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In this Aug. 21, 2021,file photo provided by the U.S. Marines, U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance at an evacuation control checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

Watchdog: State Dept. sought ‘wholesale’ redactions of Afghanistan reports

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Taliban officials arrange a Taliban flag, before a press conference by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, at the Government Media Information Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Mujahid vowed Tuesday that the Taliban would respect women's rights, forgive those who resisted them and ensure a secure Afghanistan as part of a publicity blitz aimed at convincing world powers and a fearful population that they have changed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

On eve of Kabul’s fall to Taliban, U.S. watchdog predicted ‘bleak’ future with al Qaeda on the rise

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

IG says U.S. officials pressured to hide Afghan problems

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 27, 2016 file photo, Taliban fighters react to a speech by their senior leader in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan. In a Thursday, March 28, 2019 report the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, a U.S. watchdog, said that Afghanistan will remain dependent on international donors and foreign help even after a peace deal with the Taliban is reached. The report identified main high-risk areas including the reintegration of as many as 60,000 heavily armed Taliban fighters and their families back into Afghan society. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File) **FILE**

Afghan peace hopes clouded by U.S.-backed government’s weaknesses

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

An Afghan policeman searches a passenger at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. An Afghan official says that a policeman has turned his weapon on fellow police officers at a checkpoint in the country's south, killing 10 policemen. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghanistan security, economy deteriorating rapidly: Report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2015, photo, U.S. military personnel walk near Afghanistan's new Defense Ministry building, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In Kabul, they call it the "mini Pentagon," the new headquarters for Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense — a gleaming, white marble building in the center of the capital built with U.S. funds and due to be handed over to the Afghan government this month. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon wasted millions trying to rebuild Afghanistan: Internal report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Afghanistan's national police and soldiers guard near the area of a suicide attack on the police academy, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. Two massive attacks in Kabul on Friday, one striking near a government and military complex in a residential area and the other a suicide bombing outside a police academy, killed at least 35 people, sending the strongest message yet to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani — that militants are still able to strike at his heavily fortified seat of power. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

U.S.-funded power plant in Afghanistan is barely used

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar (center) was confirmed by the Taliban, which postponed a second round of talks with Kabul. (Associated Press)

Mullah Omar death, Islamic State growth shake Afghanistan peace hopes

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Islamic State militants have made it a priority to mold children under their rule into a new generation of fighters, suicide bombers and executioners. (Associated Press/File)

Islamic State ‘growing’ in Afghanistan: watchdog

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces stand guard during a protest demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Quran more than one month ago, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Allauddin khan)

U.S. wasting billions of taxpayer money on Afghanistan security forces: IG

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, says six telecommunications towers were built in Afghanistan without usage plans. (Associated Press)

Campbell-Sopko feud on public Afghan audits spills to hearing

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Army Gen. John F. Campbell will explain to lawmakers why he tried to conceal from taxpayers how money is being spent on bolstering Afghanistan's nascent security forces and then reversed himself. (Associated Press)

John Campbell to explain Afghan troop information concealment

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, says six telecommunications towers were built in Afghanistan without usage plans. (Associated Press)

Top commander moves to classify data used to track Afghan spending

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Armed Afghan policemen destroy an opium poppy field in Noorgal, Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

America’s $7.6B war on opium in Afghanistan failing: inspector general

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, says six telecommunications towers were built in Afghanistan without usage plans. (Associated Press)

U.S. watchdog wants answers in $6.5M Afghanistan telecom project

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry is trying to broker a power-sharing deal between Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (left) and Ashraf Ghani (right). The U.S. is spending billions of dollars to rebuild Afghanistan, which is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Additional U.S. dollars could be wasted through poor planning and the influence of drug trafficking. (Associated Press)

U.S. on long-term track to waste billions of dollars in Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Afghan police officers arrive at the scene after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, May 12, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

SIGAR: U.S. spent $104B on Afghan projects, still missing ‘unified anti-corruption strategy’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Afghan police men take up positions as Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, firing on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, Saturday, March 29, 2014. Dozens of employees and other people who had been inside the Independent Election Commission compound took cover in the basement, and no casualties were reported. But two warehouses were hit and set on fire, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Over $45M in U.S. payments to Afghan police at risk of theft, report shows

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

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