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**FILE** An armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan on Jan. 10, 2007. (Associated Press)

2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack

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Britain's Prince Harry (left) examines the 30mm cannon of an Apache attack helicopter with an unidentified member of his squadron on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he will be a co-pilot gunner. The 27-year-old prince, known as Capt. Harry Wales, is on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, Pool)

2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan

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In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, photo, Will Copes and his son, Joseph, 4, stand outside their house in Lynch Station, Va. His brother, Gregory Copes, a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan, grew up in the home. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)

Forgetting Afghan war, until death brings it home

By Adam Geller - Associated Press

An Army team carries the remains of Pfc. Shane W. Cantu of Corunna, Mich., at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Aug. 30. Cantu, 20, died Aug. 28 in Afghanistan from shrapnel wounds. One historian has called Afghanistan the “Who Cares?” war because of general public apathy. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan’s sad death toll barely noted

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Insurgents strike airfield, killing 3 Afghans on NATO chopper

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

An Afghan soldier adjusts bullets in his gun on a military helicopter Sept. 10, 2012, during a flight transporting journalists from Kabul to Bagram to attend the hand over ceremony of a U.S.-run prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, to the Afghan government. (Associated Press)

Taliban accuse U.S. of ‘unjust’ war in Afghanistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration Brave Soldier by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HUNTER: In the face of tragedy, the brave rise up

By Rep. Duncan D. Hunter

** FILE ** A Pakistani Taliban militant holds a rocket-propelled grenade at the Taliban stronghold of Shawal, in the Pakistani tribal region of Waziristan, Pakistan, on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Car bomb kills 12 Shiites in northwest Pakistan

By Hussain Afzal - Associated Press

2 Fort Bragg-based pilots killed in Afghanistan

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An Afghan soldier (right) escorts a released prisoner, Mohammad Karim, following the handover of the U.S.-run prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, to the Afghan government on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

U.S., Afghans locked in dispute over detainees

By Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

** FILE ** NATO fuel tankers enter Afghanistan through Pakistan's border crossing in Torkham, east of Kabul, on Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S. watchdog questions spending for Afghan army

By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers stand under their nation’s flag as the U.S. turns over its prison at Bagram Airfield north of Kabul to the Afghan government. It holds about 3,000 inmates, raising fears that militants could be released and endanger U.S. troops. (Associated Press)

U.S. troops fear for safety after tense transfer

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. John McCain says he is disappointed that both presidential candidates are sidestepping world affairs and blasts President Obama for not aiding rebels in Syria and abandoning Iraq and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

McCain: World needs U.S. leadership

By Dan Perry - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Harry (left) examines the 30mm cannon of an Apache attack helicopter with an unidentified member of his squadron on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he will be a co-pilot gunner. The 27-year-old prince, known as Capt. Harry Wales, is on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, Pool)

Prince Harry: Royal soldier completes 1st phase of Afghanistan training

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Harry completes 1st phase of Afghanistan training

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U.S. Sen. John McCain answers reporters' questions during a meeting on World Economy in Cernobbio, Italy, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Experts and leaders gathered in Italy to discuss the prolonged crisis in a structurally flawed Europe, political dysfunction pushing America off a 'fiscal cliff' and the emerging economies slowdown drying up the last engine of global growth. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)

McCain: Iran situation a ‘train wreck’

By Dan Perry - Associated Press

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, 8, 2012. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up near NATO headquarters in Kabul, killing at least 6 people (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Teenage suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghan capital

By Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann - 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)

U.S. declares Haqqani network a terrorist body

By Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Harry is shown the Apache flight-line, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, by a member of his squadron (name not provided) at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he will be operating from during his tour of duty as a co-pilot gunner. Prince Harry, also known as Capt. Harry Wales, has returned to Afghanistan to fly attack helicopters in the fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool)

Prince Harry: In Afghanistan flying Apache copters

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