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Shannon Allen, right, wife of Sgt. First Class Mark Allen, leaves the Fort Bragg Courtroom Facility after testifying at the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sentencing hearing on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Sgt. First Class Mark Allen was critically injured during the search mission for Bergdahl. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft) ** FILE **

Mark Allen, soldier shot during search for Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl, dies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, 38, graduated from West Point in 2002 on the front end of America’s longest war. After infantry and then Special Forces qualifications, he found himself, as a team captain, engaged in intense daily patrols and killings around Marjah, west of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban. (Photo courtesy of Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn)

Accused Green Beret’s lawyer says government is violating his rights

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Officials: Explosions wound 5 in east Afghanistan

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Departing Afghanistan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Now is not the time to withdraw from Afghanistan

By Ariel Cohen

In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Aziz Rahman, second, right, a village elder, who had contracted the farmers to harvest the pine nuts, speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Anger is mounting over the increasing numbers of civilians dying in misdirected US aerial strikes and heavy- handed tactics of CIA-trained Afghan force. Some Afghans calling for Americans to be tried in Afghan courts (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

UN says US strikes cause civilian casualties in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2016 file photo, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York's Chelsea neighborhood, sits in court in Elizabeth, N.J. Jurors in New Jersey have resumed deliberations on Tuesday, oct. 8,2 019, in the attempted murder trial of Rahimi, who was already convicted of planting bombs in New York City. He's accused of engaging police in a gun battle after they found him sleeping in a doorway. An officer was shot, and Rahimi was riddled with police bullets. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

New York bomber convicted in shootout with New Jersey police

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Krista Johnston stands next to a photo of her husband, Sgt. James Johnston, who was killed in Afghanistan in June, while pregnant with their first child, in Trumansburg, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. As the nation's longest war marks the end of its 18th year, Krista returned to her tiny hometown for two milestones: In one weekend in the local American Legion hall, she joined hundreds to pay tribute to her husband with a 21-gun salute, TAPS and remembrances. A day later, she returned for a baby shower, celebrating the impending birth of their daughter he didn't live to see. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Mourning love of her life, war widow prepares for their baby

By SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

Krista Johnston stands next to a photo of her husband, Sgt. James Johnston, who was killed in Afghanistan in June, while pregnant with their first child, in Trumansburg, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. As the nation's longest war marks the end of its 18th year, Krista returned to her tiny hometown for two milestones: In one weekend in the local American Legion hall, she joined hundreds to pay tribute to her husband with a 21-gun salute, TAPS and remembrances. A day later, she returned for a baby shower, celebrating the impending birth of their daughter he didn't live to see. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A tribute to war widow’s fallen husband, and a baby shower

By SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

Afghan official says bomb kills at least 10 in eastern city

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2019, file photo, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, left, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's chief negotiator, talk to each other during a meeting in Moscow, Russia. Taliban officials say several of the group’s members have been freed from Afghan jails, including former shadow governors, the first move of its kind since a peace deal that seemed imminent was declared “dead” and just days after a U.S. envoy met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and other top Taliban leaders in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Taliban say Afghanistan has freed several of their prisoners

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Aziz Rahman a village elder, who had contracted the farmers to harvest the pine nuts, speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Anger is mounting over the increasing numbers of civilians dying in misdirected US aerial strikes and heavy- handed tactics of CIA-trained Afghan force. Some Afghans calling for Americans to be tried in Afghan courts. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Foreign Office, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, center, receives members of Taliban delegation at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Senior Taliban leaders are meeting with Qureshi in Islamabad as part of a push to revive an Afghanistan peace deal that has included stops in Russia, China and Iran. (Pakistan Foreign Office via AP)

Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time since ‘dead’ deal

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers stand guard near a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi)

UN: 14,000 `grave violations’ against Afghan kids in 4 years

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (fourth from right) heads talks with Taliban delegation at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. Taliban leaders are meeting with Mr. Qureshi as part of a push to revive a peace deal. (Associated Press Photographs)

Pakistan, Taliban push for restart of U.S. peace talks

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Foreign Office, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, center, receives members of Taliban delegation at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Senior Taliban leaders are meeting with Qureshi in Islamabad as part of a push to revive an Afghanistan peace deal that has included stops in Russia, China and Iran. (Pakistan Foreign Office via AP)

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban call for resumption of peace talks

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Wounded Afghans lie on a bed at a hospital after a bomb attacks in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Afghans headed to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president amid high security and Taliban threats to disrupt the elections, with the rebels warning citizens to stay home or risk being hurt. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Taliban send high-level delegation to Islamabad

By Munir Ahmed and Kathy Ganon - Associated Press

Afghan election workers stack ballot boxes at the warehouse of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Presidential elections are over, and Afghanistan faces possible political chaos amid allegations of power abuse and a disorganized, sloppy voting process. A final tally is only expected Nov. 7, deepening uncertainty. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

With vote over, Afghanistan faces possible political chaos

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. While there will be 18 names on the presidential ballot when Afghans go to the polls on Sept. 28 only five, including Ghani, have been campaigning after several suspended their campaigns believing a peace deal with the Taliban was imminent. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

The Latest: Afghan polls close amid complaints, violence

Associated Press

In this Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 photo, an Afghan soldier stands guard in front of an election poster for presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban have warned Afghanistan’s 9.6 million eligible voters to stay away from polling stations during Saturday’s presidential election. Ghani and and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah -- who shared power for five years in a so-called unity government -- are the leading contenders in the election. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

At a glance: Key factors in Afghanistan’s tense election

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. While there will be 18 names on the presidential ballot when Afghans go to the polls on Sept. 28 only five, including Ghani, have been campaigning after several suspended their campaigns believing a peace deal with the Taliban was imminent. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Fraud, misconduct threaten Afghan presidential election

By RAHIM FAIEZ and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press