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In this Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2019 photo, construction projects can be seen in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction monitors billions of dollars in U.S. aid to the country. It issued a new report on Thursday identifying main high-risk areas for Afghanistan. They said concerns include widespread insecurity, underdeveloped civil policing capability, endemic corruption, sluggish economy, the Taliban-run narcotics trade, threats to women's rights and the reintegration of as many as 60,000 heavily armed Taliban fighters. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US watchdog: Peace with Taliban won’t resolve Afghan crises

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

EU official backs key role for Kabul in talks with Taliban

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Joshua Boyle arrives at court in Ottawa on Monday, March 25, 2019. Boyle has gone on trial in Canada on charges that he repeatedly assaulted his wife. Boyle faces 19 charges, including sexual assault. A partial gag order was lifted at the trial started Monday, revealing that all but one of the 19 charges relate to his American wife, Caitlan Coleman of Stewartstown, Pa. Boyle and his wife were taken hostage in 2012 by a Taliban-linked group while on a backpacking trip in Afghanistan. The couple had three children during their five years in captivity. The family was rescued in 2017 by Pakistani forces. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Former Afghan hostage being tried on assault against wife

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Military IDs 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan

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An injured man is taken to a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 21, 2019. An Afghan official says three explosions have struck near a Shiite shrine and cemetery in western Kabul as people gathered there to mark the holiday of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S. forces say 2 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

UN says 122,600 Afghans in need of aid after severe floods

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Montana soldiers return home from Afghanistan deployment

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FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2018, photo, Afghan National Army soldiers carry out an exercise during a live firing at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials say around 100 soldiers fled their posts and tried to cross into neighboring Turkmenistan during a weeklong battle with the Taliban, in the latest setback for the country's battered security forces. Mohammad Naser Nazari, a provincial council member in the western Badghis province, said Sunday, March 17, 2019, that the soldiers were not allowed to cross the border and their fate remains unknown. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan soldiers flee Taliban battle, try to cross into Turkmenistan

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FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2018, photo, Afghan National Army soldiers carry out an exercise during a live firing at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials say around 100 soldiers fled their posts and tried to cross into neighboring Turkmenistan during a weeklong battle with the Taliban, in the latest setback for the country's battered security forces. Mohammad Naser Nazari, a provincial council member in the western Badghis province, said Sunday, March 17, 2019, that the soldiers were not allowed to cross the border and their fate remains unknown. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Taliban kill 22 Afghan forces in attack on checkpoints

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

US and China clash over ‘belt and road’ in Afghan resolution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Local TV journalist killed in eastern Afghanistan

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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump, top national security officials discuss Afghanistan

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, Afghanistan national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before proceeding to their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing. Hamdullah Mohib is blasting U.S. talks with the Taliban, saying the Trump administration has alienated the Afghan government, legitimized the militant network and is crafting a deal that will never lead to peace. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Afghan official blasts US talks with Taliban

By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

The Latest: Afghanistan says friendly fire kills 5 troops

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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. The longest direct talks ever held between the United States and the Taliban concluded this week with both sides citing progress toward ending the 17-year war, but many questions remain unanswered. Khalilzad said they reached two “draft agreements” covering the withdrawal of U.S. troops and guarantees that Afghanistan would not revert to a haven for terrorists. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Q&A: After marathon Afghan talks, is peace at hand?

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said the U.S. and the Taliban agreed to draft a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. (Associated Press)

Afghan leaders complain of exclusion from U.S., Taliban talks

By Ben Wolfgang and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 25, 2019, file photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Special Envoy of the Qatar Foreign Minister for Counterterrorism and Mediation in conflicts resolution, Dr. Mutlaq Bin Majid Al-Qahtanithe, mediates talks between the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Deputy Commander of the Taliban Movement for Political Affairs, Mulla Abdul Ghani Berader, in an undisclosed place in Doha, Qatar. Pakistan’s foreign minister said Tuesday March 12, 2019, in a news conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Islamabad, that “progress has been made” at ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and the U.S., which have stretched over two weeks in Qatar. (Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP, File)

Longest U.S.-Taliban peace talks see ‘progress’ in Qatar

By Fay Abulegasim and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

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

Ending the endless war in Afghanistan

By Daniel DePetris

An Afghan security personnel stand guard in the checkpoint of airport after a suicide attack in Jalalabad province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Militants in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast on Wednesday morning and stormed a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Blasts in Kabul hit near ceremony attended by top officials

By Amir Shah - Associated Press