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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

Illustration on decision time in Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Time for U.S. to reconsider peace deal in Afghanistan

By Gary Anderson

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, Afghan prisoners prepare to be released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A new report conducted jointly by the U.N. mission to Afghanistan and the U.N. Human Rights Office said Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2021, that nearly a third of all detainees held in Afghan detention centers said they have suffered from some form of torture or ill-treatment. The alleged torture included beatings, suffocation and electric shocks. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

UN report: Widespread torture of detainees in Afghan prisons

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, by Tasnim News Agency, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second right, meets with a Taliban political team, in Tehran, Iran. The Taliban have been on a diplomatic blitz since peace talks with the Afghan government stalled in Qatar in January and the Biden administration said it plans to review a U.S.-Taliban agreement signed last February. Taliban visits to Iran and Moscow, and a planned trip to Turkey — come as the Afghan government’s negotiating team warned that if the Taliban fail to resume the talks, the government could recall its team from Doha before a deal is reached. (Tasnim News Agency via AP, File)

Taliban on diplomatic blitz after Afghan peace talks stall

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2021 file photo, Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle after a deadly roadside bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. In a report released Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, known as SIGAR, that monitors the billions of dollars the U.S. spends in Afghanistan, said that Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul are on the rise, with increasing targeted killings of government officials, civil-society leaders and journalists. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

US watchdog: Taliban attacks increased in Afghan capital

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan negotiating team warns Taliban it must resume talks

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

A Taliban delegation arrive to attend the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/ Hussein Sayed, File)

Joe Biden eyes roll back of Trump Afghanistan peace deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2020, file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan president, says peace talks with Taliban going nowhere

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taliban visit Moscow, voice hope US will honor peace deal

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar speaks, bottom right, talks at the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

Pentagon doubts Taliban moves toward peace deal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, center, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes an unannounced visit in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File)

Iran, Taliban officials say US pushing war in Afghanistan

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Afghan firefighters work at the site of a bombingh attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan's capital Sunday, killing at least a few people in a vehicle, the latest attack to take place even as government negotiators are in Qatar to resume peace talks with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan officials: Taliban attacks, violence kills dozens

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Pakistani raid kills Taliban suspected of slaying of troops

Associated Press

Official: Gunmen kill two women judges in Afghan capital

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Official: 2 insider attackers kill 12 Afghan militiamen

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan's capital Sunday, killing at least a few people in a vehicle, the latest attack to take place even as government negotiators are in Qatar to resume peace talks with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan intel agency says it killed council member in battle

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2020 file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center left, and his aides meet with Afghanistan's State Minister for Peace Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, center right, and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's peace negotiation team amid talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, in Doha, Qatar. Afghan negotiators are to resume talks Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, even as hopes are waning, and frustration and fear is growing over a spike in violence that has combatants on both sides blaming the other. The change in the U.S. administration is likely to drag out the opening days of the talks as both sides wait to see whether Biden will stick to the deal brokered by Trump. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

New round of Afghan-Taliban peace talks off to a slow start

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Officials: Attacks around Afghanistan kill at least 23

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai, center front, and his delegation attend the opening session of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, in Doha, Qatar. Afghan negotiators are to resume talks Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, aimed at finding an end to the decades of relentless conflict, even as hopes are waning, and frustration and fear is growing over a spike in violence that has combatants on both sides blaming the other. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)

An ‘orchard of bad apples’ weighs on new Afghan peace talks

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan army: 2 officers killed by roadside bomb in north

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