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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

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)

US Army identifies Green Beret killed in Afghanistan

Associated Press

ICC judges authorize appeal against Afghanistan rejection

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

UN adopts Afghan resolution without China’s ‘Belt and Road’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Election commission workers prepare ballot boxes and election materials for the presidential election scheduled for Sept 28, at the Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Afghan officials say around 100,000 members of the country's security forces are ready for polling day. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US service member killed in action in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 15, 2017 file photo, Travis Mills poses for a photo on his couch in Manchester, Maine. The U.S. Army staff sergeant, who lost four limbs in a blast in Afghanistan, is planning in 2019 to expand his summer retreat to help those who also suffered severe war injuries. The Travis Mills Foundation plans to build an indoor pool, expand therapy and boost the number of weekly sessions, making it closer to a year-round retreat. It also is partnering to provide a program to help those with post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Maine retreat for wounded vets is ready to expand

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2018, file photo, Kremlin guards perform in Red Square with the with St. Basil's Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia. A negotiating team from the Taliban arrived Friday, Setp. 13, 2019, in Russia, a representative said, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Taliban visits Moscow days after Trump says talks ‘dead’

By KATHY GANNON and JIM HEINTZ - 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**

Eliot Engel demands Trump Afghan envoy Khalilzad testify on Taliban talks

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 28, 2019 file photo, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, second left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow, Russia. 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 cancelled 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/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Taliban want US deal, but some in bigger hurry than others

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, photo, Afghans inspect their damaged house after a large explosion last week near a compound housing several foreign organizations and guesthouses, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban car bomb targeted the compound but instead shredded Afghan homes, with stunned and bloodied families picking up children and fleeing in darkness as their once-solid world collapsed. As America on Wednesday mourns thousands of civilians killed in the 9/11 attacks, weary Afghans watch their own toll from the aftermath continue to rise. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans fear Trump’s Taliban move means more civilians die

By CARA ANNA and AHMAD SEIR - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, national security adviser John Bolton unveils the Trump administration's Africa Strategy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Inside Bolton’s exit: Mongolia, a mustache, a tweet

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 29, 2007, file photo, Rosaleen Tallon, center, who lost her brother Sean Tallon of FDNY Ladder 10 during the 911 attacks speaks to reporters Brooklyn borough of New York. Sept. 11 victims’ relatives are greeting the news of President Donald Trump’s now-canceled plan for secret talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents with mixed feelings. Tallon says she wants U.S. troops home and wants the country to focus on getting answers from Saudi Arabia about 9/11. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree, File)

EDITORIAL: The Taliban deserves no trust

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A plume of smoke rises near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. A blast was heard shortly after midnight on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Rocket blast at US Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

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)

Trump’s US-Taliban move pushes Afghans toward fragile vote

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 9, 2019, photo, a poster of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah sits on the street in Kabul, Afghanistan. With an agreement to end America’s longest war on hold, Afghanistan suddenly faces a presidential vote within three weeks amid warnings that it’s not ready. The Taliban, who control or hold sway over roughly half the country, have told Afghans to boycott the vote and warned that rallies and polling stations would be targets. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

UN envoy: It’s ‘imperative’ to start Afghan-Taliban talks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A plume of smoke rises near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. A blast was heard shortly after midnight on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan hit with rocket attack on 9/11

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

A plume of smoke rises near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. A blast was heard shortly after midnight on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Kabul, Afghanistan explosion reported near U.S. Embassy on 9/11

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

People shop at a market in the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghans brace for fresh violence after US-Taliban talks halt

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Illustration on the Taliban negotiation situation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

President Trump’s good call on Afghan negotiations

By Gary Anderson

Smoke rises as angry Kabul residents set fire to part of the Green Village compound that has been attacked frequently, a day after a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. An interior ministry spokesman said some hundreds of foreigners were rescued after the attack targeted the compound, which houses several international organizations and guesthouses. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban warns: More Americans are about to die

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times