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In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, a wounded woman is brought into a hospital in Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United States has sent military advisers to aid Afghan forces in Ghazni, where they were struggling on Sunday to regain full control three days after the Taliban launched a massive assault on the eastern city. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

120 Afghan forces, civilians killed in battle with Taliban

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

This image proved by the Army show Sgt. 1st Class Reymund Rarogal Transfiguracion, 36, from Waikoloa, Hawaii. The U.S. military says the Army special forces soldier died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, from wounds he received earlier this month in southern Afghanistan. He was wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near him while he was on patrol. (U.S. Army via AP)

US commando dies after explosion in southern Afghanistan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - 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)

Taliban surprise offensive in Afghanistan catches U.S. military off guard

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this file image from television transmitted by the Arab news channel Al-Jazeera on Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, Al Qaeda's then deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri gestures while addressing the camera. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera, File)

U.N. report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Family adjusts to multiple deployments

By THOR JOURGENSEN - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Taliban offensive exposes fragile US hopes for Afghan peace

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2016 file photo, Uzbekistan's Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz Kamilov addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. Taliban and Uzbek officials say the head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar led a delegation to Uzbekistan to meet senior Foreign Ministry officials in a rare diplomatic foray, and the strongest sign yet of the insurgency's increasing political presence in the region. Taliban political chief Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai represented the insurgents in the four-day talks that ended Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Taliban’s political stature rises with talks in Uzbekistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Doctors assist a wounded young man in a hospital after a deadly attack on a Shiite mosque in Gardez, the capital of Paktia, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Two suicide bombers attacked the Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing several people and wounding anothers, officials said. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14, officials say

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Security forces gather following a deadly attack including a suspected suicide car bombing and gunbattles, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Roadside bomb kills 8 civilians in Afghanistan

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FILE - In this March 13, 2018, file photo, U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Jospeh Votel testifies at the Senate Committee on Armed Services on Capitol Hill in Washington. A year after the Trump administration unveiled a broad new strategy for the 17-year war in Afghanistan, Votel, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said he doesn't expect any major change in the strategy to end the conflict, as a new general takes over the campaign. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

US commander: No need for major change in Afghan war plan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Czech military confirms 3 soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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A foreign Islamic State group fighter, second right, speaks to a journalist after he surrendered to government security forces in the Darzab district of Jawzjan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Afghan officials said more than 150 Islamic State fighters have surrendered to government forces on Wednesday in the face of an onslaught by the Taliban in the northern Jawzjan province. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Suicide bombing of Afghan Shiite mosque kills 25, official says

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A foreign Islamic State group fighter, second right, speaks to a journalist after he surrendered to government security forces in the Darzab district of Jawzjan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Afghan officials said more than 150 Islamic State fighters have surrendered to government forces on Wednesday in the face of an onslaught by the Taliban in the northern Jawzjan province. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Hundreds of ISIS fighters surrender to Afghan, Taliban forces

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from a building after a deadly attack including a suspected suicide car bombing and gunbattles, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. An Afghan provincial official said a coordinated attack was underway by the Taliban in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. (AP Photo)

Assault on compound, roadside bomb kill 26 in Afghanistan

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan a former cricket star, makes his first trip to the White House on Monday since his election 11 months ago. (Associated Press/File)

Questions hover over U.S. ties as Imran Khan prepares to take over

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This April 6, 2016, file photo shows Alice Wells, the U.S.'s top diplomat for South Asia, during her meeting with Syrian refugees at the International Airport of Amman, Jordan. The senior Taliban official says the insurgent group has held the first direct talks with the U.S. official in a preliminary discussion about future plans for peace negotiations. This week's meeting with Wells, was an attempt to jump-start talks on ending Washington's longest military engagement, a senior Taliban official told The Associated Press early Saturday, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Taliban official says group spoke with US official

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel stand guard next to wounded comrades at the site of an attack near the Kabul International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 22, 2018. An Afghan spokesman said there has been a large explosion near the Kabul airport shortly after the country's controversial first vice president landed on his return from abroad. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and members of his entourage were unharmed in the explosion on Sunday, which took place as his convoy had already left the airport (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suicide bombing in Kabul kills 14, Afghanistan’s VP unharmed

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel carry an injured man after an attack near the Kabul Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 22, 2018. An Afghan spokesman said there has been a large explosion near the Kabul airport shortly after the country's controversial first vice president landed on his return from abroad. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and members of his entourage were unharmed in the explosion on Sunday, which took place after his convoy had already left the airport. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Afghan vice president escapes suicide attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Why America must welcome the ‘Uzbek Spring’

By S. Rob Sobhani

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2016 file photo, U.S. Central Command Command Commander, U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon. Votel said on Thursday that he has received no new guidance from the Pentagon on cooperating with Russia in Syria and that he is taking a &quot;steady-as-she-goes&quot; approach. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US general reviewing Trump’s year-old Afghan war strategy

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press