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A patient is connected to an oxygen tank in the Intensive Care Unit ward for COVID-19 patients at the Afghan-Japan Communicable Disease Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Nearly a third of Afghanistan population believed to have contracted COVID-19: Health minister

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Afghan security personnel gather near a prison after an attack in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. An Islamic State group attack on the prison in eastern Afghanistan holding hundreds of its members raged on Monday after killing people in fighting overnight, a local official said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Islamic State attack on Afghan prison, killing 21, rages on

By Rahmat Gul and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan troops kill senior Islamic State militant

Associated Press

A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide car bomb and multiple gunmen attack in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. A suicide car bomb and multiple gunmen attacked a prison in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan officials said, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. (AP Photo)

Islamic State gunmen, suicide bomber attack Afghan prison

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this Feb. 29, 2020, file, photo, Afghanistan's Taliban delegation arrives for the agreement signing between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. Taliban officials said Friday, July 17, 2020, that the son of the movement’s feared founder has been put in charge of its military wing and added powerful figures to its negotiating team ahead of expected talks aimed at ending Afghanistan’s decades of war, The moves mark one of the most significant shake-ups in years. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)

Afghanistan saw ‘deadliest’ week in 19 years last month: SIGAR report

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Afghan officials: Suicide bomber kills 9 people, wounds 40

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Police: 5 Pakistani commandos killed in early morning raid

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2020 file photo, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad attends the inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Khalilzad is heading back to the region in efforts to jump-start negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban. The trip comes as the Taliban offered a conciliatory message ahead of major Muslim holiday. The Taliban leader says they do not seek to monopolize power in a future political makeup of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Taliban to halt military operations over 3-day Eid holiday

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, filer photo, an Afghan security personnel stand guard after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. he U.N. mission in Afghanistan report released on Monday, July 27, 2020, has noted a drop in the number of civilians killed in violence in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Tamana Sarwary)

UN says Afghan civilian casualties down by 13% this year

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, attends Ashraf Ghani's inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) **FILE**

UN says thousands of anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Taliban say ready for talks with Kabul after Eid holiday

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Witnesses: Afghan government airstrike kills at least 14

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan families receive a body of their relative drowned after their boat sank in Turkey's Lake Van, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. The boat sank last month while ferrying dozens of migrants across a lake in eastern Turkey. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Bodies of young Afghans who died seeking asylum brought home

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Qamar Gul, 16, right, and her brother Habibullah, 12, pose for photograph in the governor's office in Feroz Koh, the provincial capital of Ghor province, in western Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The Afghan teenager and her younger brother are being hailed as heroes on social media after reportedly fighting off Taliban militants who killed their parents last week in central Afghanistan. Following the attack and the attention the incident triggered, the children are being brought to the capital, Kabul, to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, possibly later on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Social media heroes: Afghan teen, her brother fought Taliban

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan girl members of a Jiu-Jitsu club jump during a practice session on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, In war-torn Afghanistan gender discrimination has deep cultural and historical roots and many women suffer from domestic violence, jujitsu seems an ideal sport for women, it teaches a person self-defense when faced with a stronger and heavier opponent by using specific techniques, holds and principles of leverage. Under the Taliban, women were not allowed to go to school, work outside the home or leave their house without a male escort. (AP Photo/Tamana Sarwary)

AP Photos: Afghan women assert themselves with martial arts

By TAMANA SARWARY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 4, 2020, file photo a sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C., is shown. Ft. Bragg is among a number of military installations that could soon undergo a name change as the Pentagon works to rename facilities that honor Confederate military figures. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File) ** FILE **

Confederate military base name change prompts sharp Trump veto threat

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. must expose and confront Russia’s criminal behavior

By Joseph R. DeTrani

In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, attends Ashraf Ghani's inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) **FILE**

Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks with Kabul

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan official: Pakistani mortars kill 4 Afghan civilians

Associated Press

In this June 10, 2017, file photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Moscow and Washington are intertwined in a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan, with both suffering thousands of dead and wounded in conflicts lasting for years. Now both superpowers are linked again over Afghanistan, with intelligence reports indicating Russia secretly offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops there. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP, File)

U.S. meets deadline to cut number of troops in Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times