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The Defense Department needlessly built a $36 million command facility in Afghanistan, a watchdog group claims. (www.sigar.mil)

Watchdog faults Pentagon for $36M white elephant in Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect the site after a suicide car bombing attack in Kabul on Tuesday. The stepped-up tempo of terrorist strikes in the heart of Afghanistan's capital raises fresh questions about whether U.S. efforts to stand up and train Afghanistan's armed forces will ever pay off militarily. (Associated Press)

Iraq, Afghanistan forces struggling despite years of U.S. investment, training

By Jacqueline Klimas and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. security hinges on Afghanistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

Russia closes NATO supply corridor to Afghanistan

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs shows Brian Williams, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete as prepares to throw the discus during introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 14, 2015. Airmen gathered in the Florida Panhandle for a training camp hoping to defeat the Army, Marines and Navy next month at the 2015 Department of Defense Wounded Warrior Games in Quantico, Virginia. (Samuel King Jr. /Eglin Air Force Base via AP)

Severely injured vets find healing, hope through sports

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL - Associated Press

$U.S. Army Pfc. Amy Alexanders dresses in her Marine Standard battle gear before taking part in a physical demands study in Ft. Stewart, Ga. Congress is prodding the armed forces to come up with a special line of women's combat boots, in different styles, as studies show that military women are more susceptible to stress fractures from marching and training. (Associated Press)$

U.S. military pressed to design special line of combat boots just for women

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect the site of the Park Palace Hotel attacked by gunmen, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Gunmen stormed the guesthouse on Wednesday night as it hosted a party for foreigners. An hourslong siege ended early Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Taliban attack in Kabul kills 14, including 9 foreigners

By Lynne O'Donnell and Amir Shah - Associated Press

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr. listens as President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama chose the widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014 to succeed Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Joseph F. Dunford nominated as Joint Chiefs chairman

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces stand guard during a protest demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Quran more than one month ago, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Allauddin khan)

U.S. wasting billions of taxpayer money on Afghanistan security forces: IG

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 10, 2015 file photo, The Inspire 1, a drone manufactured by DJI, is flown in Davenport, Calif. Mexico published rules governing the use of drones on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, allowing people to operate the smallest drones in daylight without a permit but with safety rules. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

BRUCE FEIN: The case against predator drones

By Bruce Fein

FILE - In this Friday Nov. 7, 2014 file artist rendering, Irek Hamidullin, front center, his attorney Robert Wagner, front left, and interpreter Ihab Samra, front right, appear in federal court as judge Henry Hudson, left, listens in Richmond, Va. Hamidullin was arraigned on a new 15-count indictment Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in U.S. District Court in Richmond. Hamidullin is charged with leading a Taliban attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A five-day jury trial is scheduled to start July 27. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)

Russian arraigned in Virginia on new terrorism charges

By LARRY O'DELL - Associated Press

Inside a newly-upgraded operational B-1B Lancer Jan. 21, 2014, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. U.S. Air Force photo.

B-1B fliers blamed in ‘friendly fire’ deaths of 5 U.S. soldiers back on flight duty for Air Force

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces members inspect the site of a suicide attack near a new Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April, 18, 2015. A security official says that at least 22 people have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked a bank branch in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Ashraf Ghani: Islamic State responsible for suicide bombing that killed at least 33

Associated Press

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Iowa Agriculture Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 7, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Scott Walker’s right to critique Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Afghanistan's security personnel look at the body of an Afghan national army soldier who was killed after he opened fire on U.S. troops, in the compound of the provincial governor, Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. troops on Wednesday, wounding three before he was shot dead by American troops, an official and an eyewitness said. The incident happened after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and a U.S. Embassy official. (AP Photo)

Afghan soldier kills 1 American soldier, wounds 2 U.S. troops

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after an explosion during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Afghanistan's security forces took over full responsibility for the country's security on Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

SEAN PARNELL: Obama’s slow motion retreat from Afghanistan will have consequences

By Sean Parnell

FILE - In this April 7, 2005 file photo, Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus poses in Rome. Afghanistan’s highest court has ruled that the police officer convicted of murdering Niedringhaus and wounding AP correspondent Kathy Gannon almost one year ago should serve 20 years in prison, according to documents sent to the country’s attorney general on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The final sentence for former Afghan police unit commander Naqibullah was reduced from the death penalty recommended by a primary court last year. Twenty years in prison is the maximum jail sentence in Afghanistan, said Zahid Safi, a lawyer for The Associated Press who had been briefed on the decision by the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Afghan court sentences AP journalist’s killer to 20 years

Associated Press

Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah, speaks while State Secretary John Kerry, right and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, listen, during a dinner reception at the Department of State, in Washington, Tuesday, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan worries about Islamic State’s presence in his nation

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is facing desertion charges after leaving his post in Afghanistan in 2009. Experts say the former POW may get a lesser sentence. (Eugene R. Fidell via Associated Press)

Bowe Bergdahl could get lesser sentence for desertion, legal experts say

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama said the U.S. will keep just under 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 at the request of Afghanistan's new president, Ashraf Ghani. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Liberals buck Obama for stopping Afghanistan pullout

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times