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Afghan security men and NATO soldiers examine the scene of a militant attack in Kabul on Wednesday. A suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in the Afghan capital. The Taliban said the attack was a response to President Obama's surprise visit hours earlier. (Associated Press)

Obama’s deal with Afghans angers war opponents

By Ashish Kumar Sen and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama addresses troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

HENRIKSEN: An echo of regrettable history

By Thomas Henriksen

An Afghan police special force member mans the scene of a Taliban attack on a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Taliban kill 7 in Afghan capital after Obama visit

By Amir Shah and Chris Blake - Associated Press

President Barack Obama is greeted by Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker as he steps off Air Force One at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama makes surprise trip to Afghanistan

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (right) holds a rocket launcher with his comrades in Sararogha in the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan, along the Afghanistan border, in October 2009. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud)

Report: Fewer enemy attacks, but war zone is still volatile

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** An Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Gulf of Alaska. Production will be stopped at 187 Raptors. (Associated Press/U.S. Navy)

Iran is top ‘contingency’ in whittled U.S. war plans

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

At the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai prepare to sign a 10-page strategic partnership agreement that will govern the U.S. support role in the Southwest Asian nation after 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama in Kabul: Afghan war near an end

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outline the main areas of proposed defense spending cuts during a Jan. 26, 2012, news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

Pentagon is planning ‘contingency’ for Iran and North Korea

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama addresses troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

News organizations break ranks on ‘secret’ Obama trip

By Susan Crabtree and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Supporters of Pakistan's Muslim League burn a representation of the U.S. flag on May 9, 2011, during an anti-American demonstration in Multan, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Pakistan sends mixed signals on U.S. drone attack

By Asif Shahzad and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Pakistan sends mixed signs on drones

By Sebastian Abbot and Asif Shahzad - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011, by the U.S. Department of Defense, a man whom the American government identified as Osama bin Laden watches television with an image of President Obama on the screen. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Defense)

Weaker al Qaeda still plots payback for bin Laden death

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Man in Afghan uniform kills U.S. service member

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Lt. Col. John D. Loftis on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Col Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 from wounds suffered during an attack at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul. (Associated Press)

U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,812

Associated Press

Illustration: Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obama’s no-fault divorce

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens during a news conference at the Pentagon outside Washington on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

U.S. commander gets no help from Pakistan in defeating insurgents

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican (The Washington Times)

Afghanistan bars travel of U.S. lawmaker

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** A member of U.S. special operations forces and an Afghan National Army soldier search Oct. 31, 2009, for roadside bombs during a joint patrol in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province. (Associated Press)

U.S. to defend Afghanistan for decade after drawdown

By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

World Briefs: Afghan, U.S. leaders reach partnership deal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Afghan farmers work in an opium poppy field in Nawa district of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2009. (Associated Press)

Doubts of victory surface in war on Afghan poppy crops

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times