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In this Nov. 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump smiles before addressing members of the military during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump to order further troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq before inauguration: Report

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A damage form a blast is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. A suicide car bomb exploded at the western entry gate of Kabul killing and wounding several Afghan security troops. (AP Photo/Ahmad Seir Nassiri)

Suicide car bomb in Afghan capital kills 3 troops, wounds 4

Associated Press

Afghan security police stand guard at the entrance gate of Kabul University after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The brazen attack by gunmen who stormed the university has left many dead and wounded in the Afghan capital. The assault sparked an hours-long gun battle. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Joe Biden faces delicate dilemma in Afghanistan War handoff

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Journalists photograph inside Kabul University after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The brazen attack by gunmen who stormed the university has left many dead and wounded in the Afghan capital. The assault sparked an hours-long gun battle. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon: Taliban violence ‘could undermine the agreement’ with U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang and Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Journalists photograph inside Kabul University after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The brazen attack by gunmen who stormed the university has left many dead and wounded in the Afghan capital. The assault sparked an hours-long gun battle. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack

By Tameem Akhgar and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Afghan police arrive at the site of an attack at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Gunfire erupted at the university in the Afghan capital early Monday and police have surrounded the sprawling campus, authorities said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Attack on Afghan university leaves 19 dead, 22 wounded

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Recognizing the hard facts regarding Afghanistan illustration by The Washington Times

Recognizing the hard facts regarding Afghanistan’s terror swamp

By Gary Anderson

Afghans check aftermath of a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan,Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Afghan civilian deaths remain high despite peace negotiations: U.N. report

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

This image released by the FBI shows the wanted poster of al-Qaida propagandist Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Muhsin al-Masri. Afghanistan claimed Sunday, Oct, 25, 2020, it killed the top al-Qaida propagandist on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country's east, showing the militant group's continued presence there as U.S. forces work to withdraw from America's longest-running war amid continued bloodshed. Al-Qaida did not immediately acknowledge al-Rauf's reported death. The FBI, the U.S. military and NATO did not immediately respond to requests for comment. (FBI via AP)

Afghanistan claims killing an al-Qaida leader wanted by FBI

By RAHIM FAIEZ and TAMEEM AKHGAR and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Afghan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh, center, listens to President Ashraf Ghani, addressing at an inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. A prominent rights group Friday, Oct. 23, demanded the immediate release of a person detained by the government for providing information about an army airstrike this week in which 12 civilians, mostly children, were killed and 18 others were wounded. The order to arrest at least one individual who spoke to media outlets about the Wednesday strike in northern Takhar province was made by Saleh on Thursday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Group demands release of person who reported Afghan strike

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press

Afghan security inspects the site of a suicide car bombing in Ghor province western of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 18. 2020. A suicide car bombing on Sunday killed at least a dozen people and wounded more than 100 others in Afghanistan is western Ghor province officials said. (AP Photo)

US envoy warns new violence threatens Afghan peace process

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan families leave their houses after fighting between the Afghan military and Taliban insurgents in Helmand province, southern of Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

American airstrikes violate peace pact, Taliban says; U.S. denies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Afghan families leave their houses after fighting between the Afghan military and Taliban insurgents in Helmand province, southern of Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)

Taliban to suspend assault after US pledges to halt strikes

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Over 5,600 Afghan families displaced by fighting in south

By ABDUL KHALIQ and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this June 10, 2017, file photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Moscow and Washington are intertwined in a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan, with both suffering thousands of dead and wounded in conflicts lasting for years. Now both superpowers are linked again over Afghanistan, with intelligence reports indicating Russia secretly offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops there. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP, File)

Afghan chief negotiator: No clarity on timeline of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

2 Afghan helicopters crash amid Helmand fighting, 9 dead

By ABDUL KHALIQ and and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

US forces hit Taliban with airstrikes in Helmand province

By ABDUL KHALIQ - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq as part of U.S. led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the militant Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, killing nearly 20 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in their de facto capital, fearing further raids, activists said. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

U.S. forces conduct ‘targeted strikes’ to slow Taliban advance

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this July 9, 2020, file photo, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Gen. Mark Milley won’t confirm Donald Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal timeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Abdullah Abdullah, center, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, 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)

Afghan negotiator: Nobel nomination nod to women’s campaign

By TAMEEM AKHGAR - Associated Press