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Afghan security forces carry a body at the site of a deadly Taliban-claimed suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Armed militants in Afghanistan have staged a coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing dozens and wounding more than 320 people. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban launches attack on Afghan government security agency, kills at least 28

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Young Afghan refugees are left in limbo on the Greek-Macedonia border, where a makeshift refugee camp is struggling to handle the estimated 14,000 people stranded after Macedonia announced it would close its border with Greece. (Valerie Plesch/Special to the Washington Times)

Afghanistan sees exodus amid Taliban surge, economic woes, rampant corruption

By Shirzad Ashoori and Valerie Plesch - Special to The Washington Times

Gen. John Campbell, the top American commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Seasoned veteran of Afghan war picked for top command

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Afghanistan records 12 injured in late-night earthquake

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 **

Afghan officials: Southern district remains in state control

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

An Afghan security forces member stands guard at the Spanish Embassy after an attack in Kabul on Dec. 12. Explosions and gunfire rocked a diplomatic area of central Kabul overnight as security forces tried to flush out Taliban attackers who claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb Friday. (Associated Press)

Taliban outlast 14 years of U.S. combat in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

American soldiers examine the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that was hit by a U.S. AC-130 gunship last month. (Associated Press)

Doctors Without Borders refuses Pentagon money to rebuild hospital damaged in airstrike

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghanistan's Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Hossain Alemi Balkhi talks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, file photo. An estimated 120,000 Afghans have left for Europe so far this year, according to Balkhi, He expects that number to reach 160,000 by the end of the year, four times the number who departed in 2013. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans swell migrant tide as they flee war, unemployment

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Patients are brought to a hospital after severe earthquake was felt in Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swat valley, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

7.5-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan rocks South Asia; more than 150 killed

By Lynne O'Donnell and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Afghan and foreign soldiers inspect the site of a bomb attack that targeted several armored vehicles belonging to forces attached to the NATO Resolute Support Mission, in downtown of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, the Kabul city police chief, said that three Afghan civilians were wounded in the attack that damaged one of the vehicles but caused no fatalities. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

NATO: Helicopter crash at Kabul base kills 5

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan vendors sort their properties on a street in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2015. An Afghan official says government forces have retaken the strategic northern city of Kunduz , which was seized by the Taliban on Monday. (AP Photos)

Afghan troops push into city of Kunduz; Taliban in retreat

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

A Taliban fighter sits on his motorcycle adorned with a Taliban flag in a street in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Tuesday on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which was captured by the Taliban the previous day in a major setback to the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (AP Photo)

Taliban display force as Afghan president vows to retake Kunduz

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. The suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including three foreign contractors, authorities said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini

Afghan car bombing kills at least 12, including 3 Americans

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

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

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)

Ashraf Ghanim, Afghan president, calls on Pakistan to rein in Taliban

By Rahim Faiez and Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Five-year-old footage of Mullah Mohammed Omar (center) rallying his Taliban troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan, was found in the BBC's vaults and aired in 2009. (Associated Press/BBC TV) ** FILE **

Mullah Mohammed Omar, Taliban leader, is dead, Afghanistan intel confirms

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Afghan security officers patrolled near a guesthouse targeted by Taliban in an overnight attack in Kabul last week. An all-night siege in an upscale neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital ended in the early hours of Wednesday with the deaths of four heavily armed Taliban attackers, though no civilians or security personnel were injured or killed, an Afghan official said. (Associated Press)

Taliban offensive tests Afghanistan-Pakistan intelligence-sharing deal

By Naila Inayat and Shirzad Ashoori - Special to The Washington Times

Afghan first lady Rula Ghani adjusts her head scarf during an interview with The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Monday, May 25, 2015, file photo. Rula Ghani has been quietly breaking conventions since she became first lady in a society that traditionally keeps its women behind closed doors. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Rula Ghani, Afghanistan’s first lady, breaks taboos

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Afghan security forces inspect the site after a suicide car bombing attack in Kabul on Tuesday. The stepped-up tempo of terrorist strikes in the heart of Afghanistan's capital raises fresh questions about whether U.S. efforts to stand up and train Afghanistan's armed forces will ever pay off militarily. (Associated Press)

Iraq, Afghanistan forces struggling despite years of U.S. investment, training

By Jacqueline Klimas and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect the site of the Park Palace Hotel attacked by gunmen, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Gunmen stormed the guesthouse on Wednesday night as it hosted a party for foreigners. An hourslong siege ended early Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Taliban attack in Kabul kills 14, including 9 foreigners

By Lynne O'Donnell and Amir Shah - Associated Press