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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump says Mattis will be retiring at the end of February 2019 and that a new secretary will be named shortly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

James Mattis resigning as Trump’s defense secretary, citing differences

By Ben Wolfgang and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Officials: Pentagon planning troop pullout from Afghanistan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Taliban say talks focused on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

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)

Mathew Golsteyn faces murder in bomb-maker Rasoul death

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Community gathers to mourn solider killed in Afghanistan

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This March 13, 2009, file photo shows Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) ** FILE **

Pakistan, Saudis, UAE join US-Taliban talks

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, standing, watches as Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani, center, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, right, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, sign the agreement during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China are meeting in the Afghan capital to discuss trade, development and ending the region's relentless conflicts. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan hosts Pakistan, China for wide-ranging talks

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

US soldier dies in non-combat incident in Afghanistan

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This undated photo provided by the Fort Carson Public Affairs Office shows Sgt. Jason McClary, of Export, Pa. McClary died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, at the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. The Pentagon says that McClary is the fourth soldier to die from wounds suffered last week in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (Fort Carson Public Affairs Office via AP)

Body of Pennsylvania soldier killed in Afghanistan back home

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FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Army's fiscal 2018 budget. President Donald Trump will tap Gen. Mark Milley as his next top military adviser, choosing a battle-hardened commander who has served as chief of the Army for the last three years, U.S. officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump picks Army chief of staff as next top military adviser

By DEB REICHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference in New York. President Rouhani is warning Western countries that they will face a massive influx of drugs if Iran becomes weakened by U.S. sanctions. Rouhani spoke in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at a six-nation conference on fighting terrorism attended by parliament speakers of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, China and Russia. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Rouhani warns weakened Iran less able to fight trafficking

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Senior leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, center, delivers a speech to his fighters, in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan, in this Friday, May 27, 2016 file photo. Niazi said Sunday, May 29, 2016 it was willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan government but would demand the imposition of Islamic law and the departure of all foreign forces. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan) ** FILE **

Apple cuts historical war game Afghanistan ‘11, which features Taliban enemies, from iOS App Store

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

US envoy for Afghanistan holds talks in Moscow with Russians

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First Afghan woman appointed to high Interior Ministry post

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Resolute Support Mission Commander United States Army General Austin Scott Miller, right, speaks with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council and Resolute Support at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Despite Afghan deaths, slow peace efforts, NATO vows to stay

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Illustration on the potential for developing the mineral wealth of Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Afghan mom sells daughter, global warming blamed

By Tim Constantine

FILE - In this March 13, 2009, file photo, Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. special envoy tasked with finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year old war has arrived in Islamabad, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 for talks with the country's political and military leadership. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Pakistani PM says Afghan peace is in his country’s interest

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FILE - In this April 17, 2017, file photo, Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor addresses a news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Ghafoor told a briefing of foreign journalists Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, that Pakistan's influence over the Taliban is overstated, yet he said Pakistan has repeatedly told the insurgent group to join the peace process. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan for talks on Taliban

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

A wounded man sits on the ground after explosions in central Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 30, 2018, following a coordinated double suicide bombing. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

US general to Congress: War in Afghanistan is at stalemate

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

James Mattis: Pakistan must ‘get on board’ with Afghan peace talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times