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In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a ceremony to introduce the new chief of the intelligence service, in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Donald Trump's halt to U.S.-Taliban talks looks like a gift to the beleaguered Afghan president, who has insisted on holding a key election in less than three weeks’ time despite widespread expectations that a peace deal would push it aside. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Trump’s US-Taliban move pushes Afghans toward fragile vote

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Resolute Support (RS) forces remove a destroyed vehicle after a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. The Afghan government says at least 10 civilians are dead and another 42 wounded after a Taliban suicide car bombing rocked the Afghan capital near a neighborhood housing the U.S. Embassy and the NATO Resolute Support mission. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan peace deal support fades after Taliban attack killed American

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghans bury the bodies of victims of the Dubai City wedding hall bombing during a mass funeral in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug.18, 2019. The deadly bombing at the wedding in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday that killed dozens of people was a stark reminder that the war-weary country faces daily threats not only from the long-established Taliban but also from a brutal local affiliate of the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Afghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after attack

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, center, speaks after offering Eid al-Adha prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Ghani is urging the nation to determine its fate without foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to near a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table.(AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan president, vows foreign nations will not ‘intervene’ in elections

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Afghan men rides cycle past an election hoarding of a presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Kabul,Afghanistan Friday, Aug. 9, 2019.Afghanistan faces a presidential election next month but few believe the vote will take place as the United States and the Taliban inch closer to a deal that could end the nearly 18-year war but bring uncertainty about almost everything else. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)

Afghanistan election in doubt as US, Taliban near deal

By CARA ANNA and TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Press Information Department, visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, reviews guard of honor with Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, June 27, 2019. Ghani has arrived on his first visit to Pakistan, in an attempt to forge a fresh relationship with Prime Minister Imran Khan's government and reach out to Islamabad for help in getting the Taliban to talk peace with Kabul.(Press Information Department,via AP)

Afghan president visits Pakistan, talks peace, renews ties

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Backdropped by his own image, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates during the first day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 29, 2019. Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani opened the Loya Jirga grand council on Monday with more than 3,200 prominent Afghans attending to seek an agreed common approach for future peace talks with the Taliban, but the gathering may further aggravate divisions within the U.S.-backed government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan leader, holds council to set agenda for Taliban talks

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Injured men receive treatment at a hospital, after a clash between Taliban and security forces in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, Saturday, April 13, 2019. An Afghan official says the Taliban fighters have launch attacks on Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz city, killing six people and so far more than 50 others were wounded. (AP Photo/Bashir Khan Safi)

Qatari official: Afghan talks postponed indefinitely

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2018, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government has fired its election commission, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. The move by Ghani’s administration comes more than three months after chaotic parliamentary elections -- the results of which have still not been announced -- and ahead of July’s controversial presidential vote. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan government fires election commission

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani delivers a speech during the United Nations Conference on Afghanistan at the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Ghani says the Taliban are welcome to set up a political office in the Kabul but that his government must be included in any peace talks. In a speech Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, he rejected the idea of an interim government, which has been embraced by the Taliban and some opposition figures, vowing that elections will he held as planned later this year. (Fabrice Coffrini/pool photo via AP, File)

Ghani says Afghan government must be included in peace talks

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FILE - In this March 13, 2009, file photo, Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation, speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Khalilzad said Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, that &quot;significant progress&quot; was made during lengthy talks with the Taliban in Qatar and that he was traveling to Afghanistan for more discussions aimed at ending the country's destructive 17-year war. Khalilzad said on his official Twitter account that he wants to build on six days of meetings in Doha, the capital of Qatar. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

In Kabul, US reports ‘agreements in principle’ with Taliban

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghanistan braces for rematch between political rivals

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani talks during the United Nations Conference on Afghanistan at the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Ghani ordered Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of female athletes, saying that any kind of misconduct against athletes, male or female, was unacceptable. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Afghan president orders probe into abuse of female athletes

Associated Press

FILE - IN this Nov. 6, 2018, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ghani is denying the Taliban is winning the war in Afghanistan despite a continuing wave of deadly militant attacks and signs the militants are expanding areas under their control. Ghani said the Afghan state is not at risk of collapse and reiterated his government's intent to seek a negotiated peace. Ghani was speaking by video to an audience in Washington. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan leader tells US audience that Taliban not winning war

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2018, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S., Afghanistan in ‘total agreement’ on pursuing Taliban peace talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Russia indefinitely postpones meeting on Afghan peace talks

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, July 15, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Talks next month in Moscow to discuss a peaceful end to 17-years of war in Afghanistan that includes a place at the table for the Taliban has ruffled feathers in Washington and Kabul, who are refusing to attend, and resurrected Cold War memories. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Russia calls off planned Afghan peace conference

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this June 16, 2018, file photo, Taliban fighters gather with residents to celebrate a three-day cease fire marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. On Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced a conditional cease-fire with Taliban insurgents for the duration of the Eid al-Adha holiday. Ghani made the announcement Sunday during celebrations of the 99th anniversary of Afghanistan's independence. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan president calls for Eid cease-fire, Taliban to reply

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Police special forces commander gunned down as truce nears

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Under the cease fire call from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Afghan forces will refrain from carrying out offensive operations until Eid-al-Fitr begins. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s call for cease fire during Ramadan backed by NATO ministers

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times