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In this May 20, 2021, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Khalilzad is stepping down following the chaotic American withdrawal from the country. The State Department says former ambassador to the United Nations and Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad will leave the post this week after more than three years on the job. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

U.S. envoy to Afghanistan under Trump, Biden quits

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Pope Francis blesses faithful during the Angelus noon prayer he delivers from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope decries attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and England

Associated Press

An Afghan man inspects the inside of a mosque following a suicide bombers attack in the city of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers, killing several people and wounding others, according to a hospital official and a witness. (AP Photo/Sidiqullah Khan)

Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 32

By Samya Kullab and Tameem Akhgar - Associated Press

Afghans walk through a market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmad Halabisaz)

EU steps up Afghanistan aid in U.S. absence to avoid ‘socioeconomic collapse’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Italian Premier Mario Draghi meets the journalists during a press conference at the end of a virtual summit of the Group of 20 dedicated to Afghanistan in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. The European Union announced a 1 billion euro support package in support for the Afghan people on Tuesday but warned that humanitarian aid in itself will not suffice to keep hunger at bay as winter comes closer. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

G-20 pledges money, demands humanitarian access to Afghans

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Taliban fighters ride in the back of a vehicle during a night patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The Taliban are shifting from being warriors to an urban police force. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ** FILE **

Taliban say they won’t work with U.S. to contain Islamic State

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

People gather outside a government passport office recently re-opened after Taliban announced they would be issuing a backlog of applications approved by the previous administration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

U.S. delegation to hold first in-person meeting with Taliban in Qatar

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Blood stains the compound outside a mosque following a bombing in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. A powerful explosion in a mosque frequented by a Muslim religious minority in northern Afghanistan on Friday has left several casualties, witnesses and the Taliban's spokesman said. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)

Taliban official: At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghan blast

By Samya Kullab and Tameem Akhgar - Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, left, and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, right, walk towards a meeting room at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Sherman was meeting senior Pakistani officials Friday amid a worsening relationship between the two countries as each tries to navigate a way forward in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs vis AP)

US, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, USMC, is seen in this screen capture from his Aug. 27, 2021, Facebook video, wherein he criticized senior military leadership and its handling of the evacuation of Kabul in light of the deadly suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. [https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173/]

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller: A 21st century Billy Mitchell

By Jed Babbin

A member of the Taliban, left, talks to Afghans gathering outside a government passport office recently re-opened after Taliban announced they would be issuing a backlog of applications approved by the previous administration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

COFFEY: In Afghanistan, a resistance arises

By Luke Coffey

In this March 21, 2021 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a ceremony celebrating the Persian New Year, Nowruz at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

U.S. watchdog on Afghanistan probing allegations Ghani stole funds before fleeing

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, USMC, is seen in this screen capture from his Aug. 27, 2021, Facebook video, wherein he criticized senior military leadership and its handling of the evacuation of Kabul in light of the deadly suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. [https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173/]

Lt. Col. Scheller to face Marine court-martial over Afghan criticisms

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters ride in the back of a vehicle during a night patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The Taliban are shifting from being warriors to an urban police force. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ** FILE **

Minority religions see ‘rapid decline’ under Taliban control, U.S. rights official says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, USMC, is seen in this screen capture from his Aug. 27, 2021, Facebook video, wherein he criticized senior military leadership and its handling of the evacuation of Kabul in light of the deadly suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. [https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173/]

Lt. Col. Scheller freed from the brig ahead of hearing on potential court-martial

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 26, 2021, file photo, a U.S. soldier holds a sign indicating a gate is closed as hundreds of people gather near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon, File)

Senate Republicans call for select committee to probe Afghanistan withdrawal

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Then-National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

McMaster rips Trump’s 2020 Afghan withdrawal agreement with Taliban in remarks for House hearing

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he departs after a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former U.S. officials say Biden has bucked responsibility over Afghanistan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Afghanistan military by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Gens. McKenzie and Milley suggest Biden owes Afghanistan’s brave forces an apology

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

President Joe Biden walks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, after attending a meeting with the House Democratic caucus to try to resolve an impasse around the bipartisan infrastructure bill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Progressives defend Capitol Hill impasse: We’re pushing Biden’s agenda

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times