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Sahar Gul, 15, is carried into hospital Dec. 28, 2011, in Baghlan north of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to officials in northeastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers — all in an attempt to force her into prostitution. (Associated Press)

Some find hope in Afghan outcry over bride’s abuse

By Kay Johnson - Associated Press

Illustration: Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Vietnam flashback in Afghanistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the last day of the Loya Jirga, or grand council, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan Taliban to open Qatar office for peace talks

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan and foreign soldiers are seen Jan. 3, 2012, on alert near the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle killed four civilians and a police officer, police said. (Associated Press)

Taliban to open Qatar office for peace talks

By Patrick Quinn and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai adjusts his coat, as he speaks during a gathering to mark the 40th death anniversary of political leader Khan Abdul Samad Khan Achekzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Karzai welcomed on Saturday remarks from the Obama administration saying that Taliban insurgents were not America's enemies. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan president welcomes U.S. remarks on Taliban

By Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

World Briefs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan Border Police, stand over their guns July 4, 2011, while they are presented to the media at the Afghan Border Police headquarters in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. All of them were dressed as women and at least one was strapped with an explosive vest. (Associated Press)

Karzai: Taliban office should be in Afghanistan

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks with an girl who was wounded in Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against Shiites as he visits the victims at the Emergency Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/S. Sabawoon, Pool)

Karzai: Toll from attacks on Afghan Shiites now 80

By Amir Shah and Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Karzai says Kabul attack came from Pakistan

By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (center), while German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (right) stands next to them at the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn on Monday. (Associated Press)

Karzai: Afghanistan will need financial support until 2024

By Anne Gearan and Juergen Baetz - Associated Press

Karzai: Afghan forces to take lead in more areas

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Briefly

By From wire dispatches and staff reports

An Afghan delegate, Mahmood Khan Sulaiman Khial, left, gestures as he speaks with a colleague Gul Badshah Majidi on the third day of loya jirga or grand council in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke Wednesday on the opening day of the meeting where the elders are discussing negotiations under way for a U.S.-Afghan agreement to govern the presence of U.S. troops after 2014, when most international forces are to have left or moved into support roles. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan assembly endorses talks with U.S. on troops

By Amir Shah and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Karzai seeks support for security pact

By Deb Riechmann and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Illustration: Hamid Karzai by John Camejo for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Say anything but the truth

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (AP Photo)

Afghan forces soon to take charge in more areas

By Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)

Karzai: In a U.S.-Pakistan war, Afghanistan would back its neighbor

By Tarek el-Tablawy - Associated Press

Clinton: Pakistan must boost anti-terror fight

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday. She stressed the U.S. commitment to the Afghan peace process. (Associated Press)

Clinton: Pakistan must boost anti-terror fight

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. general: New offensive hits Haqqanis

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press