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Guard infantry soldiers from Arizona to go to Afghanistan

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis puts his hand over his heart as the Star-Spangled Banner is played during a ceremony welcoming Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska at the Pentagon, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mattis signals ongoing commitment to Afghan war

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Colorado soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan

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Army soldier in Alaska brigade dies in Afghanistan

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Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan security forces shrinking, insurgency growing: Watchdog

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT - Victims lie on the ground after the explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Pompeo condemns terror bombings in Afghanistan

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Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Twin bombings in Afghanistan kill 25, including 9 reporters

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

Security forces stand amid smoke at the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

U.S. soldier killed, several American, NATO troops injured in series of attacks in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine discuss the world's first penis and scrotum transplant in this handout photo. (Image courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

First-ever total penis transplant performed on U.S. veteran wounded in Afghanistan

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Afghan men bury a victim of Sunday's suicide attack at a voter registration center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 23, 2018. Taliban attacks in western Afghanistan killed 14 soldiers and policemen on Monday as residents in the capital, Kabul, prepared for the funerals of those killed in the horrific bombing by the Islamic State group on a voter registration center that left at least 57 dead the previous day. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attacks in Kabul kill 14 troops, policemen, Afghan officials say

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

People gather outside a voter registration center, which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Sunday, April 22, 2018. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: UN chief condemns attack on Afghan vote center

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Pat Gjerde, a Monroe firefighter, stands on a rescue boat used for water rescue operations at the Monroe Fire Department, on March 29, 2018 in Monroe, Wa. (Ian Terry /The Herald via AP)

Monroe firefighter re-enlists with family, friends’ support

By STEPHANIE DAVEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 31, 2017 file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrives at the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. The foreign ministry says Abbasi will travel to the Afghan capital for a daylong visit on Friday, April 6, 2018 to discuss a range of issues, including how to facilitate talks between Kabul and the Taliban. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistani prime minister in Afghanistan to ease tensions

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Book jacket: “Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan," by Steve Coll

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Directorate S’ by Steve Coll

By Joshua Sinai

Zamir Kabulov, Russian envoy, rejects U.S. claim that Moscow is arming Taliban

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Members of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps attempt to manage the massive flow of people across Friendship Gate, the main border crossing in Chaman, Pakistan. An average of more than 20,000 Afghans and Pakistanis make the cross-border trip each day. (Carlo Muñoz/The Washington Times)

Donald Trump border wall calls echo in Pakistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

"We should negotiate with anyone who is reconcilable," including elements of the Haqqani Network, Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar, told the Times shortly after a breakfast round table with reporters at the Afghan embassy in Washington on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Haqqani Network peace talks backed by White House

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Police patrol the streets after a suicide attack in front of the Kabul university in Kabul, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Afghan officials are reporting a large explosion on the road to a Shiite shrine in the capital, where people had gathered to mark the Persian new year. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Pentagon says general in Kabul day before attack

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan, speaks to reporters Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Bagram air base north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Nicholson spoke about prospects for peace talks with the Taliban. (AP Photos/Robert Burns)

U.S. eyes ‘religious pressure’ to bring Taliban to peace talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times