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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China woos Taliban as U.S. military departs Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on the actual successes of the Afghanistan war by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America’s foolish nation-building in Afghanistan

By Richard W. Rahn

President Joe Biden speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden to call off U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year

By Jeff Mordock and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this March 19, 2021, file photo, Suhail Shaheen, Afghan Taliban spokesman and a member of the negotiation team, gestures while speaking during a joint news conference in Moscow, Russia. In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday, July 22, 2021, Shaheen said the insurgent movement does not want to monopolize power, but there won't be peace until there is a new, negotiated government in Kabul and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is removed. Shaheen said women will be allowed to work, go to school and participate in politics but will have to wear the hijab or headscarf. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Supporters of the Taliban carry the Taliban's signature white flags in the Afghan-Pakistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that they seized Spin Boldaka, a strategic border crossing with Pakistan — the latest in a series of key border post to come under their control in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Tariq Achkzai)

U.S. launches airstrikes against Taliban forces

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Newly Afghan Army Special forces attend their graduation ceremony after a three-month training program at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan losses, Haiti killing spark new questions about U.S. foreign military training

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2020 file photo, newly graduated Afghan National Army march during their graduation ceremony after a three month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Joe Biden's decision to end America's longest war has prompted a reckoning over the colossal cost of the two-decade-long conflict in Afghanistan. Despite the billions in weapons and training to Afghan security forces, the Taliban increased the amount territory they control. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghanistan’s disintegration exposes the myth of U.S. ‘training’

By Dean Karayanis

In this Friday, April 30, 2021, photo former Afghan interpreters hold placards during a protest against the U.S. government and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

‘I’m waiting for my number’: Time running out for Afghan allies caught in U.S. evacuation snare

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle where rockets were fired from in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president slams Taliban; rockets target Kabul palace

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this Dec. 23, 2009, file photo United States Marines from the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines "Warlords" and Afghan National Army soldiers walk in formation during an operation in the Garmsir district of the volatile Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)

History As It Happens: Vietnam redux

By Martin Di Caro

In this Jan. 15, 2018, photo, U.S. Marines watch during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) **FILE**

Biden’s troop drawdown could extend far beyond Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

U.S. forges new alliances to prep for post-Afghan War reality in Central Asia

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this July 30, 2020, photo, former President George W. Bush speaks during the funeral service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool) **FILE**

George W. Bush slams Afghanistan withdrawal: It’s ‘going to be unbelievably bad’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

U.S. Afghan pullout weighs heavy on vets

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Afghanistan Reality Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Withdrawing the world’s policemen: Facing the unavoidable reality in Afghanistan

By Abraham Wagner

U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, left, hands over his command to Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, right, at a ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 12, 2021. The United States is a step closer to ending a 20-year military presence that became known as its "forever war," as Taliban insurgents continue to gain territory across the country. (AP Photo/Ahmad Seir)

Top U.S. general in Afghanistan steps down as pullout nearly complete

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Biden's Afghanistan Fairy Tales for Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s Afghanistan fairy tales: Another Saigon may be on the horizon

By Jed Babbin

U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, center, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, left, and Abdullah Abdullah, head of Afghanistan's National Reconciliation Council, right, attend at a ceremony where Miller relinquished his command, at Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 12, 2021. The United States is a step closer to ending a 20-year military presence that became known as its &quot;forever war,&quot; as Taliban insurgents continue to gain territory across the country. (AP Photo/Ahmad Seir)

Was America’s Afghanistan investment worth it?

By Cal Thomas

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media after Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was ousted from her leadership role in the House Republican Conference, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Kinzinger: U.S. military may have to return to Afghanistan

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

From left, Mohammad Naim, Mawlawi Shahabuddin Dilawar and Suhil Shaheen, members of a political delegation from the Afghan Taliban's movement, attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Taliban say they now control 85% of Afghanistan’s territory

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press