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Afghanistan's Taliban delegation congratulate each other as they arrive for the agreement signing between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The United States is poised to sign a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

U.S. to free 5,000 Taliban fighters, lift sanctions on leaders in Afghan peace deal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March, 1, 2020. Ghani said Sunday he won't be releasing the 5,000 prisoners the Taliban say must be freed before intra-Afghan negotiations can begin. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan peace deal hits first snag over prisoner releases

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Funeral held for NH man killed in Afghanistan plane crash

Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the agreement signing between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The United States is poised to sign a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

U.S., Taliban sign deal that calls for troops to exit Afghanistan within 14 months

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The United States is poised to sign a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

AP Explains: US-Taliban deal won’t ensure peace for Afghans

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 17, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at The Union Event Center in Salt Lake City. Democratic presidential candidates like to boast about their ability to lure away disaffected Republican voters. If there's a place to test their skills, it's Utah. The deep red state is a bastion of conservative resistance to President Donald Trump. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP, File)

Buttigieg ‘extremely vulnerable’ to attack for relying on Navy service

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 25, 2011, file photo, a U.S. Marine fires a heavy machine gun to counter Taliban fire from a nearby tree line in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) **FILE**

`Let’s go home’: Afghan war vets torn on US-Taliban deal

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel gather at the site of bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Afghan officials says the bomb placed in a motorbike wounded nine people. The truce between the U.S. and Taliban started last Friday, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US and Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan

By MATTHEW LEE and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

A timeline of key events in Afghanistan’s 40 years of wars

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this June 16, 2018, file photo, Taliban fighters gather with residents to celebrate a three-day cease fire marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Many Afghans view Saturday's expected signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal with a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism. They've spent decades living in a country at war — some their whole lives — and wonder if they can ever reach a state of peace. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghans view U.S.-Taliban deal with well-earned skepticism

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

In this Feb. 24, 2020, 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. Many Afghans view Saturday's expected signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal with a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism. They've spent decades living in a country at war -- some their whole lives — and wonder if they can ever reach a state of peace. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Pompeo to witness U.S.-Taliban peace deal signing

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 26, 2020 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Brady press briefing room of the White House in Washington. America's longest war may finally be nearing an end, after nearly two decades that outlasted two commanders in chief and is now helmed by a third. More than 18 years since the conflict began in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States and the Islamists it toppled from power in Afghanistan are poised to sign a peace deal on Saturday.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US, Taliban set peace signing for America’s longest war

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this June 16, 2018, file photo, Taliban fighters ride in their vehicle in Surkhroad district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

Mike Pompeo says cease-fire holding in Afghanistan on eve of peace deal signing with Taliban

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, poses for a photo after a Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C., co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Pete Buttigieg military service pitch invites ‘Swift Boat’ sequel

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Peace in Afghanistan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Peace in Afghanistan will be the toughest mission for U.S. in living memory

By Robert B. Charles

Illustration on ending the war in Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The Trump plan for Afghanistan is an investment in America’s national security

By Clifford D. May

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pompeo: Taliban reduction in violence pact ‘working perfectly’ so far

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 20, 2020, file photo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien addresses media during a news conference in Berlin. O'Brien said he's seen no intelligence indicating that Russia is doing anything to try to help get the president re-elected. O'Brien's comments were released Saturday, Feb. 22, in a transcript of an interview with ABC's “This Week with George Stephanopoulos" set to air on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Robert O’Brien: Taliban attack this week would ‘likely’ kill peace deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves the White House, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Washington, en route to India. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump praises Afghanistan peace deal with Taliban

By Lauren Toms, Guy Taylor and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

FILE- in this Feb. 11, 2020, photo, national army soldiers stand guard at the site of suicide attack near the military academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, A United Nations report says Afghanistan passed a grim milestone with more than 100,000 civilians killed or hurt in the last 10 years since the international body began documenting casualties in a war that has raged for 18 years. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

UN: 100,000 civilians casualties in Afghanistan in 10 years

By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press