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Biden’s remaining Afghanistan contractor option carries few risks

By Gary Anderson

An Afghan army soldier stands guard as smoke rises from a burning fuel tanker after a road accident on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

China, neighbors weigh options and hedge bets as Biden prepares Afghan exit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FLE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, center, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for attending an international peace conference in Moscow, Russia. U.S.-backed Afghan peace meeting postponed, as Taliban balka conference that Washington expected would move Afghanistan's warring sides to a final peace agreement has been postponed, as fresh violence rattles the Afghan capital, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

US-backed Afghan peace meeting postponed as Taliban balk

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

The 2,500-plus U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan face a period of maximum uncertainty and vulnerability in the next few months. The Pentagon may have to send more U.S. forces to the country, at least temporarily, to help speed the withdrawal. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. to monitor Afghanistan after troop withdrawal

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Joe Biden orders Afghanistan exit by Sept. 11: ‘Time to end America’s longest war’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Joe Biden to pull all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pakistan visit to Kabul called off after explosives’ find

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect the site of a sticky bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 15, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Sticky bombs latest weapon in Afghanistan’s arsenal of war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Musouma Rahimi shows a photograph of her brother Baqer Rahimi, after he was killed by police, at her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2021. Baqer was killed by police during a protest against the central government's recent appointment of new local officials in Wardak province on Jan. 29, 2021. Security forces opened fire on protesters, killing 11 and wounding dozens. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Tensions mount between Afghan government, powerful warlord

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets Afgan President Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Austin arrived in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country. (Presidential Palace via AP). **FILE**

Biden decision on U.S. troops in Afghanistan may be imminent

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - in this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, students attend an open air class at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, An Afghan education ministry memo banning girls, 12 years old and older, from singing at public school functions, which the education ministry tells The Associated Press was a mistake, is causing a social media stir. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Afghan ministry tried to shift blame over girls singing ban

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - in this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, students attend an open air class at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, An Afghan education ministry memo banning girls, 12 years old and older, from singing at public school functions, which the education ministry tells The Associated Press was a mistake, is causing a social media stir. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on foreign policy at the State Department, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Washington. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Antony Blinken eyes pulling Iran, Russia into Afghan talks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghans carry the body of a woman who was killed by gunmen in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Three women who worked for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan were gunned down Tuesday in two separate attacks, the news editor of the privately owned station said. (AP Photo/Sadaqat Ghorzang)

New killings deepen Afghan journalists’ assassination fears

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan official: Bombing kills 2 Kabul University lecturers

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

A fire of a burning oil tanker is seen where firefighters try to extinguish after an explosion at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The fuel tanker exploded Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan's western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring multiple people and causing the massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel, according to Afghan officials and Iranian state media. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Firefighters battle Afghan-Iran border blaze for a 2nd day

By HAMED SARFARAZ and TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle from the site of a deadly bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. A string of attacks on Tuesday in Afghanistan killed several government employees and several policemen. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Officials: Separate attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. There were two separate explosions Saturday in Afghanistan capital Kabul, according to Afghan officials. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials: Separate blasts in Kabul kill 3, wound 4

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

In this May 12, 2020, file photo, an Afghan policeman comforts a man after an attack on a maternity hospital that killed 24 people, in the Afghan capital Kabul. Afghanistan is supposed to be moving toward peace. But Kabul's residents fear the frequent bombings in the past months, large-scale attacks, kidnappings for ransom, armed men in broad daylight robbing stores, people in parks and cars stuck in traffic, are a sign it is instead entering yet another phase in decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow

By Rahim Faiez and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday in the capital, Kabul, wounding several people. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials: Bombings in Kabul kill 2, including cleric

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press