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The Taliban delegation arrives for Afghan peace talks in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Aug.12, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

Pentagon braces for Kabul to fall to Taliban, sends thousands of troops to evacuate U.S. Embassy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters pose for a photo as they patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. (AP Photo/Gulabuddin Amiri)

‘Not acceptable’: Trump slams Biden’s handling of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)

Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital, squeezing Kabul

By Tameem Akhgar, Rahim Faiez and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)

Taliban continues their blitz across Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on withdrawing from Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington times

Biden’s military strategy for Iraq should be applied in Afghanistan

By Clifford D. May

An Afghan army soldier stands guard on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Mirwais Bezhan)

‘Complete, utter failure’: Frustration with Afghan army boils over as Taliban take 2 more provinces

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Counterinsurgency: Theory and Reality by Daniel Whittingham and Stuart Mitchell

Evaluating Afghanistan, a review of ‘Counterinsurgency: Theory and Reality’

By Joshua Sinai

Afghan security personnel patrol after they took back control of parts of the city of Herat following fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces, on the outskirts of Herat, 640 kilometers (397 miles) west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

U.S. Embassy in Kabul urges Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, take refuge in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban accelerate takeover, seize sixth provincial capital in Afghanistan, report says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters stand guard in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan in recent weeks, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking district after district and large swaths of land in the mostly rural countryside. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)

Biden under fire over ‘meltdown’ of Afghan security forces, stunning Taliban victories

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from damaged shops after fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. Taliban fighters Sunday took control of much of the capital of Kunduz province, including the governor's office and police headquarters, a provincial council member said. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)

Taliban captures three provincial capitals in lightning offensive

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from the city of Lashkar Gah after airstrikes against Taliban in Helmand province southern of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. The Afghan air force carried out more airstrikes against Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, as the insurgent force made additional gains in the country's north. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

Afghan Taliban kill head of government media department

Associated Press

Afghan security personnel arrives at the area where the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center Dawa Khan Menapal was shot dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. The Taliban shot and killed the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center on Friday, the latest killing of a government official and one that comes just days after an assassination attempt on the acting defense minister. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban fighters seize first provincial capital in Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan security personnel take a position during fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. In Herat, the capital of the province by the same name, Afghan forces appeared on Tuesday to be able to push the Taliban back, with the insurgents on the edge of the city. Also, Herat city's civilian airport reopened. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Taliban ‘emboldened’ by its battlefield success in Afghanistan, U.S. envoy says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A helicopter carrying President Ashraf Ghani lands at the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S., Afghan air force unleash massive airstrikes as Taliban threaten key cities

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Friday, April 30, 2021, photo, Ayazudin Hilal, 40, a former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. shows his picture with U.S. Army soldiers during an interview to The Associated Press after a protest against the U.S. government and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

First Afghan evacuees arriving as U.S. seeks more landing sites; interpreters threatened by Taliban

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, file photo, U.S. Marine Sgt. Isaac Tate, left, and Cpl. Aleksander Aleksandrov, center, interview a local Afghan man with the help of a translator from the 2nd MEB, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on a patrol in the volatile Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. More than 200 Afghans were due to land Friday in the United States in the first of several planned evacuation flights for former translators and others as the U.S. ends its nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)

First evacuation flight brings 221 Afghans, many kids, to US

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China woos Taliban as U.S. military departs Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this March 19, 2021, file photo, Suhail Shaheen, Afghan Taliban spokesman and a member of the negotiation team, gestures while speaking during a joint news conference in Moscow, Russia. In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday, July 22, 2021, Shaheen said the insurgent movement does not want to monopolize power, but there won't be peace until there is a new, negotiated government in Kabul and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is removed. Shaheen said women will be allowed to work, go to school and participate in politics but will have to wear the hijab or headscarf. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Newly Afghan Army Special forces attend their graduation ceremony after a three-month training program at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan losses, Haiti killing spark new questions about U.S. foreign military training

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times