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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, Pakistani religious cleric, Samiul Haq addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistani police and family of a top cleric Haq who was known as &quot;father of the Taliban&quot; has been killed in a knife attack in his bedroom at home in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Haq's son Hamidul Haq says his father was killed Friday.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

Pakistan’s ‘father of Taliban’ cleric killed in knife attack

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

Almass, an 18-year-old Afghan who lost his younger brother at the Iran-Turkey border four years ago, traces the path of his migration to Europe, at his new home in Gentioux-Pigerolles, France on Oct. 6, 2018. Asia has the world's largest overall population movements, but also has the least information on the fate of those who disappear after leaving their homelands. (AP Photo/Lori Hinnant)

Leaving Asia for the unknown, thousands disappear in transit

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Karzai said Thursday that he sees a role for the Taliban in his country after the war -- in a future, peaceful Afghanistan. Karzai also said that five Taliban leaders who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for American army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl are “good individuals, good Afghans” who should have a role in peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Karzai welcomes Gitmo 5 into peace discussion

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Mohammed Ismail Qasimyar, a member of a government peace council, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. A Taliban spokesman said Tuesday that five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar. But Qasimyar warned Washington against negotiating peace terms with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban: 5 freed from US military prison now in Qatar office

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Gunmen kill police officer in southwestern Pakistan

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Afghan official: Taliban kill woman, lover over adultery

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Officials: Pakistan frees senior Taliban commander

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, photo, Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint ahead of parliamentary elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans will go to the polls on Saturday, hoping to bring change to a corrupt government that has lost nearly half the country to the Taliban. On Thursday, three top provincial officials in the southern province of Kandahar were killed by their own guards during a meeting to discuss security ahead of the vote. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Afghan security forces succeeding despite spate of Taliban attacks: Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

An injured man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a polling station in a school in the northern Kabul neighborhood of Khair Khana, the first major attack in Saturday's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans vote for 2nd day amid violence, technical issues

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Voters from the minority Sikh register to cast in Parliamentary elections in old city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Tens of thousands of Afghan forces fanned out across the country as voting began Saturday in the elections that followed a campaign marred by relentless violence. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

The Latest: Suicide blast kills 3 at Afghan polling station

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US commander confident in ability of Afghan security forces

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, photo, a man rides his motorbike in front of campaign posters for parliamentary candidates, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans will return to the polls on Saturday, hoping to bring change to a corrupt government that has lost nearly half the country to the Taliban. In the eight years since Afghanistan last held parliamentary elections a resurgent Taliban has carried out near-daily attacks, seizing large swathes of the countryside and threatening major cities. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans set to vote despite Taliban threats, corruption

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

US goals in Afghanistan seem ever more distant after attack

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018, file photo, a bus is covered with posters for candidate, Alhaj Abdul Hossain Hossainzada, ahead of parliamentary elections, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The elections are being held Saturday despite deep security concerns and ongoing fighting in as many as 20 out of the country’s 34 provinces. The vote comes amid a particularly vicious campaign by the Taliban and the Islamic State group, which have been staging near-daily attacks and there have also been concerns over the transparency of the vote. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A look at Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections on Saturday

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

The head of NATO troops in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, center left, Kandahar Gov. Zalmay Wesa, center right, and their delegations attend a security conference, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. The three top officials in Afghanistan's Kandahar province were killed, including Wesa, when their own guards opened fire on them at the conference Thursday, the deputy provincial governor said. A Taliban spokesman said the target was Miller, who escaped without injury, according to NATO. (AP Photo)

Stakes high in Afghan election as US seeks peace pact

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Afghan National army soldiers search a car at a checkpoint ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 20, at the Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attack kills top Afghan officials, US general unhurt

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

An Afghan policeman stands guard at a checkpoint ahead of parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC18959F7520

Afghanistan election threats, apathy keep voters from polls

By Zakarya Hassani and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this September 2, 2018 photo, provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, delivers remarks during the Resolute Support mission change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials said Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 that three top Kandahar province officials have been killed by their own guards in an attack at a security meeting that also wounded two U.S. troops. A Taliban spokesman who claimed responsibility for the attack tells The Associated Press that Miller, was the target. NATO officials say Miller escaped unharmed. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Sharida Jackson, via AP)

The Latest: UN Security Council condemns Afghan attacks

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In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 photo, Hameeda Danesh, a candidate for Parliament, hoping to represent the deeply conservative district of Jalrez in central Wardak province, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In Saturday’s election 417, or roughly 16 percent, of the 2,565 candidates competing for seats in the 249-member chamber are women. Yet in rural Afghanistan, especially in the country’s ethnic Pashtun areas where the Taliban dominate, many women are not even registered to vote. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Candidate: Elections key to countering Afghan conservatism

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

A campaign bus is covered with posters of parliamentary candidate, Dr. Abdul Baqi Ameen, ahead of Parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 20, during a campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Bomb kills Afghan candidate as Taliban vow to attack polls

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press