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Faraj al Chalabi (credit: The Washington Free Beacon)

Benghazi attack suspect walks: Libyans release key player in consulate ambush

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

3 Taliban militants mistakenly blow themselves up in Afghanistan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Under the careful watch of coalition advisers, members of the Kandahar Air Wing carry an injured Afghan soldier onto a Cessna 208. The Afghan air force is far from ready to take over combat responsibilities from NATO. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

Afghan air force will need NATO aid until 2017

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry makes a speech in part about climate change at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi on Sunday, June 23, 2013, on his first visit to India as the top U.S. diplomat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

John Kerry: U.S., India need to tackle global warming

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers attend a transfer of authority ceremony of the police academy from NATO-led troops to Afghan security forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attacks kill NATO soldier, two Afghan police

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Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

GORDON: The peril lurking in trusting the Taliban

By J.D. Gordon

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony at military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Mr. Karzai announced at the event that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai recesses security talks with U.S.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Afghan security forces members stand guard at the site of a blast near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 18, 2013. The large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital as the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police they have been training. (Associated Press)

U.S., Afghan officials to open talks with Taliban

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army soldiers march in the Sangin district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, June 13, 2013. One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are ready to fight an insurgency that remains resilient after nearly 12 years of conflict. That question is especially pressing here in this border region, where insurgents regularly ambush government forces and control parts of the countryside. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghans poised to take security lead from U.S., NATO

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

Judge bans Fort Hood suspect’s ‘protecting Taliban’ defense strategy

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"There are still restrictions, but there is greater flexibility" on the issue of transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin. (Associated Press)

Senate panel gives Obama flexibility on transferring detainees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Soon-to-be-wed Faiz Mohammed (left), 40, and Ghulam Haider, 11, are pictured at her home in a rural village of Damarda in Afghanistan's Ghor province in 2008. (Stephanie Sinclair/Special to The Washington Times)

Afghan parliament upholds right to marry children

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Marines carry a wounded comrade to a waiting helicopter after an improvised explosive device detonated near their armored vehicle in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Exposure of Indiana fertilizer plant opens general’s talks with Pakistan on Taliban IEDs

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

Insider attack kills 3 Americans in Afghanistan

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**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan: I was protecting the Taliban

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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HUNTER: Veterans who take the Hill

By Duncan D. Hunter

**FILE** Marine Gen. John R. Allen speaks at the Pentagon on May 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

Marine general, ex-defense official call for ‘bridging force’ in post-2014 Afghanistan

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

U.S. soldier pleads guilty in Afghan massacre

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has included in the defense budget an order for the Army to consider ready-made systems for processing battlefield data. (Associated Press)

Congress gives an order to Army on battlefield processor

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army soldiers are taking the lead at Camp Shorabak, a base in Southwest Afghanistan where they live and train. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

Marines stand back as Afghans take lead

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times