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The U.S. special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, John F. Sopko, said Wednesday that billions of dollars in reconstruction assistance to that war-torn nation are being lost to graft and corruption. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Afghanistan corruption still severe problem, U.S. watchdog says

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopters deploy soldiers during a military exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The Afghan National Security Forces depend exclusively on billions of dollars in funding from the United States and its allies, money that is now at risk after President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security agreement to keep a small U.S. force of trainers in the country after the NATO-led coalition ends its mission and withdraws at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

US gen: Corruption is top threat in Afghanistan

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdul Wakil Warzajy (left), battalion commander, gives orders to soldiers of the First Battalion before they set out on a search and capture mission towards the village of Noor Khiel village, Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghan Army ‘marginally’ capable of taking over after U.S. leaves, review finds

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

** FILE ** This July 22, 2012, file photo shows U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

Gen. John Allen to retire, won’t seek NATO post

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

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NATO nominee Allen will retire

By Kristina Wong and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This July 22, 2012, file photo shows U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

Gen. John Allen resigning; Obama calls him ‘true patriot’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens during a March 26, 2012, news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: Allen taking time off before NATO hearing

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford (right) shakes hands with U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen (left), the outgoing NATO commander, during a change-of-command ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Gen. Dunford takes charge at a critical time for President Obama and the military as foreign combat forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, Pool)

New U.S. commander takes the helm in Afghanistan

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

“It reverberates everywhere across the United States. You know, we’re willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign, but we’re not willing to be murdered for it.” - Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Exonerated Gen. Allen up for top NATO command

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Marine Gen. John R. Allen speaks at the Pentagon on May 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

White House pushes forward with Gen. Allen’s nomination

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens during a March 26, 2012, news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. (Associated Press)

Gen. Allen cleared in Petraeus email case

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Joints Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. (Associated Press)

Panetta set to brief Obama on ethics rules

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Jill Kelley's complaint about receiving harassing emails spurred an FBI investigation that eventually ensnared ex-CIA Director David N. Petraeus and Marine Gen. John Allen. (Associated Press)

FBI probe of emails not typical

By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

This combo made from file photos shows Gen. David Petraeus' biographer and paramour Paula Broadwell, left, and Florida socialite Jill Kelley. Broadwell and Kelley, the two women at the center of David Petraeus' downfall as CIA director, visited the White House separately on various occasions in what appear to be unrelated calls that did not result in meetings with President Barack Obama. (AP Photos/Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines/AP, Chris O'Meara)

Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White House

By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

Paula Broadwell is visible through the window in the kitchen of her brother's house in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Broadwell is CIA Director David Petraeus' biographer, with whom he had an affair that led to his abrupt resignation last Friday. It was Broadwell's threatening emails to Jill Kelley, a Florida woman who is a Petraeus family friend, that led to the FBI's discovery of communications between Broadwell and Petraeus indicating they were having an affair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Grassley questions email sleuthing in Petraeus case

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens during a March 26, 2012, news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. (Associated Press)

McCain expresses confidence in Gen. Allen

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

In this July 27, 2005, photo, FBI Agent Frederick Humphries listens during a news conference after the sentencing of Ahmed Ressam at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Humphries has been identified as the agent socialite Jill Kelley contacted to complain about harassing emails sent by Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)

A single spiteful email unlocks a Pandora’s box

By Adam Goldman and Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

Jill Kelley leaves her home Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Socialite’s climb halted by unfolding scandal

By Allen G. Breed and Donna Cassata and Tamara Lush - Associated Press

Jill Kelley leaves her home Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

MacDill AFB checking its ‘friends’ after Petraeus affair

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times