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An Afghan policeman stands guard at a checkpoint ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC18959F7520

Afghanistan election threats, apathy keep voters from polls

By Zakarya Hassani and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

American general says Afghan battlefield losses are rising

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Artists from ArtLords organization, paint a mural of journalists who have been killed during the year of 2018, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. It's the first in a series of murals planned by Amnesty International and the Artlords collective to highlight the work of Afghan activists, teachers, lawyers, students, trade unionists and others. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Kabul mural honors AFP photographer slain in IS bombing

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, photo released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, visits the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Khan, a former cricketer, is on a tour of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as part of his first overseas trip since taking office. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Imran Khan gives U.S. at chance to reset Pakistan relations

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

29 killed in Afghanistan as anti-Taliban leader mourned

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford speak to reporters during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

James Mattis, defense secretary, makes surprise visit to war-weary Kabul

By Amir Shah and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

An injured boy is held up outside a hospital following a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Twin bombings at a wrestling training center in a Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded others, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Attacks kill 19 Afghan forces after twin bombings in Kabul

By BY AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 1998, file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. Taliban say the Afghan Haqqani network founder, Jalaluddin Haqqani, an ex- U.S. ally turned fierce enemy, has died. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, File)

Taliban: Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of Haqqani network, dies in Afghanistan

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

U.S. Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller speaks during the change of command ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. Miller assumed command of the 41-nation NATO mission in Afghanistan following a handover ceremony. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

US general assumes NATO command in Afghanistan

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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)

Russian peace talks raise specter of shifting influence

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Smoke rises from a house where suspected attackers were hiding while policemen arrests two suspects, left, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. The Taliban fired rockets toward the presidential palace in Kabul Tuesday as President Ashraf Ghani was giving his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, said police official Jan Agha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US declines invitation to Russia-led talks on Afghanistan

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

An Afghan security officer mans with gun near a house where attackers are hiding, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Afghan police say the Taliban fired rockets toward the presidential palace in Kabul as President Ashraf Ghani was giving his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban cannot ‘wait us out’ under new Afghan war plan, says top U.S. commander

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

An MD 530F military helicopter hovers to target a house where attackers are hiding in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. The Taliban fired rockets toward the presidential palace in Kabul Tuesday as President Ashraf Ghani was giving his holiday message for the Muslim celebrations of Eid al-Adha, said police official Jan Agha. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Rockets strike Afghan capital in latest spike of violence

By AMIR SHAH and KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

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 forces free 149 hostages taken by Taliban in ambush

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

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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Relatives pray near to the dead bodies of civilians after Wednesday's deadly suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha, in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Amnesty: Kabul attack on Shiites is ‘war crime’

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Relatives pray near to the dead bodies of civilians after Wednesday's deadly suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha, in western Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Gunmen besiege Kabul compound as Afghans mourn Shite dead

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Suicide bomber targets Shiite students in Kabul, killing 48

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

An injured man is put into an ambulance following a suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in western Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. The public Health Ministry said there were at least 48 dead and dozens wounded. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Afghan capital rocked by suicide bombing

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Afghan police officers search a vehicle at a checkpoint on the Ghazni highway, in Maidan Shar, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. A Taliban assault on Ghazni, a key city linking areas of Taliban influence barely 75 miles from Kabul, has killed about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers since Friday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said. A year after the Trump administration introduced its strategy for Afghanistan, the Taliban are asserting themselves on the battlefield even as U.S. officials talk up hopes for peace. That’s raising questions about the viability of the American game plan for ending a war that began when some of the current U.S. troops were in diapers. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: UNICEF: Kabul attack on children ‘deplorable’

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