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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 charged with sex assault, confinement

By TRACEY LINDEMAN and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Afghan people bury victims of Thursday's suicide attack on a Shiite cultural center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. An Islamic State suicide bomber has struck a Shiite cultural center in Kabul, killing dozens of people and underscoring the extremist group's growing reach in Afghanistan even as its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been dismantled. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Top US commander wants more aggressive Afghan push this year

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. troops gather into Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, in this Dec. 25, 2013, photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. forces to go on the offensive in Afghanistan, says top commander

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Supporters of Pakistani religious groups rally to condemn a New Year's Day tweet by President Trump in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday. Trump slammed Pakistan for 'lies & deceit' in a tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for 'fools'. (Associated Press)

U.S., Pakistan trade angry charges as relations falter

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

US soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan

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FILE - In this Dec. 21. 2017, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis talks to U.S. Marine Corps troops at a rifle range at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For only the second time since 9/11, America’s defense secretary didn’t visit U.S. troops in a war zone during December, breaking a longstanding tradition of personally and publicly thanking service members in combat who are separated from their families during the holiday season. (AP Photo/Robert Burns, File)

Mattis nixes holiday tradition of seeing troops in war zones

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A distraught man is carried following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Authorities say attackers stormed the Shiite Muslim cultural center in the Afghan capital Kabul, setting off multiple bombs and killing dozens. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Kabul attack: Suicide bombers storm Shiite cultural center; 41 killed

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

A distraught man is carried following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Authorities say attackers stormed the Shiite Muslim cultural center in the Afghan capital Kabul, setting off multiple bombs and killing dozens. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Islamic State kills 41 in attack on Afghan cultural center

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

A distraught man is carried following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Authorities say attackers stormed the Shiite Muslim cultural center in the Afghan capital Kabul, setting off multiple bombs and killing dozens. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

White House condemns deadly Islamic State suicide attack in Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence poses for photos with troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Pence: New US-Afghanistan strategy ‘already bearing fruit’

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

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

Pence to Afghan president: US is ‘here to see this through’

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence poses for photos with troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Mike Pence makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team to discuss developments in the Boston bombings investigation, in the Situation Room of the White House, April 19, 2013. Pictured, from left, are: FBI Director Robert Mueller; Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Attorney General Eric Holder; Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken; and Vice Persident Joe Biden. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Barack Obama used classified intelligence leaks for political gain

By Guy Taylor and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office as he leaves the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump pays holiday visit to wounded troops at Walter Reed

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

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

The Latest: Pence says ‘real progress’ in war in Afghanistan

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Alaska soldier dies in vehicle crash in Afghanistan

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Justice Department shows Irek Hamidullin, a Russian captured by U.S. Army on Nov. 29, 2009, in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The former Russian military officer who received a life sentence for leading a 2009 Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan was a soldier, not a criminal, and should have been treated as a lawful combatant, the man’s lawyer argued to a federal appeals court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. But a Justice Department lawyer argued that Hamidullin, who led the attack on behalf of the Taliban and its terrorist organization ally, the Haqqani Network, was not entitled the protections given to prisoners of war. (U.S. Justice Department via AP)

Appeals court hears case of Russian Taliban fighter

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

The Latest: Appeals court hears Russian Taliban fighter case

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In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis responds to a reporter's question during a meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

James Mattis seeks more cooperation with Pakistan on terror fight

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Mattis seeks more cooperation with Pakistan on terror fight

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press