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People help carry an injured man to the hospital following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Jan. 27, 2018. The Public Health Ministry says over a dozen were killed, and over 100 wounded in a suicide car bombing in downtown Kabul. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)

Donald Trump condemns massive suicide bombing in Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Soldiers recount true story behind ‘12 Strong’

By DREW BROOKS - Associated Press

Taliban with Pakistan links put on US terror blacklist

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

The Defense Department's support strategy was on prominent display in the fight against Islamic State, with Iraqi forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters taking the lead on the ground in ousting the terrorist group from its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa. (Associated Press/File)

National Defense Strategy eyes war on terror proxies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

United Nations U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley listens during a U.N. Security Council meeting on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Thursday Jan. 18, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry: Pakistan won’t be ‘scapegoat’ for Afghan woes

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pakistan’s ace in poker match with US: Afghan air routes

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Screenwriters of "12 Strong" took pains to show the Horse Soldiers working together as a unit with a single goal, said former Green Beret Mark Nutsch. (Associated Press/File)

Review: Hemsworth leads a solid wartime film in ‘12 Strong’

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

Pakistani traders demonstrated against President Trump this month after the U.S. suspended military aid to Islamabad. Nuzhat Sadiq, the chairwoman of the Senate Foreign Affairs committee in the upper house of parliament, said Islamabad could manage without the United States as it did in the 1990s but would prefer to move the troubled relationship forward. (Associated Press/File)

Senior U.S. diplomats hold face-to-face talks with Pakistani counterparts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines and an Afghan soldier hold flags during a change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest atn Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Marine Corps task force wraps up mission in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE -- In this Nov. 29, 2016 file photo released by Inter Services Public Relations, the public relations arm of the Pakistani army, Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends the Change of Command ceremony in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bajwa says he received a phone call from the head of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Joseph Vogel, offering assurances that the United States would not unilaterally hit targets inside Pakistan. (Inter Services Public Relations via AP)

Pakistan army chief: US general called, offered assurances

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sgreets troops in a hangar at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP) **FILE**

U.S. can’t solve Afghanistan problem alone

By L. Todd Wood

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani talks with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the President Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Pentagon task force on Afghan reconstruction wasted millions: Report

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor addresses a news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

US official: $2B at risk in suspension of aid to Pakistan

By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Pakistani traders protest against U.S. President Donald Trump in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan 5, 2018. A senior Pakistani senator has expressed disappointment at the U.S. decision to suspend military aid to Islamabad, saying it will be detrimental to Pakistani-U.S. relations. Nuzhat Sadiq, the chairwoman of the Senate Foreign Affairs committee in the upper house of parliament, says Islamabad can manage without the United States as it did in the 1990s, but would prefer to move the troubled relationship forward.(AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Protesters burn Trump photos in Pakistan as anger grows over Washington’s halt of financial aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor addresses a news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

State Department announces indefinite freeze on security aid to Pakistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. According to the Department of Defense, Golin, 34, of Fort Lee, N.J., died Jan. 1, 2018, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, after being engaged by enemy fire while on a dismounted patrol. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Remains of US soldier killed in Afghanistan back home

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Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor addresses a news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

US suspends security assistance to Pakistan

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

The Latest: US suspends security assistance to Pakistan

Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 31, 2017, file photo, Joshua Boyle speaks to the media after arriving at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto. A lawyer for Boyle, a Canadian man recently freed with his American wife and children after years of being held hostage in Afghanistan, says his client has been arrested and faces at least a dozen charges including sexual assault.Attorney Eric Granger said Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2017, that Boyle also faces assault and forcible confinement charges. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ex-hostage Boyle makes video court appearance

By TRACEY LINDEMAN and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

US soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan

Associated Press