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A man wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, walks past a painted wall of Ministry of Public Health, which guides social distancing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

EDITORIAL: There is no vaccine against violence in Afghanistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A mother breastfeeds her two-day-old baby at the Ataturk Children's Hospital a day after they were rescued from a deadly attack on another maternity hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Militants stormed the Barchi National Maternity Hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing tens of people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Death toll from attack on Kabul maternity clinic rises to 24

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Smokes rises from a maternity hospital, after gunmen attacked in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Gunmen stormed the hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off a shootout with the police and killing several people. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan maternity ward attack undermines Taliban peace plan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan security security officers are seen through the shattered window of a maternity hospital after gunmen attacked, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Gunmen stormed the hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off a shootout with the police and killing several people. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Death toll from Kabul maternity hospital attack rises to 24

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

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

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan president, prepares for military ‘offensive’ after maternity hospital attack

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Smokes rises from a hospital after gunmen attacked in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Gunmen stormed the hospital in the western part of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, setting off a gun battle with the police, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan gunmen storm maternity clinic in Shiite area of Kabul

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Illinois, poses in Iraq in this undated photo obtained from Twitter that he would include with his resume when job hunting. Frerichs was abducted in Afghanistan in January 2020. Early efforts to locate him have been shrouded in mystery and his disappearance has been the subject of minimal public discussion by the U.S. government. The Associated Press has learned that in the days following Frerichs’ capture, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network while the U.S. intelligence community tried to track the cellphones of Frerich and his captors. (Twitter via AP)

Taliban say they don’t have missing US contractor

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 14, 2019, file photo, jailed Talibans are seen after an interview with The Associated Press inside the Pul-e-Charkhi jail in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) **FILE**

House Foreign Relations leaders call on Taliban to ‘immediately’ stop violence

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad attends the inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

U.S. Afghanistan envoy, Taliban leaders hold ‘lengthy’ meeting on Afghan peace

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

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. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) **FILE**

Afghanistan envoy calls for American contractor’s release

By JAMES LAPORTA - Associated Press

U.S. special operations service members conduct combat operations in support of Operation Resolute Support in Southeast Afghanistan, May 2019. RS is a NATO-led mission to train, advise, and assist the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and institutions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jaerett Engeseth)

U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan advances despite Taliban attacks, coronavirus

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, a damaged vehicle is removed from the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. mission in Afghanistan has for the first time refused to publicly release its data on insurgent attacks amid the implementation of a peace agreement between the U.S. and Taliban, a U.S. watchdog said Friday, May 1, 2020. Washington’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, which monitors billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Afghanistan, expressed its concern in its quarterly report, which also discusses the reduction in ground operations of Afghan forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacks

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Illinois, poses in Iraq in this undated photo obtained from Twitter that he would include with his resume when job hunting. Frerichs was abducted in Afghanistan in January 2020. Early efforts to locate him have been shrouded in mystery and his disappearance has been the subject of minimal public discussion by the U.S. government. The Associated Press has learned that in the days following Frerichs’ capture, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network while the U.S. intelligence community tried to track the cellphones of Frerich and his captors. (Twitter via AP)

SEALs tried to locate U.S. citizen taken by Afghan militants

By James Laporta and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a suicide bomber attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. A suicide bomber on Wednesday targeted a base belonging to Afghan special forces on the southern outskirts of the capital, Kabul, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials: Suicide bomber kills 3 civilians in Kabul

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

A man rides his motorbike near the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 27, 2020. Kabul police said a sticky bomb attached to a vehicle detonated in the capital but caused no casualties. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

UN report notes drop in number of Afghan civilians killed

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, opens his coat after a few rockets are fired during his speech after being sworn, at his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 9, 2020. To reassure his supporters, Ghani threw open his jacket saying he wasn't even wearing a bullet proof vest. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Afghan negotiators say peace deal is only option

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2017, photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

73% of vets support full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Poll

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

An Afghan woman receives free wheat donated by the Afghan government ahead of the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, during a quarantine for the coronavirus, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

3 policemen die in attacks on Afghan police chief, governor

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 photo, a group of young girls are developing two types of cheap ventilator devices using Toyota car spare parts to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan faces the pandemic nearly empty-handed. It has only 400 ventilators for a population of more than 30 million. So far, it has reported just over 700 coronavirus cases, including 23 deaths, but the actual number is suspected to be much higher since test kits are in short supply. (AP Photo/Hamed Safarazi)

Ventilator from old car parts? Afghan girls pursue prototype

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan National Army soldiers stands guard at a checkpoint near the Bagram base in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. An Afghan official said Wednesday that the country has released 100 Taliban prisoners from Bagram, claiming they are part of 5,000 detainees who are to be freed under a deal between insurgents and U.S. But the Taliban says they have yet to verify those released were on the list they had handed over to Washington during negotiations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban say US bombing insurgents at home contrary to deal

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press