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Fighters of the Haqqani network secure an area during a demonstration organised by the Afghan Society of Muslim Youth, demanding the release of frozen international money in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Afghanistan faces an economic meltdown after the chaos of the past month, which saw the Taliban oust the government in a lightning sweep as U.S. and NATO forces exited the 20-year war. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Witness: Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city’s main square

Associated Press

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., pauses during a news conference to announce her resolution to censure President Joe Biden, claiming he is not enforcing border security and immigration laws, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. A group of conservative Republicans also had criticism for Vice President Kamala Harris who is set to make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Lauren Boebert leads new impeachment drive against ‘derelict’ Biden, Harris

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

An Afghan girl working as a shoe cleaner sits in the street while men pray during Friday prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

To protect Afghan girls, UN panel urges conditions on aid

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration's foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Senior House Republican demands Biden declassify Afghanistan intel

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Afghan refugees line up for food outside a dining hall at Fort Bliss' Doña Ana Village where they are being housed in Chaparral, N.M., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The Biden administration provided the first public look inside the U.S. military base where Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan are screened, amid questions about how the government is caring for the refugees and vetting them. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Afghan evacuees at U.S. military base charged with domestic violence, sexual abuse of minors

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on Pakistan's radicalization by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Time for U.S. to unfriend Pakistan

By Clifford D. May

A Taliban fighter stands in the corner of a busy street at night in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Afghanistan’s Hazaras likely targets of Taliban wrath

By Luke Coffey and James Jay Carafano

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden pushes for global cooperation from skeptical leaders in U.N. speech

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Washington. Biden is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Four House Republicans introduce articles of impeachment against Biden

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this photo provided to The Associated Press, members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team are seen on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Lisbon, Portugal. Late Sunday night, almost three weeks after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the girls and their families landed in Lisbon after an international coalition came to their rescue. (AP Photo)

Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal

By Alex Sanz - Associated Press

Fire Antony Blinken illustration by The Washington Times

Fire Antony Blinken

By Ronna McDaniel

A girl from Afghanistan waits with other evacuees to fly to the United States or an other save location in a makeshift departure gate inside a hanger at the United States Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. One of largest American military community overseas gets to a transport hub and houses thousands Afghan evacuees. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Daines demands answers over reports child traffickers among Afghan evacuees

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, after returning from Rehoboth Beach, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden at U.N. to call for ‘intensive diplomacy’ on climate change, COVID-19

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration on lessons from Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Learning from America’s failures in Afghanistan

By Newt Gingrich

This undated photo released by Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2018 shows the first two operational MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance and patrol aircrafts that Northrop Grumman delivered to the U.S. Navy in Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif. Builder Northrop Grumman says the single-engine jet can stay aloft for more than 24 hours. (Bob Brown/Northrop Grumman Corporation via AP)

‘Fundamental shift’ in post-9/11 era funneled trillions to defense firms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 21, hold a virtual COVID-19 summit on Wednesday, and meet with Pacific allies at the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden tasked with repairing relationships with allies at U.N. this week

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters ride in the back of a pickup truck as patrol the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban

By Bernard Condon and Julie Watson - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, joined virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks about a national security initiative in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden beset by leadership woes at home, abroad after eight months in office

By Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

The Ahmadi family pray at the cemetery next to family graves of family members killed by a US drone strike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Pentagon admits Afghan civilians, not ISIS-K terrorists, killed in drone strike: ‘Tragic mistake’

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on child sex trafficking and the Taliban by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How sex trafficking funds the Taliban and terrorism

By Anne Basham and Clare Morell