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Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to the media at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on March 21, 2018. Dunford says he’s optimistic about Afghanistan after visiting the country this week. (AP Photo?Lolita Baldor)

Joint Chiefs chair sees signs of progress in Afghan war

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 14, 2018, file photo, Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan, speaks to reporters at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Nicholson says America has a role to play in setting the conditions for members of the Taliban to lay down their weapons and move back into Afghanistan society. Nicholson says integration talks are already going on behind the scenes and U.S. and Afghan officials are working out a plan that will lay out how the U.S. will support the peace effort. (AP Photos/Robert Burns, File)

US will have role in Afghan reconciliation with Taliban

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2017, file photo Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford speaks to reporters at the Pentagon. Afghan security forces have identified key areas of the country that must be secure for the elections later this year and have planned a series of military operations to free them from Taliban control, Dunford said Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Dunford: Afghan combat operations key to safe elections

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A vacant lot, leveled during the two-year Pakistani offensive against the Haqqani network lies dormant in the North Waziristan city of Miran Shah. Small placards indicate the property's ownership claims, should they return to the provincial capital. (Carlo Muñoz/The Washington Times)

Pakistan ousts terrorists, rebuilds border region

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Afghan official says car bomber kills 2 in Kabul

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Top US commander sees peace possibilities in Afghanistan

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

James Mattis, U.S. defense secretary, arrives in Kabul, will meet with Afghan president

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during a meeting with Estonian Defense Minister Juri Luik at the Pentagon in Washington. Mattis on Sunday, March 11, 2018, warned the Syrian government not to use chemical weapons in its civil war and said the Trump administration has made it clear that it would be &quot;very unwise&quot; to use gas in attacks. Mattis said Russia, which intervened militarily in Syria to support the Assad government, could be complicit in the civilian casualties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives in Afghan capital

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the Jan. 27 deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadly explosion caused by a suicide bomber driving an ambulance in the capital. Is Afghanistan really America’s forgotten war? Consider this: At a Senate hearing this week on top U.S. security threats, the word “Afghanistan” was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks. In the ensuing two hours of questions for intelligence agency witnesses, no senator asked about Afghanistan, suggesting little interest in a 17-year war with nearly 15,000 U.S. troops supporting combat against the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

16 years on, US military presence in Afghanistan growing

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the Jan. 27 deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadly explosion caused by a suicide bomber driving an ambulance in the capital. Is Afghanistan really America’s forgotten war? Consider this: At a Senate hearing this week on top U.S. security threats, the word “Afghanistan” was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks. In the ensuing two hours of questions for intelligence agency witnesses, no senator asked about Afghanistan, suggesting little interest in a 17-year war with nearly 15,000 U.S. troops supporting combat against the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Amid little scrutiny, US military ramps up in Afghanistan

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Security personnel carry human remains at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Friday, March 9, 2018. A suicide bomber targeting Afghanistan's minority Hazaras blew himself up at a police checkpoint in western Kabul on Friday, killing nine people and wounding more than a dozen, officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Suicide bomber kills 9 in Kabul; Taliban kill 16 in province

By AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Pakistan: Drone strike kills Taliban chief’s son, 20 others

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Security personnel carry a body at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Friday, March 9, 2018. A suicide bomber targeting Afghanistan's minority Hazaras blew himself up at a police checkpoint in western Kabul on Friday, killing nine people and wounding more than a dozen, officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

The Latest: Afghan president condemns IS attack in Kabul

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Illustration on the potential for developing the mineral wealth of Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Afghanistan’s addiction to ill-gotten gains

By Stewart Lawrence

This June 10, 2017 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

Pakistan official: U.S. should end Afghanistan war with Taliban

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 photo, Shoaib shows a picture of his father who along with 13 others were killed in Afghanistan’s central Ghor Province by gunmen in 2014, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case, it has collected a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims. Abdul Wadood Pedram, of the Kabul-based Human Rights and Eradication of Violence Organization said, the statements not only include accounts of alleged atrocities by groups like the Taliban and the Islamic State, but also by Afghan Security Forces and government-affiliated warlords, the U.S.-led coalition, and foreign and domestic spy agencies. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans submitted 1.17 million war crimes claims to court

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 photo, Hussain Razaee, whose fiancee was among 30 people killed last July when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a bus carrying employees of the Ministry of Mines, gives an interview to The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdul Wadood Pedram, of the Kabul-based Human Rights and Eradication of Violence Organization said, the statements not only include accounts of alleged atrocities by groups like the Taliban and the Islamic State, but also by Afghan Security Forces and government-affiliated warlords, the U.S.-led coalition, and foreign and domestic spy agencies. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Court received 1.17 million war crimes claims from Afghans

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistani Taliban confirm No. 2 killed in drone US strike

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In this Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rene Boucher, the man accused of tackling U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in the Kentucky lawmaker's yard has been charged with assaulting a member of Congress as part of a federal plea agreement. And his lawyer confirmed what's long been suggested by neighbors: The attack stemmed from a dispute about yard maintenance. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Rand Paul invited to peace talks by Taliban

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

State National Guard unit pursues humanitarian mission

By JONATHAN M. PITTS - Associated Press