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UN bemoans Afghan civilian killings, most by insurgents

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This photo released Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, by the Inter-Services Public Relation Department, shows newly appointed chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence service, Lt. Gen. Asim Munir. The military said Wednesday that Munir was chosen as the new leader for its powerful intelligence service, which plays a key role in coordinating its foreign policy, including with regard to the war in neighboring Afghanistan. (Inter-Services Public Relation Department, via AP)

Pakistan appoints new head of powerful intelligence agency

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Afghans inspect the site of a suicide attack in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. A suicide bomber on Tuesday struck the home of a candidate in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, that are to be held later this month, killing the candidate and seven other people, a provincial official said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

Official: Suicide bomber kills candidate in upcoming polls

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

FILE - This March 2009, file photo, shows Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington’s newly named point man, tasked with finding a peaceful end to Afghanistan’s 17- year war, is in Pakistan to seek the new government’s help pushing the Taliban to the table, according to a U.S. Embassy statement Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

US envoy on Afghan peace takes his mission to Pakistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

North Carolina governor marks loss of National Guard soldier

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7 arrested in anti-drone protest at USAF base outside Vegas

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pakistan urges restraint by new US envoy for Afghan peace

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban assault on Ghazni, a key city linking areas of Taliban influence barely 75 miles from Kabul, has killed about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers since Friday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said. A year after the Trump administration introduced its strategy for Afghanistan, the Taliban are asserting themselves on the battlefield even as U.S. officials talk up hopes for peace. That’s raising questions about the viability of the American game plan for ending a war that began when some of the current U.S. troops were in diapers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Future of U.S.-Pakistan relations rests upon progress in Afghanistan, says top diplomat

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Afghan Security personnel inspect the site of a suicide attack in the Kama district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The suicide bomber struck an election rally on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 30, a provincial official said. (AP Photo)

Suicide bomber kills 14 at election rally in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Campaign poster for Afghanistan's upcoming parliamentary elections is displayed during the first day of elections campaign in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. An Afghan official says that Afghan parliamentarian candidates have started their campaigning across the country for the upcoming election scheduled for Oct. 20. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Candidates begin campaign for Afghan parliament elections

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

UN says 21 Afghan civilians killed in separate airstrikes

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Islamic State in Khorasan’ by Antonio Giustozzi

By Joshua Sinai

In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, photo released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, visits the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Khan, a former cricketer, is on a tour of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as part of his first overseas trip since taking office. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Imran Khan gives U.S. at chance to reset Pakistan relations

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Afghan official: 9 local policemen die in ‘insider’ attack

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United Nations envoy for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto, left, addresses the United Nations Security Council, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. He is accompanied by Afghanistan's U.N. Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

UN envoy: Afghanistan is in best position for peace talks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

An Afghan man uses his thumb print to mark his application for the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections, at a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan parliamentary election threatened by security, fairness concerns

By Zakarya Hassani and Valerie Plesch — Special to The Washington Times

Correction: New Hampshire Primary-Afghan Refugee story

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Men carry a dead body with a civilian vehicle in Momandara district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest among a group of people protesting a local police commander in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 25 and wounding about 130, a provincial official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Afghan official: Death toll in suicide bombing rises to 68

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Mattis: Afghans boost troop vetting after insider attacks

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

National Security Adviser John Bolton calls on a reporter during a news conference after speaking at a Federalist Society luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rights groups warn against U.S. flouting international court

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press