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Inside of a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan, is seen Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, a day after a suicide attack. A suicide bomber was able to sneak into the wedding hall where hundreds of Muslim religious scholars and clerics had gathered to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban deny involvement in Kabul bombing that killed 55

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Illustration on future policy in Afghanistsn by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Substitutes for victory in Afghanistan

By Clifford D. May

A man injured in a suicide bombing is brought into a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2018. Afghan officials said the suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Muslim religious scholars in Kabul, killing at least tens of people. A Public Health Ministry spokesman said another 60 people were wounded in the attack, which took place as Muslims around the world marked the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital, 50 killed

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, Afghan National Army soldiers participate in a live fire training exercise, at the Afghan Military Academy, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A new assessment of U.S.-led efforts to compel the Taliban to negotiate a peace deal in Afghanistan says there has been “little clear progress” in recent months. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

New assessment: ‘Little clear progress’ in Afghanistan war

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad, speaks to reporters at the United Nations headquarters. Taliban officials said Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 that Pakistan has released Abdul Samad Sani, a U.S.-designated terrorist who served as the Afghan Central Bank governor during the militants' rule, along with a lower-ranking commander named Salahuddin. It came as U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad launched a second tour of the region, with stops in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates as well as Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan official: Taliban target police checkpoint, killing 5

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In this Oct. 26, 2018 photo, Afghan National Security Forces search passengers and their vehicles at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans, who once welcomed Americans as liberators, now increasingly see them as the architects of their country’s demise. The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war and spent more than $900 billion on trying to stabilize the country. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan officials: Taliban kill 30 policemen in west province

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Taliban kill 12 Afghan security forces in separate attacks

Associated Press

In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo, a group of Afghan National Army soldiers watch others participate in a live fire exercise at the Afghan Military Academy, in Kabul, Afghanistan. When U.S. forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than it’s ever been, and many Afghans place the blame squarely on the Americans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Afghan officials confirm at least three people killed in a blast happened near a high school and the Kabul municipality office while hundreds of people gather to protest against Taliban attacks in Jaghuri and Malistan districts of eastern Ghazni province. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Suicide bomber in Kabul targets anti-Taliban rally, kills 4

By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2018, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S., Afghanistan in ‘total agreement’ on pursuing Taliban peace talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - IN this Nov. 6, 2018, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ghani is denying the Taliban is winning the war in Afghanistan despite a continuing wave of deadly militant attacks and signs the militants are expanding areas under their control. Ghani said the Afghan state is not at risk of collapse and reiterated his government's intent to seek a negotiated peace. Ghani was speaking by video to an audience in Washington. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan leader tells US audience that Taliban not winning war

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad, speaks to reporters at the United Nations headquarters. Taliban officials said Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 that Pakistan has released Abdul Samad Sani, a U.S.-designated terrorist who served as the Afghan Central Bank governor during the militants' rule, along with a lower-ranking commander named Salahuddin. It came as U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad launched a second tour of the region, with stops in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates as well as Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Pakistan frees 2 Taliban members as US envoy visits region

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second left, speaks as he attends a conference on Afghanistan bringing together representatives of the Afghan authorities and the Taliban in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. The conference marks Moscow's attempt to get the Afghan authorities and the Taliban together at a table. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow has sent a diplomat to observe the discussions. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Envoy: Russia plays Afghanistan broker due to US ‘failure’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Taliban destroy Afghan army base, kill 16

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Afghan official: Taliban attacks kill 10 troops, 7 policemen

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Afghan officials: Taliban attacks kill 13 policemen

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Taliban attack kills 8 policemen in western Afghanistan

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, speaks during a press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

NATO chief appeals for peace; Taliban kill 20 Afghan guards

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, photo Afghan security guard the gate of the Karti Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan. Synagogues, mosques, churches and other houses of worship are routinely at risk of attack in many parts of the world. And so worshippers themselves often feel the need for visible, tangible protection even as they seek the divine. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban hit Afghan checkpoint, kill 13 soldiers, policemen

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press