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FILE - Sima Samar, a prominent activist and physician, who has been fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan for the past 40 years, gives an interview to The Associated Press, at her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2021. A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken over what happened to her country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021 file photo, a U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan is the unhappiest country in the world — even before the Taliban swept to power last August. That's according to a so-called World Happiness report released, Saturday, March 19, 2022 ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day of Happiness on Sunday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Whodunnit: U.S. investigators probe theft of millions from Afghan government during Taliban takeover

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is seated after his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, June 25, 2021. In an interview aired by the BBC on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, Afghanistan's former president recounts his final hours in office, says he had just minutes to decide to flee and denies an agreement was in the works for a peaceful takeover, disputing accounts of former government officials, Taliban and even a former U.S. negotiator. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani breaks silence, defends decision to flee

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this June 25, 2021, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is seated after his meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ghani breaks silence, apologizes for fleeing Afghanistan

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden focused on ‘perception’ of Afghan forces in final call with Ghani: Report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Passengers trying to fly out of Kabul International Airport amid the Taliban offensive wait in line in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. As a Taliban offensive squeezes in on the gates of the Afghan capital, there's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war and one way in for the U.S. troops tasked with backing the American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul's international airport. (AP Photo/Tameem Akghar)

Afghan woman in limbo at Kabul airport after Taliban sweep

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle where rockets were fired from in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president slams Taliban; rockets target Kabul palace

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, speaks before a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

At Pentagon, Afghan President Ghani expresses confidence his country will survive U.S. pullout

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, right, meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden vows to back Afghan leaders as U.S. pullout accelerates

By Guy Taylor, Mike Glenn and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

‘Last hurrah’: Biden to meet embattled Afghan leaders amid Taliban gains

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Joe Biden orders Afghanistan exit by Sept. 11: ‘Time to end America’s longest war’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

ADDS REFERENCE TO ACTING AFGHAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE YASIN ZIA - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center, walks on the red carpet with Acting Afghan Minister of Defense Yasin Zia as they review an honor guard at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Austin arrived in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country. (Presidential Palace via AP)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes surprise trip to Afghanistan

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 6, 2021, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during the opening ceremony of the new legislative session of the Parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ghani has made two key Cabinet changes, evoking a strong response Saturday, March 20, 2021 from powerful governing partner Abdullah Abdullah amid increasing pressure from the U.S. to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Afghan president appoints 2 ministers, angers ruling partner

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Afghans are eager for peace and a recently floated U.S. draft for a deal between Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government is the best chance to accelerate stalled peace talks, ex-president Hamid Karzai said in an interview Thursday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Karzai says US plan catalyst for Afghan peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this March 1, 2020, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan president, says peace talks with Taliban going nowhere

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times