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Taliban soldiers walk towards Afghans shouting slogans during an anti-Pakistan demonstration, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Taliban old guard, wanted terrorist leader take top spots in Afghanistan interim government

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 11, 2015, file photo an American flag is draped on the side of the Pentagon where the building was attacked Sept. 11, 2001, on the 14th anniversary of the attack. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Americans warier of U.S. government surveillance: AP-NORC poll

By Eric Tucker and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Illustration on the Afghanistan failure and President Biden's image by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Widening reality gap between Biden’s elites and the ‘working class’

By Robert Knight

In this July 28, 2021, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meeting in Tianjin, China. (Li Ran/Xinhua via AP, File) **FILE**

China’s expectations from a new Afghan government

By Jianli Yang

Illustration on Republican political strategy by Linas Garsys/The Washington times

2022 midterm blues: America is in need of a course correction

By Peter Morici

In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, voters cast their ballots on Election Day in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP)

Buyer’s remorse: More Biden voters regretting their choice

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Quadruple murder suspect Bryan Riley is led from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Lakeland, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, by Deputy Steve Neil, left, Captain Bart Davis and Detective Brett Bulman. (Kimberly C. Moore/The Ledger via AP)

Ex-Marine held without bond in shooting of Florida family

By Kelli Kennedy and Terry Spencer - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2021, file photo, armored vehicles are seen in Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban said on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, they have taken control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the Afghan capital. The province was the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not seized during their sweep last month. (AP Photo/Jalaluddin Sekandar)

Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Sept. 6, 2021.(AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq)

US helped family escape Afghanistan overland

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Hagerty, Tennessee Republican, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times/Pool via AP wire) **FILE**

‘Shaken to the core’: Terrorism fears increasing for U.S. allies, Hagerty says

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 25, 2021, photo, armored vehicles are seen in Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban said Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, they have taken control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the Afghan capital. The province was the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not seized during their sweep last month. (AP Photo/Jalaluddin Sekandar)

Taliban claim victory in last holdout Afghan province

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library, then-President Ronald Reagan meets with Afghan &quot;freedom fighters&quot; on Feb. 2, 1983, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, to discuss Soviet atrocities in Afghanistan. The Taliban did not emerge until 1994. A Twitter user posted the photo on Sept. 7, 2019, with a caption implying that Reagan met with the Taliban: “NeverTrumpers: A President meeting with the Taliban, this is horrific!” The miscaptioned photo circulated prominently on Twitter and Facebook after it was revealed that President Donald Trump planned to meet with Taliban leaders and Afghan officials at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland, just days before the 9/11 anniversary. (Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library via AP) ** FILE **

History As It Happens: Afghanistan and the law of unintended consequences

By Martin Di Caro

If this is success, what’s failure?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This image provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows the back of the residence where a Polk sheriff's lieutenant entered the house and exchanged fire with a shooting suspect in a neighborhood in Lakeland, Fla. Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her now-deceased baby in what Florida sheriff's deputies are calling a massive gunfight early Sunday with a suspect they said was “ready for battle.” (Polk County Sheriff's Office via AP)

‘Ready for battle’: Former Marine kills 4 including mom still holding baby

By Kelli Kennedy - 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 **

McCaul: Taliban holding six planes loaded with Americans, translators

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, photo, Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., speaks before President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) **FILE**

GOP lawmaker Waltz channels Charlie Wilson in pledge to aid anti-Taliban forces

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. As the world watches intently for clues on how the Taliban will govern, their treatment of the media will be a key indicator, along with their policies toward women. When they ruled Afghanistan between 1996-2001, they enforced a harsh interpretation of Islam, barring girls and women from schools and public life, and brutally suppressing dissent. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Afghan women demand rights as Taliban seek recognition

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, after visiting with injured troops. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden to spend holiday weekend in Delaware after tough week with Americans left in Afghanistan

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, Washington Democrat, is shown in this July 2020 file photo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) **FILE**

Pentagon needs more oversight, Hill lawmakers agree, but parties diverge on Biden scrutiny

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

U.S military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.(AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon) ** FILE **

House Freedom Caucus chair demands answers on Afghan vetting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times