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An Afghan searches channels to watch U.S. President Obama's State of Union address on a television news report in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan officials welcome drawdown; others are dismayed

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Young Afghan musicians in NY for date at Carnegie

By JIM FITZGERALD - Associated Press

An Afghan man walks out of a prison following his early release from the Nangarhar prison in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Around 20 Afghan prisoners were ordered to be released by decree of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to mark the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Obama set to take 34,000 troops out of Afghanistan

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Jan. 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

Panetta welcomes Obama’s decision to halve troops in Afghanistan to 34,000

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

Afghan President Karzai wants Taliban out of prison, in talks

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford (right) shakes hands with U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen (left), the outgoing NATO commander, during a change-of-command ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Gen. Dunford takes charge at a critical time for President Obama and the military as foreign combat forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, Pool)

New U.S. commander takes the helm in Afghanistan

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Afghan boys warm their hands over a brick-factory fire during a cold day on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, east of Kabul, on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Kabul has been experiencing below-freezing weather and snow for several days. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans spend $3.9 billion on bribes in 2012

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan boys from nominated film to walk red carpet

By KIM GAMEL - Associated Press

Female recruits in the Marine Corps and other services will have to prove themselves as capable as men during training, if traditionalists have their way. (Associated Press)

Military is advised against lower standards for women

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Capt. Sara Rodriguez, 26, of the 101st Airborne Division, carries a litter of sandbags during the Expert Field Medical Badge training at Fort Campbell, Ky., on May 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

Women actually on the front lines may not happen

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

UK sends hand-held helicopter drones to war zone

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Security men with the Afghan intelligence services inspect the scene following a militant attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants wearing suicide vests, including one driving a car packed with explosives, attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence, setting off a blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at least 30 civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Kabul police arrest 6 suspected suicide bombers

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

The Capitol dome is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

Four House Democrats hit Army’s battlefield intel system

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican, urged state officials to "make the hard choices and put their fiscal health in order." (Associated Press)

Washington Times gets action! Indiana Gov. spikes deal with Pakistani bomb supplier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration: Europe

HANSON: Obama’s America looks a lot like the EU

By Victor Davis Hanson

An Afghan policeman (left) mourns after a police truck was hit by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2013. The truck was packed with officers and detainees, several of whom were killed in the blast, officials said. (Associated Press)

State Dept. warns that all Afghan travel is unsafe

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

"I think the State Department is totally inept when it comes to being able to have oversight on things like this. This should not have gotten to this point," Rep. Duncan D. Hunter says. (Associated Press)

Rep. Hunter: Subsidy for Pakistani fertilizer company ‘crazy’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

During drawdown, Pentagon cuts cooked breakfast for some troops in Afghanistan

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pakistani fertilizer firm to expand in U.S., but balks on controlling bomb materials

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Harry’s Afghan downtime: movies, candy trades

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press