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Pakistan deports Afghan refugees to uncertain future

By Naila Inayat and Valerie Plesch - Special to The Washington Times

Afghans cry after an attack on a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Gunmen stormed a military hospital in Afghanistan's capital on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding more than 60, setting off clashes with security forces that were still underway hours later. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

ISIS gunmen in white lab coats kill 30 in Kabul hospital

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

In this Dec. 21, 2016, photo, An Afghan drug addict waits to receive first aid for his wounds from Bridge Hope Health Organization (BHHO) during a campaign to help drug users get care and counseling, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A small group of former addicts is trying to help drug users in Afghanistan, a country with one of the highest rates of addiction in the world. Thousands can be found in the streets of the capital, Kabul, sleeping under bridges, as the government struggles to provide services and rein in cultivation of poppies that produce opium and heroin. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Former addicts try to help drug users in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

A Pakistani police officer stands guard during a Friday's prayers in Karachi, Pakistan, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids overnight and into Friday, a day after a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed dozens of worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country's south. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan reeling after ISIS bombing at Sufi shrine killed 88

By Muhammad Farooq and Adil Jawad - Associated Press

Dead bodies of alleged militants killed in a crackdown operation by security forces are laid at a mortuary in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Pakistani security forces arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids a day after a massive bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens of worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in a southern province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Pakistan cracks down on militants after IS shrine attack

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, oversaw a three-month review of the situation on the ground, which triggered changes in strategy by the Pentagon and White House officials this month. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

John Nicholson: Russian involvement in Afghanistan becoming ‘more difficult’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Shaolin martial arts students follow their trainer, Sima Azimi, 20, in black, during a practice session on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The ten ethnic Hazara women and girls practice the martial arts of Shaolin on a hilltop in the west of Kabul. They are preparing for the day that Afghanistan can send its women’s team to the Shaolin world championship in China. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan women practice ancient Shaolin martial arts

By MASSOUD HOSSAINI - Associated Press

Afghan security forces inspect the site of two large bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Two loud explosions have rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul, causing casualties. The target of the blasts was probably an area that includes government and lawmakers' offices. Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that first, a suicide bomber carried out an attack, followed by a second explosion, caused by car bomb parked near the site. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Twin bombings in Afghanistan’s capital kill 38

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Once an Afghan stray, dog finds new home in Beckley

By MICHELLE JAMES - Associated Press

National Geographic's famed green-eyed "Afghan Girl" Sharbat Gulla poses for a photo during a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 9, 2016. Afghanistan's president on Wednesday welcomed home Gulla who was deported from Pakistan after a court had convicted her on charges of carrying a forged Pakistani ID card and staying in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Sharbat Gulla, National Geographic’s iconic ‘Afghan Girl,’ deported by Pakistan

By Lynne O'Donnell and Riaz Khan - Associated Press

In this Oct. 2, 2015, file photo, an Afghan soldier raises his hands as a victory sign, in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi, File)

26 civilians, 2 U.S. troops dead after Afghan raid on Taliban

By Jon Gambrell and Amir Shah - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Department of Defense shows Army Sgt. Douglas J. Riney, of Fairview, Ill. Riney died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in Kabul, Afghanistan of wounds received from encountering hostile enemy forces, the Defense Department said. (Department of Defense via AP)

Attack in Afghanistan killed Illinois soldier, Oklahoma man

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, photo, Afghan scouts practice a Prince's song at Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Services for Afghanistan (Parsa) center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Parsa's building was in disrepair until a friend of it's chief met Prince backstage at a Los Angeles concert in 2007 and told him how he could help Afghan children. “The next day he wrote a check” for $15,000, Marni Gustavson said, and paid for the foundations of the new building. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

American Marni Gustavson at home in Afghanistan, with some help from singer Prince

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Afghan Security police run at the site of a truck bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Afghanistan official: Gunmen abduct American, Australian in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghans help a man who was injured in a deadly explosion that struck a protest march by ethnic Hazaras, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 23, 2016. Afghan Health Ministry officials say tens of people have been killed and over 200 wounded in the bombing Saturday, that was claimed by the Islamic State group according to a statement posted on the IS-linked Aamaq online news agency. The protesters Saturday were demanding that a major regional electric power line be routed through their impoverished home province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

ISIS attack on Afghan protest in Kabul kills 80 people, wounds 231

By Karim Sharifi and Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

In this Nov. 5, 2010, file photo, an Afghan farmer threshes hay in Sangin, Afghanistan. Taliban gunmen have overrun a strategic district in the southern province of Helmand, delivering a serious blow to government forces, Afghan officials said on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File) ** FILE **

Taliban suicide bombing kills 14 Nepalese guards in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

People stand near a coffin carrying a body one of the victims of a U.S. drone strike on May 22 in Quetta, Pakistan. A senior commander of the Afghan Taliban confirmed that the extremist group's leader, Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour, was killed in the strike. (Associated Press)

Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour death creates opening for Haqqani network

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 file photo, shows Taliban leader Mullah Mansour. The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday, May 21, 2016, against the Taliban leader the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He said the U.S. was studying the results of the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan leaders see Taliban leader’s death as hopeful sign

By LYNNE O'DONNELL and MIRWAIS KHAN - Associated Press

The Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kundiz, Afghanistan, was charred by a U.S. airstrike intended for a Taliban-infested building 480 yards away. A review of U.S. Central Command's hundreds of pages of investigative files shows a series of botched decisions resulted in the deaths of 42 patients and staff. (Associated Press)

U.S. airstrike on Afghan hospital the culmination of a tragedy of errors

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a Taliban-claimed deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday that killed 28 people. (Associated Press)

Taliban suicide attack in Kabul renews debate on Afghanistan troop cuts

By Carlo Muñoz, Carlo Munoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times