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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, bottom right, speaks at the opening session of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. Russia is to host on Thursday, March 18, 2021, the first of three international conferences aimed at jump-starting a stalled Afghanistan peace process ahead of a May 1 deadline for the final withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from the country. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)

EXPLAINER: Stakes high as Moscow opens 1st of 3 Afghan meets

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 15, 2021. A bomb targeting a minibus in Afghanistan's capital exploded Monday wounding at least 15 civilians, police said, amid a surge in attacks in Kabul. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Joe Biden says May 1 deadline to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan is ‘tough’

By Ben Wolfgang and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Futile Afghan Game Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. makes another attempt at an Afghanistan agreement

By Abraham Wagner

Afghan Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi speaks during an interview to the Associated Press at the Ministry of the Interior in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Minister says Afghan forces can hold their own

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Afghans are eager for peace and a recently floated U.S. draft for a deal between Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government is the best chance to accelerate stalled peace talks, ex-president Hamid Karzai said in an interview Thursday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Karzai says US plan catalyst for Afghan peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Sima Samar, a prominent activist and physician, who has been fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan for the past 40 years, gives an interview to The Associated Press, at her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Samar, 64, believes her struggle is far from over -- especially at a time when violence is on the rise, peace talks between rival Afghan groups are stuck and the U.S. mulls its departure. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

As US mulls Afghan exit, activist sees long fight for women

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi attends the &quot;intra-Afghan&quot; talks in Moscow, Russia. Frustrated by a stalled peace process and escalating violence, the U.S. has presented an eight-page draft peace agreement to Afghanistan's warring sides for review. Koofi, one of only four women at the negotiation table in Doha, warned against haste and a May 1 withdrawal of U.S. troops, saying it would cause chaos. She confirmed that all sides had received the U.S.-crafted draft agreement. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

US presents warring Afghan sides with draft peace agreement

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

Pakistan security forces say 8 militants killed in raids

Associated Press

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

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, birds flyover the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday, March 1, 2021, by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a U.S. government watchdog. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012, file photo, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to voice concern the country could be overwhelmed by religious extremism. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Pakistan expert: Religiosity aiding spike in militancy

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2017, photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. After 20 years of military engagement and billions of dollars spent, NATO and the United States still grapple with the same, seemingly intractable conundrum how to withdraw troops from Afghanistan without abandoning the country to even more mayhem. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Biden likely to keep troops in Afghanistan, missing May 1 deadline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, bottom right, speaks at the opening session of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. After more than a month of delays, escalating violence and a flurry of diplomatic activity peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have resumed Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in the Middle Eastern State of Qatar. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)

Afghan peace talks resume, but path is anything but certain

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistani troops kill militant linked to slaying of 4 women

Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a NATO defense minister's meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

‘No final decision:’ NATO deadlocked on Afghanistan mission as May 1 deadline looms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in video format, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO ministers’ summit punts on Afghan troop decision

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wears a protective face mask as he prepares to speak during a media conference, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in video format, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO chief urges Afghan govt, Taliban to step up peace talks

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 29, 2019 file photo, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai is interviewed ahead of the Cricket World Cup opening party along The Mall in London. A Pakistani Taliban militant who shot Yousafzai in 2012, has threatened a second attempt on her life, saying in a tweet that next time, “there would be no mistake.&quot; Twitter said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, that it permanently suspended Ehsanullah Ehsan's account following the posting. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Taliban tweet threatens Malala; Twitter removes account

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

PFILE - Picture taken Sept.4 2009 shows Afghani policemen look at one of two burnt fuel tankers, near Kunduz, Afghanistan. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected an Afghan man's case against German authorities' refusal to prosecute an officer who ordered the deadly bombing in 2009 of two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan. (AP Photo,file)

European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press