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Taliban kill 11 in assault on Afghan intelligence compound

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Pakistan says 4 troops, 4 militants killed in shootout in NW

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Official: Roadside bomb kills 6 Afghan civilians in east

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Suicide attack, roadside bomb kill 6 police in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2018, file photo, then-Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth Franklin "Frank" McKenzie Jr. speaks during a media availability at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gen. Frank McKenzie says while Russia bounty intelligence ‘wasn’t proved,’ it was ‘very worrisome’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - 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. According to a statement released Thursday, July 2, 2020, by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Khalilzad told Pakistani officials that Afghanistan’s Taliban and Kabul’s political leaders were close to starting negotiations to decide the face of a post-war Afghanistan, a crucial next step in a U.S. deal signed with the Taliban in February. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

US envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2009, file, photo, A soldier from the U.S. Army's 118th Military Police Co., based at Fort Bragg, N.C., respond to shots fired at a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. 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. But analysts suggest that the two adversaries actually have more in common, especially when it comes to what they want to see in a postwar Afghanistan: a stable country that does not serve as a base for extremists to export terrorism. Both countries also are aligned in their opposition to militants from the Islamic State group.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

US, Russia share a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 file photo, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova gestures as she attends Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's annual roundup news conference summing up his ministry's work in 2019, in Moscow, Russia. On June 11, 2020, Ms. Zakharova said in response to the news that President Trump is withdrawing some troops from Germany that “we would welcome any steps by Washington to scale down its military presence in Europe.” (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) **FILE**

Russia denies supplying weapons to Afghanistan’s Taliban

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FILE - 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. According to a statement released Thursday, July 2, 2020, by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Khalilzad told Pakistani officials that Afghanistan’s Taliban and Kabul’s political leaders were close to starting negotiations to decide the face of a post-war Afghanistan, a crucial next step in a U.S. deal signed with the Taliban in February. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

US peace envoy looks to start of talks to end Afghan war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghans inspect the inside of a mosque following a bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban working with al Qaeda, other terrorists groups, Pentagon warns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former National security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. A federal judge has ruled, Saturday, June 20, 2020, that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book. The Trump administration had tried to block the release because of concerns that classified information could be exposed.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

John Bolton’s short-lived revenge against President Trump

By Sara A. Carter

The body of a man who was killed during a deadly attack is moved on a gurney, in the southern Helmand province, Monday, June 29, 2020. A car bombing and mortar shells fired at a busy market in Helmand province on Monday killed over 20 people, including children, a statement from a provincial governor's office said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

UN says Afghan army mistakenly fired mortars that killed 23

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2019, file photo, a man waves an Afghan national flag during Independence Day celebrations in Kabul, Afghanistan. Washington’s watchdog warns, Thursday, June 25, 2020, that “systemic” corruption within the Afghan government is weakening its bargaining position in future peace negotiations with the Taliban, even as the insurgent group's political spokesman says the group was ready with its agenda for talks. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Pompeo calls Taliban leader amid Russian bounty scandal

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, then-chairman of the Armed Services Committee, attends a news conference on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Thornberry: Trump should have been briefed on report of Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops if true

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A boy who was injured boy in a deadly attack on a market sits on the ground at a hospital in Helmand province, Monday, June 29, 2020. A car bombing and mortar shells fired at a busy market in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday killed over 20 people, including children, a statement from a provincial governor's office said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

Attack on crowded market in Afghanistan kills 23

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this June 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Donald Trump denies being told of Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking at an event at Fincantieri Marinette Marine Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Marinette, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Donald Trump says Intel found Russia bounty claims not credible

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during news conference unveiling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nancy Pelosi: Donald Trump denial of Russia bounty report ‘totally outrageous’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Bomb blast kills 2 Afghan human rights commission staffers

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 1, 2020 file photo, supporters of Pakistani religious group rally to celebrate the signing agreement between United States and Taliban, in Quetta, Pakistan. Washington's annual terrorism report says Pakistan is doing too little to counter terrorist groups particularly those taking aim at enemy India as well as the dreaded Haqqani network operating in Afghanistan. Islamabad bristled at the criticism saying it has been relentless in its assistance to Washington as it be negotiated for more than a year with the Taliban for a peace deal signed on Feb. 29. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt,file)

US report: Pakistan doing too little to counter terrorism

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press