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** FILE ** The drone-strike killing in June of Al Qaeda’s erstwhile second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, is said to be affecting al Qaeda’s numbers and morale, causing some jihadis to leave Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Uighurs, Uzbeks supplant Arabs as jihadis in Pakistan’s lawless areas

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim Prison, Libya's most notorious prison during Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Rights group: Evidence of wider U.S. waterboarding

By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan Commandos stand in formation during an instructors' training course at their base in Afghanistan's Wardak province on Oct. 4, 2009. (Associated Press)

Afghan soldiers fired during insider attacks probe

By Deb Riechmann and Amir Shah - Associated Press

World Briefs: Stoner voters targeted in Dutch election campaign

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Injured Afghan men arrive by car at a hospital after a suicide attack on a funeral in the Durbaba district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suicide bomber kills 25 in eastern Afghanistan

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Pakistani officials and rescue workers gather at the site of the suicide bombing of a U.S. government vehicle in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. A (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Suicide car bombing wounds 2 Americans in Pakistan

By Riaz Khan and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

President Obama speaks during a campaign event at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama carries anti-war message to rallies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Newly graduated Afghan national police officers march during a graduation ceremony at a training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011. The U.S. military has suspended training for at least a month while the process of vetting new Afghan recruits is reviewed. (Associated Press)

Training of Afghans halted after insider attacks; vetting reviewed

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) listen to a speech during a ceremony presenting new uniforms for the ALP at Gizab village of Uruzgan province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

U.S. seeks more scrutiny to stop Afghan insider attacks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) listen to a speech during a ceremony presenting new uniforms for the ALP at Gizab village of Uruzgan province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

U.S. halts training some Afghan forces after attacks

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 24, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd after speaking at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy, Pool)

Obama touts end of wars, heads to swing-state campaign appearances

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

A Pakistani soldier arranges weapons reportedly recovered from hideouts of militants in tribal areas as the weapons are displayed in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Pakistan confirms death of key Haqqani militant

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Afghan protesters burn a banner with the portrait of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during an anti-Pakistan demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Hundreds demonstrated against mortar firing from Pakistan into Afghan territories. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghans: 5 civilians killed by insurgent rockets

By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Embassy Row: Divorce counseling

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

17 civilians beheaded by Taliban insurgents after party

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

Rep. Duncan Hunter (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Military leaders urgently push for new counterterrorism software

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

John Walker Lindh

American Taliban fighter fights prison prayer rule

By Charles Wilson - Associated Press

John Walker Lindh, serving a 20-year sentence in a Terre Haute prison for aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan, adheres to a school of Islam that requires group prayer five times a day. (Associated Press)

Taliban militant says prison violating his right to pray

By Charles Wilson - Associated Press

Illustration Submitting to Shariah by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: Making the U.S. military submit to Shariah

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Insurgents behead 17 Afghan civilians at party

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press