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FILE - In this June 25, 2019 photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, walks from a helicopter with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass. Bass is leaving Afghanistan, ending his two-year tenure as America's ambassador to the war-weary country that began in December 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

US ambassador leaves Kabul, ends 2-year Afghan tenure

By RAHIM FAIEZ and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Military Police NY National Guard unit heads to Afghanistan

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The Afghan government's cease-fire with the Taliban is expected to last a week and up to 10 days, according to a news report. (Associated Press)

Taliban agree to cease-fire in Afghanistan

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Taliban attack Afghan forces in country’s north, killing 14

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, photo, Maulvi Niaz Mohammad, 45, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press inside the Pul-e-Charkhi jail in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of Taliban prisoners jailed as insurgents see a peace deal being hammered out in Qatar as their ticket to freedom. Prisoner release is a key pillar of any agreement the U.S. strikes with the Taliban to end Afghanistan’s 18-year war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

In Afghanistan, jailed Taliban await peace, their freedom

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2010 file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Martin, of Tuscon, Ariz., left, and Pfc. Richard Flynn, of Starke, Fla., of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, take up a fighting position behind a barrier, during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. Iowa's second-largest city has managed to keep flooding at bay largely because of the barriers that were widely used to protect soldiers in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Crews in Cedar Rapids hastily erected Hesco barriers along miles of the Cedar River through neighborhoods and downtown. As of Tuesday morning, Sept. 27, 2016, the sand-filled containers had protected thousands of properties. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan

By Rahim Faiez and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Illustration on the Afghanistan puzzle by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The “Afghanistan Papers” and the delusions of nation-building

By Jed Babbin

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2019 filephoto, members of the peace movement chat after an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, the Taliban ambushed a peace convoy in Farah province in western Afghanistan and abducted 26 activists, members of a peace movement. A police spokesman said the insurgents forced the six-vehicle convoy to a halt, then got into the cars and drove to an unknown location. The spokesman said Wednesday that a police operation is underway to locate and free the activists, whose convoy was going village-to-village to rally for peace. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan activist says Taliban freed 27 members of his group

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, members of the peace movement chat after an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, the Taliban ambushed a peace convoy in Farah province in western Afghanistan and abducted 26 activists, members of a peace movement. A police spokesman said the insurgents forced the six-vehicle convoy to a halt, then got into the cars and drove to an unknown location. The spokesman said Wednesday that a police operation is underway to locate and free the activists, whose convoy was going village-to-village to rally for peace. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan official says Taliban abducted 26 peace activists

By Tameem Akhgar - Associated Press

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Goble, of Washington Township, N.J., assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, died while supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Remains of Michael Goble, American soldier killed in Afghanistan, returned to U.S.

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File- in this Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Photo, Resolute Support (RS) forces remove a destroyed vehicle after a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. An American service member was killed in action on Monday in Afghanistan the U.S. military said in a statement without providing more details. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

Pentagon says New Jersey soldier killed in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Hawa Alam Nuristani, center, chief of Election Commission of Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The election commission is to announce the results of the Sept. 28 election Sunday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president appears to win new term in initial results

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Family members of Islamic State militants either arrested or surrounded up to the Afghan government are presented to media in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The country's intelligence service says Saturday that there are more than 75 women and 159 children most of them form foreign countries in the custody of the agency known as the National Deteriorate for Security. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan official: Hundreds of IS members, family detained

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon leaders reject negative view of war in ‘Afghan Papers’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Joe Biden says he opposed Obama troop surge in Afghanistan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on ending the war in Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Afghanistan Papers give Trump what he needs to bring the troops home

By Zachary Yost

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Graham: Region, not U.S., should aid Afghanistan after drawdown

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, photo, young Afghan victims of war bask in sun outside their ward at Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan. The total number of children killed or maimed in more than four decades long Afghan war is not known. But, with a population where close to 50% are under the age of 20, the losses among the young is tremendous. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

AP Photos: Unexploded land mines awful legacy of Afghan wars

By ALTAF QADRI - Associated Press

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference at the Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. In a surprise visit to Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Monday that President Donald Trump will announce an American troop drawdown this week, which could begin before the end of the year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

In Afghanistan, Sen. Graham says US troop drawdown possible

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

In this Saturday, 9, 2019, photo, Suraya Shaheedi, 26, Tattoo artist, left, pierced tattoo to a male customer in Kabul, Afghanistan. It’s been 18 months since Shaheedi started her mobile tattoo shop in the capital, Kabul. She’s received death threats for taking on the taboo of the ink-on-skin drawings she does — as well as being a single woman willing to work with men.. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A tattoo at a time, Afghan woman takes on society’s taboos

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press