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Afghan officials standing by bodies of Taliban fighters investigate the site of a deadly suicide attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base in Nangarhar province, east of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. NATO said a service member died following a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan, without identifying the soldier's nationality. An official said five Taliban fighters on foot tried to storm the base after the bombing, but Afghan and NATO troops returned fire, killing the attackers. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attack kills NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan

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Afghan police examin the remains of a car after a suicide attack near a gate used by NATO troops, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The Afghan Interior Ministry says a car bomb has exploded near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport. There were no casualties in the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Kabul airport hit by suicide bomber who targeted NATO gate

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FULL FRAME VERSION OF AFDG102, WEDNESDAY AUG. 19, 2009 PHOTO** In this full frame version of AFDG102, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden, La., centers, covers Pfc. James Gordon, 20, of Texas, both of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., from the rotar wash of a landing medivac helicopter after Gordon sustained leg injuries when the armored vehicle he and six others were riding in hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. It was Apache company's 48th IED in a month, 7 that were attacks, 41 diffused or destroyed, resulting in 22 soldiers injured and one soldier killed in that timeframe. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Spike in battlefield deaths linked to restrictive rules of engagement

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (from left), Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo greet one another during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. The officials hope to persuade Afghan leaders to let international troops remain in the war-torn country beyond 2014. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO seeks clarity on troops in Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten and Lara Jakes - Associated Press

Hamid Karzai defiant on deal as NATO says sorry for civilian kills

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan soldiers arrive at the scene after a powerful suicide vehicle bomb tore through Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The deadly bomb targeted a site where thousands of elders are to gather next week to discuss a controversial security agreement with the United States, which would allow U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after the final withdrawal of international combat troops at the end of 2014, officials said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan troops will need help for years

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice party chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. Thousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes blocked a road in northwest Pakistan used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan, the latest sign of rising tension caused by the attacks. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

NATO supply line blocked by Pakistani drone protesters

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president will defer signing U.S. security deal

By Amir Shah and Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Hagel said the projected defense budget cuts of nearly $1 trillion over 10 years is too much, too fast, and will cause a dangerous erosion of U.S. military power. In a speech about U.S. defense priorities, Hagel said Tuesday that it would be a mistake to let these cuts happen. But he also said officials are not assuming the government's budget crisis will be resolved soon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Turkish official defends purchase of Chinese anti-missile system

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army and International Security Assistance Force personnel gather near a C-130 transport aircraft during a handover ceremony at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Afghanistan took delivery on Wednesday on two C-130 transport aircraft from the United States, part of an effort to give the country&#8217;s military the ability to better fight insurgents around the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

NATO to scale back training for Afghan air force

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 4, 2009 photo, Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud sits with fellows in Sararogha in south Waziristan in Pakistan. U.S. troops are holding the senior Pakistani Taliban commander they captured in Afghanistan a week ago, an Afghan provincial official said Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Senior Taliban commander tied to failed NYC Times Square bomb plot captured

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** FILE ** A U.S. Marine squad leader patrols alongside an Afghan National Army lieutenant in Helmand province in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

NATO: 3 troops killed in Afghan insider attack

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, speaking at a youth conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, said he was in no rush to sign a security deal with the United States, once again dashing American hopes that a pact can be finalized quickly. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai: No rush for U.S. security deal

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

A U.S. soldier talks on the phone as Afghan children wait to receive Afghan National Army's humanitarian aid in the Andar district of Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on June 22, 2007. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Some U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media, during his monthly briefing at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The NATO Secretary General said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria cries out for a strong international response since otherwise it would give the go-ahead to any dictator around the world to use such weapons with impunity. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen: ‘Convinced’ Syria used chemical weapons

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Under the careful watch of coalition advisers, members of the Kandahar Air Wing carry an injured Afghan soldier onto a Cessna 208. The Afghan air force is far from ready to take over combat responsibilities from NATO. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

Afghan air force will need NATO aid until 2017

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army soldiers march in the Sangin district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, June 13, 2013. One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are ready to fight an insurgency that remains resilient after nearly 12 years of conflict. That question is especially pressing here in this border region, where insurgents regularly ambush government forces and control parts of the countryside. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghans poised to take security lead from U.S., NATO

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

A U.S. soldier arrives to the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Car bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans, in Afghanistan

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

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Embassy Row: After Afghanistan for NATO

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

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Putin’s power play: Russia building up missile systems while seeking to limit U.S. defenses

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon