disorder when he walked off his post, documents say

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

An Afghan female witness talks to the media at the site of a suicide attack near the Defense Ministry compound in Kabul on Feb. 27. The Afghan Taliban say they will not participate in a peace process with Kabul's government until foreign forces in Afghanistan stop attacking their positions and leave the country. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan braces for bloody summer as Taliban reject peace talks with government

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This April 17, 2014, file photo, provided by the U.S. Army, shows then-Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr. speaking to his senior leaders at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle/U.S. Army via AP)

Gen. John ‘Mick’ Nicholson takes command of U.S.-NATO forces in Afghanistan

Associated Press

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sgt. Martland case spurs bill to outlaw child rape on U.S. military bases

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russian Federation Ambassador, Alexander Mantytskiy, left, hands over an AK-47 to Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar, center, as the symbol of his country's military donation to the Afghan government, at Kabul International Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. The Russian embassy in Kabul announced that the Russian government handed over 10,000 AK47s as a military donation to Afghan National Security Forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Russia delivers ‘gift’ of 10,000 automatic rifles, ammo to Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. NATO and the European Union have signed an agreement to improve cooperation in cyberdefense, which NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called a concrete example of the two Brussels-based organizations joining forces to counter modern forms of hybrid warfare. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

BRUCE FEIN: Military-industrial-terrorism complex turning failure into triumphs

By Bruce Fein

People carry a body of one of the migrants that drowned as they were trying to reach Greece, at a port in Bakilesir, Turkey, on Feb. 8, 2016. Turkey's state-run news agency says dozens of migrants attempting to reach Greece have drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast. The boat capsized in the Bay of Edremit, which is just a short distance away from the Greek island of Lesbos. The drownings came as Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Ankara to discuss the migrant crisis with Turkish officials. (Ayhan Avci/Cihan News Agency via AP)

At least 35 migrants die as boats capsize off Turkey

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Army Gen. John Campbell, commander, Operation Resolute Support U.S. Forces, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing: "Afghanistan in 2016: The Evolving Security Situation and U.S. Policy, Strategy, and Posture." (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

John Campbell says troop cuts would leave too few to train Afghans

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

U.S. troops gather into Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, in this Dec. 25, 2013, photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Violence in Afghanistan forces Obama to rethink troop levels

By DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

"The Taliban came at the Afghan Security Forces more intensely than perhaps we anticipated," Army Lt. Gen. John Nicholson, President Obama's nominee to become the next top American commander in Afghanistan, testified last week to Congress. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Afghanistan troop withdrawal unlikely with rising Taliban, Islamic State violence

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An Afghan policeman searches a passenger at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. An Afghan official says that a policeman has turned his weapon on fellow police officers at a checkpoint in the country's south, killing 10 policemen. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghanistan security, economy deteriorating rapidly: Report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. American tax dollars should not subsidize the purchase of Russian rocket engines because the sales help enrich the friends of President Vladimir Putin, say two senior Republican lawmakers who aim to reverse the current practice. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and McCain, are introducing legislation Jan. 27, 2016, to repeal a provision in law that they say allows the unlimited acquisition and use of RD-180 engines manufactured by NPO Energomash. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

U.S. troops must deploy permanently to Afghanistan: McCain

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Gen. John Campbell, the top American commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Seasoned veteran of Afghan war picked for top command

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office during the President's Daily Economic Briefing on July 30, 2009. (White House)

Obama releases al Qaeda’s most skilled explosives expert

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2015, photo, U.S. military personnel walk near Afghanistan's new Defense Ministry building, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In Kabul, they call it the "mini Pentagon," the new headquarters for Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense — a gleaming, white marble building in the center of the capital built with U.S. funds and due to be handed over to the Afghan government this month. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon wasted millions trying to rebuild Afghanistan: Internal report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces gather at the site of a suicide attack after clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament in Kabul on June 22. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan forces held back by corrupt, incompetent commanders in Taliban fight

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Golden Hammer.

Golden Hammer: U.S. taxpayers paying for shoddy Afghanistan hospitals

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 20, 2015, file photo provided by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif, at Nur Khan airbase in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States are meeting Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad to craft out a roadmap for peace to end an increasingly bloody and protracted Afghan war. But warring sides are miles apart, say analysts and protagonists. The Taliban are not invited to Monday’s talks. (Press Information Department via AP, File)

Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, U.S. seek roadmap to peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

A member of Afghan security forces stands guard at the site of a suicide attack near Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. The attacker killed only himself and harmed no one, said police spokesman Basir Mujahad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon admits Afghan forces are unable to ‘entirely operate on their own’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times