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President Obama freed five hard-line Taliban commanders from the prison at Guantanamo Bay. As the five left Cuba, U.S. specials forces troops rendezvoused with the Taliban in 2014 at a remote location in Afghanistan to pick up Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (Associated Press)
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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)
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U.S. Central Command's official investigation concluded that a rocket-launched grenade from a Taliban fighter standing near the landing zone clipped a rotary wing, sending the Ch-47 Chinook into a violent downward spin. It was the worst day for fatalities in the history of naval special warfare. (Associated Press)
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The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar (center) was confirmed by the Taliban, which postponed a second round of talks with Kabul. (Associated Press)
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This undated file photo reportedly shows the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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An Afghan security officer stands guard at the entry gate of the Afghan parliament after an attack by the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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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)
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National Edition News cover for May 31, 2015 - 'Taliban Five' travel ban set to expire; ex-Gitmo detainees exchanged for Bowe Berghdal: FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A one-year travel ban is expiring for five senior Taliban leaders held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay until they were released last year in exchange for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)
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The "Taliban 5" are set to have their travel ban lifted May 31. The ex-Taliban fighters were exchanged for U.S. Army Sgt. Robert 'Bowe' Bergdahl. (Image: CNN screenshot) ** FILE **
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan in June 2014. The soldier was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, a former Taliban fighter places a range of bullets before surrendering it to Afghan authorities, as part of a peace-reconciliation program in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State group controls a third of both Syria and Iraq, where it declared a caliphate governed by an extremely harsh interpretation of Shariah law and demanded the allegiance of the world’s Muslims. The Taliban, by contrast, are narrowly focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and some leaders have even responded to past peace overtures. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi, File)
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Taliban and al Qaeda detainees sit in a holding at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in this Jan. 11, 2002 photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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This photo released in a statement by the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 shows the Taliban fighters who stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, killing more than 140 people, most of them children. In an email on Wednesday, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani claimed the attack was justified because the Pakistani army has allegedly long been killing innocent children and families of their fighters. (AP Photo/Pakistani Taliban handout)
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Chairs are upturned and blood stains the floor at the Army Public School auditorium the day after Taliban gunmen stormed the school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Pakistan mourned as the nation prepares for mass funerals Wednesday for over 140 people, most of them children, killed in the Taliban massacre in a military-run school in the country’s northwest in the deadliest and most horrific attacks in years, officials said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Young targets: Hospital security guards carried out the dead and wounded after the Taliban launched one of the most deadly terrorist attacks ever in Pakistan. Gunmen stormed an army-run school that teaches children in grades one through 10. (Associated Press)
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Mourners and relatives of teacher Saeed Khan, a victim of a massive Taliban attack at a school, prayed around his body during his funeral procession in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: Afghan National Army forces are not ready to rebuff an expected Taliban offensive, on its own, once all American troops leave after 2016, according to reports from U.S. Green Berets. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This undated photo provided by the Vaughn family shows Aaron Vaughn, right, and his wife Kimberly of Virginia Beach, Va. Aaron Vaughn, a 30-year-old father of two, was among the Navy SEALs killed Saturday when a rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Taliban insurgent downed their Chinook helicopter en route to a combat mission. (AP Photo/Vaughn Family)
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl a "premeditated" deserter who possibly aided the Taliban, say six former platoon mates who have hit roadblocks with their book. (Eugene R. Fidell via Associated Press)
