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** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai (The Washington Times)

Afghan private security handover looking messy

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Al Qaeda Factor’

By Joshua Sinai - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, Sadaf Rahimi, an Afghan woman boxer, practices at a boxing club in Kabul, Afghanistan. As one of the first women to ever box in the Olympics, besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

List of World Press Photo winners

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Arid Uka, 22, sits Feb, 10, 2012, in a Frankfurt court room. The Islamic extremist, who admitted killing two U.S. airmen bound for Afghanistan at Frankfurt airport last year, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. (Associated Press/DADP)

German court sentences U.S. airmen’s killer to life

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Groups demand new probe into Marine photo

Associated Press

Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, shakes hands with Army Cpl. Jesse Thorsen during his January caucus night rally, in Ankeny, Iowa. Mr. Paul has been getting extensive campaign-contribution support from enlisted people and civilians in the military, far exceeding his GOP rivals for the nomination. (Associated Press)

Paul, Obama collect most military donations to run

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Marine Sgt. Monica Perez (left) of San Diego helps Lance Cpl. Mary Shloss of Hammond, Ind., put on her head scarf before heading out on a patrol in the village of Khwaja Jamal in the Helmand province of Afghanistan in August 2009. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Sources: Pentagon rules shifting on women in combat

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Taliban graffiti shows Taliban fighters in a convoy decorating a wall in the Musa Qala district center and the current Battalion Command Headquarters for the U.S. Marine 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Monday, July 25, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The district center, once a large opium market under Taliban control also served as sleeping quarters for opium addicts. The graffiti, from that period, depicts Taliban fighters shooting down Russian, American or coalition planes, blowing up their tanks and taking their prisoners. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

General: ‘Use drones to kill’ the Taliban in Pakistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

World Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Smoke rises after a reported NATO airstrike in Pakistan's tribal area of Mohmand, along the Afghanistan border, on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Pakistan Inter Services Public Relations Department)

Pakistan holds border talks after deadly U.S. attack

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

HOLMES: Preventing the rise of safe havens for terrorists

By Kim R. Holmes

** FILE ** Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti (left) receives a flag from Gen. David H. Petraeus (second from left) as Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez (right) looks on during a change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

General: U.S. advisory teams heading to Afghanistan

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Navy Adm. Bill McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, addresses the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Special Ops commander pledges to fulfill commitments

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Navy Adm. Bill McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, addresses the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

U.S. special operations forces’ Afghan role could expand

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

** FILE ** Marine Sgt. Benjamin Johns walks to a courtroom at the Legal Services Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Kent Nishimura, File)

Marine sergeant accused of hazing goes to trial

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

An Afghan security man carries his heavy machine gun at the scene of a suicide car bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The explosion, just outside the police headquarters, killed at least seven people, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Car bomb kills 7 in southern Afghan city

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (left) speaks with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO ministers mull Afghan drawdown

By Robert Burns and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess (left), Defense Intelligence Agency director; CIA Director David H. Petraeus (center); and James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Officials: Long-term commitment for U.S. forces in Afghanistan

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta briefs reporters Wednesday aboard a plane en route to a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels. He called 2013 a critical year for the decade-old U.S. military mission in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Panetta: U.S. combat in Afghanistan to end next year

By Robert Burns ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times