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Families of three fallen Navy SEALs are suing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, his security forces and Iran. The lawsuit accuses Mr. Karzai of accepting bribes for the deaths of U.S. servicemen and of leaking details of a SEAL mission to the Taliban. (Associated Press)

Families sue Karzai, Iran for ‘11 chopper shootdown

The Washington Times

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, like this one used for training, was shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing all aboard. A special-operations officer questions the use of the craft for such "hot-LZ" purposes. (U.S. Navy photograph via Associated Press)

Families sue Karzai, Afghan security forces for downing of U.S. helicopter in 2011

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Metropolitan Police in London shows Saajid Badat, sentenced in 2005 after admitting he conspired to blow up a U.S.-bound plane in 2001 with explosives hidden in a shoe. On Monday, March 17, 2014, a federal judge in New Haven, Conn., granted the request by prosecutors to have a witness testify by video from Britain in the July sentencing of two British citizens, Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan, who pleaded guilty in Connecticut to supporting terrorists through websites. The witness, not named in court papers but fits the description of Badat, is expected to testify that Ahmad sent him to Afghanistan to train for violent jihad and that he moved on from Ahmad and was trained by al-Qaida members for the failed shoe bomb plot to bring down an airplane. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, File)

Shoe-bomb plotter testimony allowed in Connecticut

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during his final address to parliament during its opening session at the parliament house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Karzai said the last 12 years of war were &quot;imposed&quot; on Afghans, a reference to the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Karzai: Afghanistan doesn’t need U.S. troops

By Kathy Gannon and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 5, 2014 photo, prominent Afghan women&#8217;s rights activist Wazhma Frogh stands next to pictures of female Afghan police officers she trains, in her office in Kabul, Afghanistan. A gender and development specialist and human rights activist, Frogh says her experience characterizes the women&#8217;s rights movement in her country- after 12 years, billions of dollars and countless words emanating from the West commiserating with Afghan women, the successes are fragile, the changes superficial and vulnerable. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

USAID: Afghan qualifty of life improves amid U.S. intervention

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Commander, International Security Assistance Force, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan. President Barack Obama has threatened to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan if a new security agreement is not signed by the end of the year, but there is no legal reason the U.S. has to resort to the "zero option," as administration officials have repeatedly claimed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. general sees trouble for Afghan forces after pullout

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Lt. Taylor Cardosi stands next a howitzer weapon at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on March 5, 2014 in Washington. Cardosi is a front line fire direction officer in an artillery battery after combat roles are opening to women. Cardosi's posting at the base south of Tacoma was a small milestone in the Army's integration of female soldiers into front-line combat roles that had been barred to them, even as they took on increasing responsibilities in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Lui Kit Wong)

Combat roles for women soldiers at Lewis-McChord

By ADAM ASHTON - Associated Press

US commander: More focus on Haqqani militants

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Golden Hammer: Mess-less base leaves a mess in Afghanistan

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, leaves after attending the funeral procession of Afghanistan's influential Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban who was later accused with other warlords of targeting civilian areas during the country's civil war, died on Sunday, March 9, 2014. He was 57. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Existing Afghan deal would cover US post-2014

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

2 Wisconsin Guard units to deploy to Afghanistan

Associated Press

Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights speaks during a press conference about his annual report to the Human Rights Council on the use of remotely piloted aircraft, or drones, in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.. The expert will also refer to his reports on his 2013 missions to Burkina Faso and Chile. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)

UN: Drone use down in Pakistan, up in Afghanistan

By JOHN HEILPRIN - Associated Press

Ft. Carson colonel cleared, headed to Afghanistan

Associated Press

Fort Knox soldiers prepare for deployment

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March, 5, 2014 photo, Afghan women boxers practice at the Kabul stadium boxing club. A few yellow lamps light up the cavernous, sparsely furnished room where Afghanistan’s young female boxers train, hoping to become good enough to compete in the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

AP PHOTOS: Afghan women boxers eye 2016 Olympics

By MASSOUD HOSSAINI - Associated Press

Feds want video witness in Connecticut terror case

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN - Associated Press

United States' Nikki Landeros, center, in action with Russia's Konstantin Shikhov, left, and Vasilii Varlakov during an ice sledge hockey match between United States and Russia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Russia won 2-1. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

From war to Paralympics, US vets compete on ice

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Oregon Guard squadron preps for Afghan tour

By HILLARY BORRUD - Associated Press

Community pulls together to help new residents

By SUE LOUGHLIN - Associated Press