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Veterans get 2nd chance in special Utah court

By ANNIE KNOX - Associated Press

Judge allows class-action lawsuit by mentally ill veterans

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

Nangarhar officials hand over the body of Tahir Khan Dawar, a Pakistani police officer, to Pakistani tribal elders in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Pakistan's foreign ministry and the Afghan ambassador have confirmed that the body of a Pakistani police officer who went missing in Islamabad last month has been found in neighboring Afghanistan. Dawar disappeared on Oct. 27 and was presumed abducted by militants. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Missing Pakistani police officer’s body found in Afghanistan

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

In this Oct. 26, 2018 photo, Afghan National Security Forces search passengers and their vehicles at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans, who once welcomed Americans as liberators, now increasingly see them as the architects of their country’s demise. The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war and spent more than $900 billion on trying to stabilize the country. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan officials: Taliban kill 30 policemen in west province

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo, a group of Afghan National Army soldiers watch others participate in a live fire exercise at the Afghan Military Academy, in Kabul, Afghanistan. When U.S. forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than it’s ever been, and many Afghans place the blame squarely on the Americans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad, speaks to reporters at the United Nations headquarters. Taliban officials said Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 that Pakistan has released Abdul Samad Sani, a U.S.-designated terrorist who served as the Afghan Central Bank governor during the militants' rule, along with a lower-ranking commander named Salahuddin. It came as U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad launched a second tour of the region, with stops in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates as well as Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Pakistan frees 2 Taliban members as US envoy visits region

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2018, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S., Afghanistan in ‘total agreement’ on pursuing Taliban peace talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second left, speaks as he attends a conference on Afghanistan bringing together representatives of the Afghan authorities and the Taliban in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. The conference marks Moscow's attempt to get the Afghan authorities and the Taliban together at a table. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow has sent a diplomat to observe the discussions. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia hosts meeting on Afghanistan

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this image made from aerial video, police vehicles line a road in the vicinity of a shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, early Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Authorities say there were multiple injuries _ including one officer _ after a man opened fire in Southern California bar late Wednesday. (KABC via AP)

Marine combat veteran kills 12 in rampage at California bar

By KRYSTA FAURIA and JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

In this image taken from video police officers and FBI agents run at the scene of a shooting, early Thursday morning, Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. A hooded gunman dressed entirely in black opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly &quot;college night&quot; in Southern California, killing multiple people and sending hundreds fleeing including some who used barstools to break windows and escape, authorities said Thursday. The gunman was later found dead at the scene. (RMG News via AP)

Ian David Long, California bar shooter, guns should have been confiscated, neighbor says

By Ben Wolfgang and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, speaks during a press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

NATO chief appeals for peace; Taliban kill 20 Afghan guards

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, left, salutes as an Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Maj. Brent R. Taylor at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. According to the Department of Defense, Taylor, 39, of Ogden, Utah, died Nov. 3, 2018, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from small arms fire. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Brent Taylor, Utah mayor slain in Afghanistan, urged Americans to vote

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In this Oct. 3, 2018 file photo, then-Democratic congressional candidate Max Rose campaigns in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Rose is running against incumbent Dan Donovan in New York's 11th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) ** FILE **

Democrat Rose beats Donovan, NYC’s only GOP congressman

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Utah National Guard shows Maj. Brent Taylor of the Utah National Guard. Taylor, former mayor of North Ogden, died in Afghanistan on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, City Councilman Phillip Swanson said. Taylor was deployed to Afghanistan in January with the Utah National Guard for what was expected to be a 12-month tour of duty. Taylor previously served two tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan. (Courtesy of Utah National Guard via AP)

Wife of Utah man killed in Afghanistan: Heartache, no regret

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Soldiers attend a news conference where Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton address the media Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Draper, Utah. Military officials say a major in Utah's Army National Guard who was also the mayor of a city north of Salt Lake City was killed in Afghanistan after being shot by a member of the Afghan security forces. They say North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor was in the country to train Afghan commandos and was shot Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, by one of the trainees at the Kabul military training center. The attacker was then killed by Afghan forces. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP)

The Latest: Funeral plans are pending for Utah Guard major

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An Afghan National Army helicopter flies over soldiers during a military training exercise at Kabul Military Training Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Taliban insurgents have stepped up their attacks against both Afghan and NATO security forces as most international security forces prepare to withdraw by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Brent Taylor, mayor of North Ogden, Utah, killed in Afghanistan insider attack

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Gov. Gary Herbert, left, and Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton address the media on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Draper, Utah. Military officials say a major in Utah's Army National Guard who was also the mayor of a city north of Salt Lake City was killed in Afghanistan after being shot by a member of the Afghan security forces. They say Brent Taylor was in the country to train Afghan commandos and was shot Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, by one of the trainees at the Kabul military training center. The attacker was then killed by Afghan forces. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP)

Utah mayor, guard member killed by trainee in Afghanistan

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Thousands attend funeral of Pakistan’s pro-Taliban cleric

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Almass, an 18-year-old Afghan who lost his younger brother at the Iran-Turkey border four years ago, traces the path of his migration to Europe, at his new home in Gentioux-Pigerolles, France on Oct. 6, 2018. Asia has the world's largest overall population movements, but also has the least information on the fate of those who disappear after leaving their homelands. (AP Photo/Lori Hinnant)

Leaving Asia for the unknown, thousands disappear in transit

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Karzai said Thursday that he sees a role for the Taliban in his country after the war -- in a future, peaceful Afghanistan. Karzai also said that five Taliban leaders who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for American army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are “good individuals, good Afghans” who should have a role in peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Karzai welcomes Gitmo 5 into peace discussion

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press