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England's Prince Harry places a wreath with the help of a member of The Old Guard during a wreath-laying ceremony at theTomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, May 10, 2013. Standing left is Major Gen. Michael Linnington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Prince Harry salutes war dead at Arlington

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

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

U.S. watchdog on Afghan spending says he’s pressured to keep quiet

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** A U.S. donated helicopter flies around after it was donated to Afghan air force in Shindand district of Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 10, 2011. (Associated Press)

In the air today: Afghan air force developing its capabilities

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Philadelphia police officers go inside as a woman carries a U.S. Navy flag, at services for U.S.Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Joseph Strange, a cryptology technician, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, on Aug. 18, 2011, in Philadelphia. Strange was assigned to the Navy SEAL team whose Chinook helicopter was shot down Aug. 6 by a rocket-propelled grenade in what has become the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

SEALs’ families hit 2011 Afghan mission in which sons were killed; deem probe a cover-up

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

HAYDEN AND SIMCOX: The terror that grows at home

By Michael V. Hayden and Robin Simcox

** FILE ** An U.S. Chinook helicopter overflies Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

U.S. Marines successfully employ drone copters in Afghan war

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

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

NATO: 5 American troops killed in southern Afghanistan

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid, File)

PRUDEN: A resistant culture of corruption in Afghanistan

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks May 2, 2013, at a ceremony after he assumed command as International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan at a NATO base at Kabul International Airport. Milley replaces Lt. Gen. James L. Terry. (Associated Press)

U.S.: Afghan troops ready to defend country

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Pakistan tops worst list for religious freedom

By Ashish Kumar Sen and - The Washington Times

Pakistani Shiite Muslims sit in protest in Quetta, Pakistan, on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, following a bombing that killed scores of people on Saturday. The protesters have refused to bury victims of the attack until authorities take action against the militants who were responsible. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan, Afghanistan worst on religious freedom: Report

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

CIA slipped millions to Hamid Karzai’s offices to buy influence: Report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Members of the British military's 4th Mechanised Brigade parade through central London to attend a reception at the Houses of Parliament on April 22, 2013. The soldiers recently returned from six months serving in Afghanistan's Helmand province. (Associated Press)

British forces to return to Persian Gulf to fill void from U.S. exit

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Pakistani volunteers rush an injured person to hospital following an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, April 26, 2013. A bomb planted near the office of a political party threatened by the Taliban has killed many people in southern Pakistan, police said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Taliban announce spring offensive: ‘The Drawn Sword of God’

Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdul Wakil Warzajy (left), battalion commander, gives orders to soldiers of the First Battalion before they set out on a search and capture mission towards the village of Noor Khiel village, Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghan Army ‘marginally’ capable of taking over after U.S. leaves, review finds

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

**FILE** Gen. Raymond T. Odierno (Associated Press)

Tempers flare over Army computer system at House hearing

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times