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In this Nov. 5, 2010, file photo, an Afghan farmer threshes hay in Sangin, Afghanistan. Taliban gunmen have overrun a strategic district in the southern province of Helmand, delivering a serious blow to government forces, Afghan officials said on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File) ** FILE **

It’s Trump’s war soon: Afghan future is cloudy at best

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE- This Nov. 7, 2014, artist rendering shows, Irek Hamidullin, front center, his attorney Robert Wagner, front left, and interpreter Ihab Samra, front right, as Judge Henry Hudson, left, listens in Federal Court in Richmond, Va. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in the case of Hamidullin. Hamidullin was accused of leading insurgents in a 2009 attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He was sentenced last year to life in prison. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)

Taliban fighter contests attack conviction, seeks immunity

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on Nov. 16, just one in a series of attacks by Taliban insurgents and Islamic State fighters over the past two months. (Associated Press)

Taliban assaults halt progress of Afghan, coalition forces

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 2, 2015, file photo, an Afghan soldier raises his hands as a victory sign, in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi, File)

26 civilians, 2 U.S. troops dead after Afghan raid on Taliban

By Jon Gambrell and Amir Shah - Associated Press

In this Nov. 5, 2010, file photo, an Afghan farmer threshes hay in Sangin, Afghanistan. Taliban gunmen have overrun a strategic district in the southern province of Helmand, delivering a serious blow to government forces, Afghan officials said on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File) ** FILE **

26 civilians dead after Afghan raid on Taliban

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Pakistani police officer and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. The suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan killed more than a dozen people and wounded many, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan city shuts down, mourns 61 killed at police academy

By ABDUL SATTAR and ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Pakistani police officer and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. The suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan killed more than a dozen people and wounded many, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistani cadets ran, jumped from windows to flee militants

By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

In this Nov. 5, 2010, file photo, an Afghan farmer threshes hay in Sangin, Afghanistan. Taliban gunmen have overrun a strategic district in the southern province of Helmand, delivering a serious blow to government forces, Afghan officials said on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File) ** FILE **

Taliban attack Afghan city that briefly fell a year ago

By RAHIM FAIEZ and MIRWAIS KHAN - Associated Press

Gen. John Campbell, the top American commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US General: 10 percent of Afghanistan under Taliban control

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, July 24, 2016 file photo, Afghan police soldiers practice, in Lashkargah, capital of southern Helmand province, Afghanistan. A new elite Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield techniques to match Afghanistan's increasingly professional national army. (AP Photos/Abdul Khaliq)

Taliban’s new commando force tests Afghan army’s strength

By MIRWAIS KHAN and LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

Afghans help a man who was injured in a deadly explosion that struck a protest march by ethnic Hazaras, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 23, 2016. Afghan Health Ministry officials say tens of people have been killed and over 200 wounded in the bombing Saturday, that was claimed by the Islamic State group according to a statement posted on the IS-linked Aamaq online news agency. The protesters Saturday were demanding that a major regional electric power line be routed through their impoverished home province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

ISIS attack on Afghan protest in Kabul kills 80 people, wounds 231

By Karim Sharifi and Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford took over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September 2015. He is scheduled to retire in 2019. (Associated Press)

U.S. officers see unexpected slip in Taliban violence

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

"The security situation in Afghanistan remains precarious," President Obama said Wednesday at the White House. "The Taliban remains a threat. They've gained ground in some cases." (Associated Press)

Obama announces slowdown of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 5, 2010, file photo, an Afghan farmer threshes hay in Sangin, Afghanistan. Taliban gunmen have overrun a strategic district in the southern province of Helmand, delivering a serious blow to government forces, Afghan officials said on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File) ** FILE **

Taliban suicide bombing kills 14 Nepalese guards in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 2, 2016 photo, New U.S. commander in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, attends a change of command ceremony at the Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The new U.S. commander in Afghanistan has submitted his first three-month assessment of the situation in the war-torn country and what it’s going to take to defeat the Taliban, a U.S. military official tells The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S. commander in Afghanistan submits his 3-month take on war

By LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, center, and British Gen. Sir Nicholas Houghton, second left, participate in a meeting of NATO's Military Committee at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ** FILE **

U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan? New look at reduction plan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

Ashton Carter confirms U.S. will rethink troop withdrawal timeline

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

American troops have been approved to restart joint ground operations with Afghan forces at the behest of Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander on the ground. (Associated Press)

Obama effectively restarts Afghanistan combat operations a year after officially ending them

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Gen. John Campbell, the top American commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House OKs expanded Afghanistan airstrikes, officials say

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2015 file photo, Afghan security forces inspect the site of a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. After months of debate, the White House has approved plans to expand the military's authority to conduct airstrikes against the Taliban when necessary as the violence in Afghanistan escalates, senior U.S. and defense officials said Thursday. Afghan officials welcomed the change. (AP Photo, File)

White House: Expanded airstrikes in Afghanistan won’t change U.S. mission

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times