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Dunford visits Afghanistan to review US military campaign

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A vacant lot, leveled during the two-year Pakistani offensive against the Haqqani network lies dormant in the North Waziristan city of Miran Shah. Small placards indicate the property's ownership claims, should they return to the provincial capital. (Carlo Muñoz/The Washington Times)

Pakistan ousts terrorists, rebuilds border region

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during a meeting with Estonian Defense Minister Juri Luik at the Pentagon in Washington. Mattis on Sunday, March 11, 2018, warned the Syrian government not to use chemical weapons in its civil war and said the Trump administration has made it clear that it would be &quot;very unwise&quot; to use gas in attacks. Mattis said Russia, which intervened militarily in Syria to support the Assad government, could be complicit in the civilian casualties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives in Afghan capital

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh makes a brief appearance at federal court in New York, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Authorities say that the U.S. citizen traveled from Canada to Pakistan to train with al-Qaida in order to carry out jihad and conspired to kill American soldiers. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg)

U.S. citizen sentenced to 45 years in prison for role in Afghanistan terror attack

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

US citizen who joined al-Qaida gets 45 years in prison

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

James Mattis, U.S. defense secretary, arrives in Kabul, will meet with Afghan president

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the Jan. 27 deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadly explosion caused by a suicide bomber driving an ambulance in the capital. Is Afghanistan really America’s forgotten war? Consider this: At a Senate hearing this week on top U.S. security threats, the word “Afghanistan” was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks. In the ensuing two hours of questions for intelligence agency witnesses, no senator asked about Afghanistan, suggesting little interest in a 17-year war with nearly 15,000 U.S. troops supporting combat against the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

16 years on, US military presence in Afghanistan growing

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

A man pushes a woman in a wheelchair past the Veterans Home of California, the morning after a hostage situation in Yountville, Calif., on Saturday, March 10, 2018. A daylong siege at The Pathway Home ended Friday evening with the discovery of four bodies, including the gunman, identified as Albert Wong, a former Army rifleman who served a year in Afghanistan in 2011-2012. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

Afghanistan war impacted Army vet behind California attack

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Fernando Juarez, 36, of Napa, center, embraces his 22-year-old sister Vanessa Flores, right, at the Veterans Home of California on Friday March 9, 2018. in Yountville, Calif. Flores, who is a caregiver at the facility, exchanged texts with family while sheltering in place. A gunman took at least three people hostage at the largest veterans home in the United States on Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

The Latest: Guardian: Shooter had been person of integrity

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the Jan. 27 deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadly explosion caused by a suicide bomber driving an ambulance in the capital. Is Afghanistan really America’s forgotten war? Consider this: At a Senate hearing this week on top U.S. security threats, the word “Afghanistan” was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks. In the ensuing two hours of questions for intelligence agency witnesses, no senator asked about Afghanistan, suggesting little interest in a 17-year war with nearly 15,000 U.S. troops supporting combat against the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Amid little scrutiny, US military ramps up in Afghanistan

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Fernando Juarez, 36, of Napa, center, embraces his 22-year-old sister Vanessa Flores, right, at the Veterans Home of California on Friday March 9, 2018. in Yountville, Calif. Flores, who is a caregiver at the facility, exchanged texts with family while sheltering in place. A gunman took at least three people hostage at the largest veterans home in the United States on Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Vet in California attack had trouble after return from war

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Security personnel carry a body at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Friday, March 9, 2018. A suicide bomber targeting Afghanistan's minority Hazaras blew himself up at a police checkpoint in western Kabul on Friday, killing nine people and wounding more than a dozen, officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

The Latest: Afghan president condemns IS attack in Kabul

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Pakistan: Drone strike kills Taliban chief’s son, 20 others

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Law enforcement members stage near the Veterans Home of California after reports of an active shooter Friday, March 9, 2018, in Yountville, Calif. Napa County Fire captain Chase Beckman says a gunman has taken hostages at the veterans home in California. (JL Sousa/Napa Valley Register via AP)

The Latest: Veterans home victims called ‘brave women’

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US drone targeting Pakistani Taliban kills 21 in Afghanistan

By ISTIAQ MAHSUD - Associated Press

This June 10, 2017 photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

Pakistan official: U.S. should end Afghanistan war with Taliban

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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

Afghanistan’s addiction to ill-gotten gains

By Stewart Lawrence

Security forces inspect the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 2, 2018. A large explosion in the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one person an Afghan official said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Suicide bomb in Afghan capital kills young girl, wounds 15

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Veterans with mental illnesses sue Navy over discharges

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Terminal List’ By Jack Carr

By Fred J. Eckert