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Delegates attend the last day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 3, 2019. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's grand council ends with a call for peace talks, urges both sides to hammer out a cease fire and protect rights gained in the last 17 years. Ghani offers cease fire, says he will free 175 Taliban prisoners ahead of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan’s grand council ends with call for peace talks

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga, or the consultative council in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 29, 2019. Afghanistan's president opened a grand council on Monday of more than 3,200 prominent Afghans seeking to agree on a common approach to peace talks with the Taliban, but the gathering may further aggravate divisions within the U.S.-backed government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan grand council sets recommendations for Taliban talks

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammed Rasool, the newly-elected leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, in Farah province, Afghanistan. Afghanistan may not be ready for peace unless it formulates a strategy for re-integration of Taliban fighters into society, combating corruption and reining in the country’s runaway narcotics problem, a U.S. watchdog said Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo, File)

US watchdog: Afghans may not be ready for ‘day after’ peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Delegates attend the first day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 29, 2019. Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani opened the Loya Jirga grand council on Monday with more than 3,200 prominent Afghans attending to seek an agreed common approach for future peace talks with the Taliban, but the gathering may further aggravate divisions within the U.S.-backed government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban: Fresh round of talks with US peace envoy starting

Associated Press

Backdropped by his own image, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks to delegates during the first day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 29, 2019. Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani opened the Loya Jirga grand council on Monday with more than 3,200 prominent Afghans attending to seek an agreed common approach for future peace talks with the Taliban, but the gathering may further aggravate divisions within the U.S.-backed government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan leader, holds council to set agenda for Taliban talks

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

in this Sunday, April 28, 2019, file photo, Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the Jalalabad-Kabul road, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Afghan president holds council to set agenda for peace talks

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arrive for a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Afghan president over the weekend to express disappointment over the indefinite postponement of talks with the Taliban and to condemn the insurgent's latest &quot;spring offensive.&quot; The Afghan-to-Afghan talks in Qatar were scheduled to start Friday, April 19, 2019, when they were scuttled after a falling out over who should attend. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

After delays, Afghan president inaugurates new parliament

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 23, 2019, photo, Masih Rahman speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. In September last year Masih Rahman's entire family of 11 people, his wife, four daughters, three sons and four nephews, were killed when a bomb flattened their home in Mullah Hafiz village in Jaghatu district of Afghanistan's central Maidan Wardak province. Afghan and international forces had killed more civilians than insurgents in the first three months of the year, the U.N. announced Wednesday, the first time the deaths caused by the government and its allies exceeded their enemies. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan Security personnel arrive outside the Telecommunication Ministry during a gunfight with insurgents in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 20, 2019. A suicide blast rocked Afghanistan's capital Saturday during a gun battle with security forces, officials said, killing several people a day after hopes for all-encompassing peace talks collapsed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US voices disappointment at delay in Afghan talks

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2019, file photo, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. Karzai said Friday, April 19, 2019 that peace in his homeland, ravaged by more than 17 years of war, will not be possible until Afghans from all sectors of society sit together and negotiate _ including the Taliban.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Ex-president: Peace possible when all Afghans sit together

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Injured men receive treatment at a hospital, after a clash between Taliban and security forces in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, Saturday, April 13, 2019. An Afghan official says the Taliban fighters have launch attacks on Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz city, killing six people and so far more than 50 others were wounded. (AP Photo/Bashir Khan Safi)

Qatari official: Afghan talks postponed indefinitely

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Injured men receive treatment at a hospital, after a clash between Taliban and security forces in Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, Saturday, April 13, 2019. An Afghan official says the Taliban fighters have launch attacks on Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz city, killing six people and so far more than 50 others were wounded. (AP Photo/Bashir Khan Safi)

Taliban launch multi-pronged attack on northern Afghan city

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A U.S. Marine Corps carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Slutman, of Newark, Del., was among three American service members killed by a roadside bomb on Monday, April 8, near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Taliban declare start of spring offensive amid talks with U.S.

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghan official says Taliban attack kills 7 policemen

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Afghan Money Pit Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

With U.S.-Taliban negotiations likely to fail, Afghan government is staring at collapse

By Nasir Shansab

An Afghan security force check the site a day after an an attack near the Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit the roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan government says talks with Taliban delayed 5 days

Associated Press

The Latest: Afghan officials say 20 troops killed by Taliban

Associated Press

An Afghan security force check the site a day after an an attack near the Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit the roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Latest: Pentagon IDs 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan

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Afghan officials: Taliban storm checkpoints, kill 20 troops

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan residents are reflected in the water on the shore of Shuhada Lake, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

3 U.S. service members, 1 contractor killed in Afghanistan IED attack

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times