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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO defense minister's meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

‘No final decision:’ NATO deadlocked on Afghanistan mission as May 1 deadline looms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in video format, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO ministers’ summit punts on Afghan troop decision

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the aftermath of a massive fire at Islam Qala border crossing in Afghanistan's Herat province on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The satellite photos analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press show the devastation after a series of explosions and fires consumed hundreds of fuel tankers on the Afghan-Iranian border on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Satellite images show fire devastation on Afghan-Iran border

By JON GAMBRELL and HAMED SARFARAZI - Associated Press

PFILE - Picture taken Sept.4 2009 shows Afghani policemen look at one of two burnt fuel tankers, near Kunduz, Afghanistan. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected an Afghan man's case against German authorities' refusal to prosecute an officer who ordered the deadly bombing in 2009 of two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan. (AP Photo,file)

European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, US soldiers sit beneath an American flag just raised to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. After 20 years of military engagement and billions of dollars spent, NATO and the United States still grapple with the same, seemingly intractable conundrum — how to withdraw troops from Afghanistan without abandoning the country to even more mayhem. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Analysis: NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Illustration on decision time in Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Time for U.S. to reconsider peace deal in Afghanistan

By Gary Anderson

Iranian firefighters work on a burning tanker carrying fuel at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. A fuel tanker exploded Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan's western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring multiple people and causing the massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel, according to Afghan officials and Iranian state media. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

After 3 days, Afghan-Iran border blaze brought under control

By HAMED SARFARAZI and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

A fire of a burning oil tanker is seen where firefighters try to extinguish after an explosion at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The fuel tanker exploded Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan's western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring multiple people and causing the massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel, according to Afghan officials and Iranian state media. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Firefighters battle Afghan-Iran border blaze for a 2nd day

By HAMED SARFARAZ and TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

In this Feb. 20, 2019 photo, fuel tankers and trucks are parked on the road at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, western of Kabul, Afghanistan. A fuel tanker exploded Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan's western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring at least seven people and causing a massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel, according to Afghan officials and Iranian state media. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Fuel tanker blast at Afghan-Iran border causes massive fire

By HAMED SARFARAZ and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Attack on Pakistani post kills 4 soldiers, 4 militants in NW

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Gunmen kill 5 Afghan police escorting UN convoy near Kabul

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Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle from the site of a deadly bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. A string of attacks on Tuesday in Afghanistan killed several government employees and several policemen. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Officials: Separate attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this May 12, 2020, file photo, an Afghan policeman comforts a man after an attack on a maternity hospital that killed 24 people, in the Afghan capital Kabul. Afghanistan is supposed to be moving toward peace. But Kabul's residents fear the frequent bombings in the past months, large-scale attacks, kidnappings for ransom, armed men in broad daylight robbing stores, people in parks and cars stuck in traffic, are a sign it is instead entering yet another phase in decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow

By Rahim Faiez and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, by Tasnim News Agency, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second right, meets with a Taliban political team, in Tehran, Iran. The Taliban have been on a diplomatic blitz since peace talks with the Afghan government stalled in Qatar in January and the Biden administration said it plans to review a U.S.-Taliban agreement signed last February. Taliban visits to Iran and Moscow, and a planned trip to Turkey — come as the Afghan government’s negotiating team warned that if the Taliban fail to resume the talks, the government could recall its team from Doha before a deal is reached. (Tasnim News Agency via AP, File)

Taliban on diplomatic blitz after Afghan peace talks stall

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday in the capital, Kabul, wounding several people. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials: Bombings in Kabul kill 2, including cleric

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2021 file photo, Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle after a deadly roadside bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. In a report released Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, known as SIGAR, that monitors the billions of dollars the U.S. spends in Afghanistan, said that Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul are on the rise, with increasing targeted killings of government officials, civil-society leaders and journalists. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

US watchdog: Taliban attacks increased in Afghan capital

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

A Taliban delegation arrive to attend the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/ Hussein Sayed, File)

Joe Biden eyes roll back of Trump Afghanistan peace deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2020, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan president, says peace talks with Taliban going nowhere

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Fugitive Pakistani militant killed by bomb in Afghanistan

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

Taliban visit Moscow, voice hope US will honor peace deal

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press