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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

In this Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 photo, Afghan security forces stand guard in front of an election poster for presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan. Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Abdullah Abdullah, a candidate in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election speaks during an interview at his home, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Abdullah Abdullah, a leading contender in this weekend's presidential election, is alleging widespread abuses of power by his rival, incumbent President Ashraf Ghani. The painting behind Abdullah shows him with Ahmad Shah Masood, a hero to some in Afghanistan, who was killed in an al Qaida suicide bombing on Sept. 9, 2001, just two days before Al Qaida terrorists attacked the United States killing nearly 3,000 people. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AP Interview: Key Afghan presidential candidate claims fraud

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, photo, Afghan security forces stand guard in front of an election poster for presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan. Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end Americas longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban threatens Afghanistan elections after U.S. peace talks collapse

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, photo, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a candidate in Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential election poses for a photo, in Kabul, Afghanistan. From American ally to US-declared terrorist, and now presidential candidate in Saturday’s polls, Hekmatyar’s past is inextricably linked to Afghanistan’s volatile history. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AP Interview: From warlord to Afghan presidential candidate

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Former President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Karzai says Afghan election threatens peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghans transport the body of a woman who was killed during a raid conducted by Afghan special forces, in the southern Helmand province, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. An Afghan official said Monday that at least 40 civilians have been killed during an Afghan special forces raid and airstrikes conducted against of Taliban in southern Helmand province. (AP Photo/Abdul Hadi)

Afghan officials: 40 civilians killed in anti-Taliban raid

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

China says Taliban envoys discussed Afghanistan peace effort

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Afghan Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi gives an interview at the Ministry of the Interior in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. Andarabi said Sunday that police make up 70% of the casualties among security forces in relentless attacks by Taliban and Islamic State insurgents. He said a slow, steady overhaul is underway. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Minister tells AP Afghan police are hardest hit by attacks

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. Trump, the self-styled deal-maker president, is struggling to close big deals. He heads to the United Nations this coming week saddled with a heavy load of unresolved foreign policy challenges involving Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, the Mideast and more. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump heads to UN with long list of deals he’s yet to close

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Separate blasts kill 2 kids, pregnant woman in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Illustration on the future of U. S. involvement in Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The Vietnamization of Afghanistan

By Jed Babbin

Afghan security members and people work at the site of a suicide attack in Zabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. A powerful early morning suicide truck bomb devastated a hospital in southern Afghanistan on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ahmad Wali Sarhadi)

Suicide bomb in southern Afghanistan, kills at least 20

By Tameen Akhgar and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, as U.S. special representative on Iran Brian Hook, left, listens. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

US takes back $100 million from Afghan govt over corruption

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 8, 2019, photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad speaks on the prospects for peace at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders agreed they wanted a deal with the United States, but some among them were in more of a hurry than others. Even before U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a mysterious Camp David summit on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, the Taliban negotiators were at odds with the council of leaders, or shura, that rules the Islamic movement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Zalmay Khalilzad, Trump envoy, keeps door open to new Afghanistan peace talks

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Election commission workers stack ballot boxes in preparation for the presidential election scheduled for Sept. 28, at the Independent Election Commission compound, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Afghan officials say around 100,000 members of the country's security forces are ready for polling day. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suicide bomb targets government office in east Afghanistan

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad smiles at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Eliot Engel withdraws subpoena of Zalmay Khalilzad

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a ceremony to introduce the new chief of the intelligence service, in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Donald Trump's halt to U.S.-Taliban talks looks like a gift to the beleaguered Afghan president, who has insisted on holding a key election in less than three weeks’ time despite widespread expectations that a peace deal would push it aside. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Taliban kill 24 at Afghan president’s rally; Ashraf Ghani unhurt

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

FILE - This file image broadcast April 17, 2002, by the London based Middle East Broacasting Corp, shows Osama bin Laden, right, and top deputy Ayman Al-Zawahri in an unknown location. Although the Taliban had promised Washington during months of negotiations that the U.S. will never again be attacked from Afghan soil, there's no evidence of a break in relations between long-time allies the Taliban and al-Qaida. After the collapse of the Taliban deal in September 2019, it's not clear if the Taliban gave Washington any information on where al-Qaida leaders, including Osama bin Laden’s successor, al-Zawahri, are hiding. (MBC via AP, File)

Jihad, history link Taliban to al-Qaida in Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

This image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin, 40, from Greenbrier, Tenn. Griffin was killed in action Sept. 16, 2019, by small arms fire when his unit was engaged in combat operations in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army via AP)

Jeremy W. Griffin, Green Beret, killed in Afghanistan

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