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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)

Assaults by Taliban raise questions about US plan for peace

By ROBERT BURNS - 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)

Taliban offensive exposes fragile US hopes for Afghan peace

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

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

Taliban surprise offensive in Afghanistan catches U.S. military off guard

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, a wounded woman is brought into a hospital in Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United States has sent military advisers to aid Afghan forces in Ghazni, where they were struggling on Sunday to regain full control three days after the Taliban launched a massive assault on the eastern city. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

120 Afghan forces, civilians killed in battle with Taliban

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

Doctors assist a wounded young man in a hospital after a deadly attack on a Shiite mosque in Gardez, the capital of Paktia, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Two suicide bombers attacked the Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing several people and wounding anothers, officials said. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14, officials say

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghan officials: Attacks kill 3 foreign workers, 3 police

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Smoke rises from a building after a deadly attack including a suspected suicide car bombing and gunbattles, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. An Afghan provincial official said a coordinated attack was underway by the Taliban in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. (AP Photo)

Assault on compound, roadside bomb kill 26 in Afghanistan

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel carry an injured man after an attack near the Kabul Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 22, 2018. An Afghan spokesman said there has been a large explosion near the Kabul airport shortly after the country's controversial first vice president landed on his return from abroad. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and members of his entourage were unharmed in the explosion on Sunday, which took place after his convoy had already left the airport. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Afghan vice president escapes suicide attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Police special forces commander gunned down as truce nears

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Relatives carry the coffin of a victim after a deadly suicide attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 11, 2018. Afghan officials said a suicide bomber on foot struck the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry as employees were leaving work in the capital, killing at least 12 people and wounding over 30 days before the start of a holiday cease-fire with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Coordinated attacks in eastern, northern Afghanistan shatter tenuous cease-fire

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

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

Security personnel inspect the site of a deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 4, 2018. A suicide bombing targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics on Monday in Kabul, killing at least seven people and wounding nine. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Kabul suicide bombing targets gathering of clerics; 7 die

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

An Afghan soldier stands guard near two vehicles used in a deadly attack on the Interior Ministry, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Afghan officials said a suicide bomber struck outside the ministry, allowing gunmen to pass through an outer gate where they traded fire with security forces, who eventually killed the attackers. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: US general: Taliban may be behind Kabul attack

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Lt. Gen. Scott Miller, the Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney Hughes, USARCENT PAO).

Gen. Austin ‘Scott’ Miller to lead Afghanistan War under Donald Trump

By Carlo Muñoz and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT - Victims lie on the ground after the explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Pompeo condemns terror bombings in Afghanistan

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Security forces stand amid smoke at the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

U.S. soldier killed, several American, NATO troops injured in series of attacks in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Twin bombings in Afghanistan kill 25, including 9 reporters

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

People gather outside a voter registration center, which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Sunday, April 22, 2018. (AP Photo/ Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: UN chief condemns attack on Afghan vote center

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FILE - In this July 31, 2017 file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrives at the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. The foreign ministry says Abbasi will travel to the Afghan capital for a daylong visit on Friday, April 6, 2018 to discuss a range of issues, including how to facilitate talks between Kabul and the Taliban. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistani prime minister in Afghanistan to ease tensions

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

"We should negotiate with anyone who is reconcilable," including elements of the Haqqani Network, Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar, told the Times shortly after a breakfast round table with reporters at the Afghan embassy in Washington on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Haqqani Network peace talks backed by White House

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times