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Taliban political chief Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, first row second from left, Abdul Salam Hanafi and other Taliban official pray during the &quot;intra-Afghan&quot; talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. The U.S. has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, a Taliban official said Wednesday, but the U.S. military said it has received no orders to begin packing up. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Taliban: Half of US troops to leave Afghanistan by May 1

By FRANCESCA EBEL - Associated Press

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. A two-day meeting in the Russian capital, which starts Tuesday, Feb. 5, is seen as a step toward resolving Afghanistan's 17-year war, but no Kabul government officials are invited, and while Abdullah Abdullah welcomes the prospects of peace he said the Afghan government should be involved in any peace talks. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials: Taliban kill 11 policemen, 10 others

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Russia's Kalibr cruise missile, used recently in Syria, appears to violate the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty prohibiting ground-based nuclear and conventional missiles with ranges from 310 miles to 3,420 miles. (Associated Press/File)

Russia ramps up next-generation missile work, in wake of U.S. treaty withdrawal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2019 file photo, released by the Foreign Office, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, left, receives U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan. Khalilzad is in a hurry to find a peace deal for Afghanistan that would allow America to bring home its troops after 17 years of war. The main talks are between Khalilzad and the Taliban’s political leadership, which is based in the Gulf nation of Qatar. Khalilzad is meeting with Pakistan, which is widely believed to harbor the Taliban’s top leadership, as well as China, India and Russia, which have an interest in stabilizing the region -- and in expanding their influence. (Pakistan Foreign Office, via AP, File)

Taliban to take part in ‘intra-Afghan’ talks in Moscow

By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin backs Nicolas Maduro with military contractors to Venezuela

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, protesters rally against plans by authorities to accept trash from Moscow, in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Protesters have rallied in more than a dozen Russian cities and towns against waste management plans that foresee Moscow sending its trash to poorer and often pristine northern areas. (Natalia Beshkareva, Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)

Protesters across Russia rally against taking Moscow trash

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) held talks last month in Moscow. Russia and Turkey are jockeying for clout as the U.S. plans to withdraw its troops from Syria after battling the Islamic State. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Syria withdrawal limits troop return option

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, cente, attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Putin said that Russia will abandon the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, following in the footsteps of the United States, but noted that Moscow will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: US formally suspends INF arms treaty with Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

U.S. withdraws from INF Treaty with Russia

By Lauren Toms, Dave Boyer and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

UI double downs amid criticism of text alert implying threat

By CHAD SOKOL - Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks before welcoming Vice President Mike Pence to speak to Drug Enforcement Administration employees at their headquarters in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump says Rod Rosenstein informed his legal team he isn’t ‘a target’ of Mueller probe

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, July 21, 2016, Russian high jumper Ivan Ukhov during the Russian Athletics Cup, at Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia. Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov is among 12 Russian track and field athletes found guilty of taking part in state-backed doping, according to an announcement Friday Feb. 1, 2019, by The Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, FILE)

Olympic champion among 12 Russian athletes guilty of doping

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The 9M729 land-based cruise missile in Kubinka outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The Russian military on Wednesday rolled out its new missile and spelled out its specifications, seeking to dispel the U.S. claim that the weapon violates a key nuclear arms pact. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia accepts U.S. offer to discuss INF weapons agreement ahead of deadline: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a sniper rifle during a visit to the Patriot military exhibition center outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Putin chaired a meeting that focused on new arms programs. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Paul Whelan Russia arrest designed to divide Americans, ex-CIA official says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Convicted of Lying Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Rudolph Giuliani muddies the water about conversations and tapes

By Andrew P. Napolitano

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 24, 2016 file photo, Grigory Dudko opens a door for journalists during a visit to Russia's national drug-testing laboratory in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Russia is &quot;optimistic&quot; ahead of a World Anti-Doping Agency ruling Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019, on whether the country's authorities met demands to turn over lab data. The WADA executive committee reinstated Russia's anti-doping agency in September 2018 on condition the country turned over data from a Moscow laboratory. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Doping agency forgives Russia, but says more work needed

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 24, 2016 file photo, Grigory Dudko opens a door for journalists during a visit to Russia's national drug-testing laboratory in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Russia is &quot;optimistic&quot; ahead of a World Anti-Doping Agency ruling Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019, on whether the country's authorities met demands to turn over lab data. The WADA executive committee reinstated Russia's anti-doping agency in September 2018 on condition the country turned over data from a Moscow laboratory. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

The Latest: Russia praises cooperation with WADA

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Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year, right, looks through a cage's glass as his lawyers talk to each other in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The lawyer for Paul Whelan who is being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying, said Tuesday that classified Russian materials were found on him when he was arrested. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Lawyer: Suspected US spy had classified docs on him

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

The Latest: Trump: ‘Great day’ for US after report disputed

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