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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left) shakes hands with U.S. Marines based in Baghdad during his visit to the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital on Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Pakistani army chief to discuss Taliban

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Female fighter pilots from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing flew in combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from a forward-deployed base in the Middle East. The Air Force now has 85 female pilots, or 2 percent of the total. (Courtesy of the U.S. Air Force)

She has the right stuff: Female combat pilots have been flashing their skills for 20 years

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on March 25, 2013. Kerry embarked on talks Monday with Karzai amid concerns Karzai may be jeopardizing progress in the war against extremism with his anti-American rhetoric. The session came shortly after the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations. (Associated Press)

Moves by John Kerry, Pentagon ease tensions with Hamid Karzai

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Sept. 27, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, shows a U.S. military guard walking a corridor between detainee cells at the Parwan detention facility near Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

U.S. hands over Bagram prison in Afghanistan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left) walks to a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (center) at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Secretary of State John Kerry praises plans for ‘safe’ Afghan elections

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, gestures during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

U.S., Afghanistan reach deal on Wardak troop pullout

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Juanita Tudor Lowrey, 86, holds a photo of her father, Civil War veteran Hugh Tudor, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Kearney, Mo. Ms. Lowrey received pension benefits related to her father's Civil War service until she was 18 after her father died when she was 2 years old. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Costs of U.S. wars linger for more than 100 years

By Mike Baker - Associated Press

** FILE ** NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Afghan President Hamid Karzai wrong to charge collusion

Associated Press

Embassy Row: Jihad and cyberwar

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

UK study: Violence more likely among vets, troops

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

UK study: Violence more likely among vets, troops

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan farmers work in an opium poppy field in Nawa district of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2009. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan again tops list of illegal drug producers

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Air Force analysts in the operations center of the 497th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va., monitor combat operations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)

Combat stress felt far from the front lines

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

AP IMPACT: Combat stress felt far from front lines

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Two Americans killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left) meets with Afghan Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March 10, 2013. Mr. Hagel is on his first official trip since being sworn in as defense secretary. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Security threats, fractures plague Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s Afghan visit

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives a nationally televised speech about the state of Afghan women in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March, 10, 2013. Mr. Karzai also accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Afghan President Karzai alleges U.S.-Taliban collusion

By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

THE LATEST: Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., (right) takes the hand and the command of Gen. John Allen during a February ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gen. Dunford became the fifth commander of the war in the past five years. (Associated Press)

Revolving door of generals takes Afghanistan command

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to members of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division at Jalalabad Airfield in eastern Afghanistan, Saturday, March 9, 2013. It is Hagel's first official trip since being sworn-in as President Barack Obama's defense secretary. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Afghan bombers strike during Defense Secretary Hagel’s visit

By Lolita C. Baldor and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

American and Afghan soldiers turn away from the dusty rotor wash as an Afghan soldier and police officer wounded in an ongoing firefight are evacuated by a U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Destiny medevac helicopter, at the Afghan and U.S. Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, operated by the the 101st's 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The The 101st Airborne's 2-502 and their Afghan Army partners operate in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Air Force construction projects put troop lives at risk in Afghanistan

By Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian