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Taliban storm town police station in Pakistan, kill officer

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FILE - In this April 18, 2005 file photo, Ali Al-Tamimi, center, walks with two unidentified men, as he leaves the Albert V. Bryan Courthouse, in Alexandria, Va. A federal judge may toss out parts of a 10-count conviction against the Islamic scholar serving life in prison for persuading some followers to try to join the Taliban after the Sept. 11 attacks. The review in the case of Al-Timimi, of Virginia, comes after a Monday, June 24, 2019 ruling by the Supreme Court striking down part of a federal law regulating crimes of violence as unconstitutionally vague. Judge Leonie Brinkema on Tuesday, June 25 asked prosecutors to explain why she shouldn’t overturn three of the counts. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Islamic scholar’s terror convictions reviewed in Virginia

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens to a question during a news conference at U.S. Embassy Kabul, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, during an unannounced visit to Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Pompeo says US hoping for Afghan peace pact before Sept 1

By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Taliban threaten Afghan media, say reporters to be targeted

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UN envoy: Goal now must be Afghan-Taliban peace negotiations

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Afghanistan Withdrawal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Taliban, Afghan government are locked in conflict, and a U.S. exit may be the least-bad option

By Jerrod A. Laber

Afghan forces rescue 34 people form Taliban-run prison

Associated Press

In this photo released by the Foreign Office, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry official Aftab Khokhar, right, escorts visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, center, for talks at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 2, 2019. Khalilzad has met Pakistani officials to find a peaceful solution to neighboring Afghanistan's war. (Pakistan Foreign Office via AP)

US envoy launches new push on Afghan talks with Taliban

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In this Thursday, May 30, 2019, file photo, Ajmal Omar a member of the Nangarhar provincial council speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Afghan military frees 84 prisoners from Taliban jail

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs after a new conference with President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Foreign Office, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in central London. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Pompeo denies Ashraf Ghani is cut out of Taliban peace talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, right, speaks during the Eid al-Fitr at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June. 4, 2019. Eid al-Fitr prayer marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president says he’ll visit Pakistan to improve ties

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Afghan Security Police arrives at the site of explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 2, 2019. Afghan officials say there have been three explosions in the capital, Kabul, including a sticky bomb attached to a bus carrying university students. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Bombings in Afghan capital kill 2 people, injure 2 reporters

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, third from left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Baradar and a team of 14 Taliban are in Moscow where they are scheduled to meet other Afghans including former President Hamid Karzai and some of the candidates in the presidential elections. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Taliban notes ‘spectacular progress’ in Afghan peace talks

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Did Lindh deserve sentence?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, right, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2019, on the proposed Space Force. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Gen. Joseph Dunford vows to press Afghan fighting despite Taliban talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Taliban attacks kill 23 members of Afghan security forces

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Afghan National Army soldiers attend their graduation ceremony from a 3-month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Officials: Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, 4 police

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

An Afghan Journalist take a photo inside a mosque after a bomb explosion during Friday prayer on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2019. According to Kabul police chief's spokesman, Basir Mujahid, the bomb was concealed in the microphone used to deliver the sermon. The prayer leader, Maulvi Samiullah Rayan, was the intended target, the spokesman added. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

UN says Afghan captives held by Taliban subjected to abuse

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan people stand over bodies of civilians during a protest in Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Afghan officials say at least six civilians, including a woman and two children, have been mistakenly killed in an Afghan security forces raid against Taliban fighters in eastern Nangarhar province. (AP Photo/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

Security forces mistakenly kill 6 civilians in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press