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** FILE ** In this April, 20, 2007 file photo, Pakistani militant commander Maulvi Nazir meets his associates in South Waziristan, Pakistan, near the Afghani border. Five Pakistani security officials said the commander, Nazir, was reportedly among nine people killed in a missile strike on a house in the village of Angoor Adda in the South Waziristan tribal region early Thursday. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistan says U.S. drones kill senior Taliban figure

By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Pakistan says U.S. drones killed senior Taliban figure

By Rasool Dawar and Ishtiaq Mahsud - Associated Press

Afghan policemen stand guard outside of Kabul police headquarters, where a an American adviser was killed, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2014. An Afghan policewoman killed an American adviser at the Kabul police headquarters on Monday, a senior Afghan police official said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Taliban likens U.S. Afghan role to Vietnam War

Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Afghan negotiator welcomes release of Taliban prisoners

By Amir Shah and Denis D. Gray - Associated Press

Cremation on the rise in Md. veterans cemeteries

By Caitlin Johnston - Capital News Service

**FILE** Women wearing veils, as mandated by Islamist group Ansar Dine, walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali, on Oct. 18, 2012. (Associated Press

Al Qaeda carves out own country in Mali

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center right) walks across the apron with Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III (center left), commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, after arriving in Baghdad on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Mr. Panetta was participating in ceremonies marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Army gets geographical command, at last

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, head of the Afghan security transition commission, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The next phase of transferring security from NATO to Afghan control will begin in two months and will aim to cover nearly 90 percent of the country's population, the Kabul government announced. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

Afghans: Next force transition starts in 2 months

Associated Press

Pakistani tribesmen pray during the funeral of a paramilitary soldier who was kidnapped and executed by Taliban militants in Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan, on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)

Pakistan releases 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

An Afghan police officer stands guard at the border crossing with Pakistan on Saturday east of Kabul. Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but insider killings by uniformed Afghans against their foreign allies rose dramatically. (Associated Press)

Afghan violence falls; insider attacks rise

By Denis D. Gray and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Capitals forward Matt Hendricks (holding banner) spent time with troops at Manas in Kyrgyzstan as part of a USO Tour. Hendricks’ participation was the result of his wife’s involvement with an organization that aids military families. (Photo courtesy Matt Hendricks)

Hendricks, Detwiler, Stammen bring holiday cheer for troops abroad

By Stephen Whyno - The Washington Times

Afghan policemen stand guard outside of Kabul police headquarters, where a an American adviser was killed, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2014. An Afghan policewoman killed an American adviser at the Kabul police headquarters on Monday, a senior Afghan police official said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan bomber attacks near major U.S. base

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

**FILE** Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks Aug. 22, 1998, during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Pakistan-Haqqani ties threaten to thwart U.S.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan police stand guard at Kabul police headquarters, where a U.S. civilian adviser was killed by an Afghan policewoman who shot him once in the chest. (Associated Press)

Policewoman fatally shoots U.S. contractor in Afghanistan

By Denis D. Gray - Associated Press

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2012, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

Official: Navy SEAL in Afghanistan died of apparent suicide

By Kimberly Dozier and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Afghan police stand guard outside police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, where an American adviser was killed, authorities said, by an Afghan policewoman on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan policewoman kills U.S. adviser in Kabul

By Denis D. Gray - Associated Press

Taliban not demanding monopoly on power

By Denis Gray - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Army Sgt. William Womack, 23, of Batesville, Ga., of the 118th Military Police Company, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., is prone during a training session for the Afghan National Police at a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province in 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

In Afghan Taliban’s birthplace, U.S. troops step back

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Policemen and firefighters investigate the scene of a burning market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Hundreds of shops at a market were damaged in the blaze, but no causalities were reported. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Taliban not demanding Afghan power monopoly

By Denis Gray - Associated Press

**FILE** The National Christmas Tree is pictured after it was lit by President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha Obama and and mother-in-law Marian Robinson, at the Ellipse across from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec., 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obamas extend ‘welcome home’ to troops

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times