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NORTH: Obama’s bitter harvest in Afghanistan

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

Afghans walk past by a house for rent in Kabul, Afghanistan. A real estate broker, Mir Ahmad Shah, said the market is the worst in his seven years of selling properties in the capital. No one wants to buy due to instability and the 2014 departure of NATO forces. (Associated Press)

War-weary families looking to leave Afghanistan before end of 2014

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

** FILE ** A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter prepares to depart from a forward operating base in the Zhari district of southern Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

7 American service members die in Afghan copter crash

By Heidi Vogt and Kay Johnson - Associated Press

** FILE ** A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter prepares to depart from a forward operating base in the Zhari district of southern Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Navy SEALs killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdul Wakil Warzajy (left), battalion commander, gives orders to soldiers of the First Battalion before they set out on a search and capture mission towards the village of Noor Khiel village, Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghan attacks on allies alarm departing nations

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan police inspect the scene after a bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. At least five civilians were injured as a bomb targeting the government-employee vehice went off, a police source said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Grenades at Afghan mosque, bicycle bomb injure 23

By Kay Johnson and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Bombs kill 46 in year’s deadliest day for Afghan civilians

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghans push parts of a damaged vehicle off a hill after a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. A provincial spokesman said a roadside bomb killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan and three of his bodyguards. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials met with jailed Taliban leader

By Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghans inspect the wreckage of a vehicle after a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. The bomb killed a district chief and three of his bodyguards. (Associated Press)

Roadside bomb kills Afghan official, 3 bodyguards

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

** FILE ** An Afghan man who was wounded in a suicide attack lies in a hospital in Samangan province north of Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, July, 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jawed Dehsabzi)

Afghan policeman kills 10 fellow policemen

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

** FILE ** An Afghan security man stands guard on the roof of a damaged house following a gun battle between militants and Afghan security forces on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan police officer kills 3 U.S. Marines

By Kay Johnson - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 6, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend the "Friends of Syria" conference in Paris. The United States is readying new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and its allies as Clinton heads to Turkey on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, for weekend talks with top Turkish officials and Syrian opposition activists. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)

U.S. officials: Al Qaeda gaining foothold in Syria

By Bradley Klapper and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

An Afghan soldier practices roadside bomb detection techniques at Camp Dwyer. NATO makes a high priority of sharing its bomb-related expertise with Afghan forces. (Associated Press)

‘Not enough’ trainers in NATO to help Afghans eradicate IEDs

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.N. says Afghan civilian deaths down but the trend is eroding

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

World Briefs: Afghanistan defense minister steps down

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Afghan defense chief resigns; 2 gunmen kill U.S. soldier

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

**FILE** A U.S. soldier patrols a police station after it was attacked June 19, 2012, by militants in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Confidential memo: Army intelligence software has ‘poor reliability’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE ** U.S. military vehicles in Kuwait being returned to the U.S. (Army photograph)

Army’s vehicles not tough enough for bombs

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Drug trade, violence tear at Tajik society

By Ruth Owen - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

House panel to probe Army’s IED software report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times