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An Afghan policeman searches a passenger at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. An Afghan official says that a policeman has turned his weapon on fellow police officers at a checkpoint in the country's south, killing 10 policemen. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghanistan security, economy deteriorating rapidly: Report

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 **

U.S. general: Afghan army being ‘rebuilt’ for Taliban battle

By LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, after his arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

Bowe Bergdahl defense could call Donald Trump to witness stand

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Reporters stand in a corridor at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda town, some 35 kilometers (21 miles) outside the city of Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Gunmen stormed Bacha Khan University named after the founder of an anti-Taliban political party in the country's northwest Wednesday, killing many people, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Syed Husain, Pakistani professor, dies in shootout protecting students from Taliban militants

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

An ambulance transports the body of a victim while Pakistani troops gather at the main gate of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda town, some 35 kilometers (21 miles) outside the city of Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Gunmen stormed Bacha Khan University named after the founder of an anti-Taliban political party in the country's northwest Wednesday, killing some people, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Taliban kill 20 in attack at northwest Pakistani university

By Riaz Khan and Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Afghan security forces gather at the site of a suicide attack after clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament in Kabul on June 22. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan forces held back by corrupt, incompetent commanders in Taliban fight

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 20, 2015, file photo provided by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif, at Nur Khan airbase in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States are meeting Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad to craft out a roadmap for peace to end an increasingly bloody and protracted Afghan war. But warring sides are miles apart, say analysts and protagonists. The Taliban are not invited to Monday’s talks. (Press Information Department via AP, File)

Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, U.S. seek roadmap to peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Taliban fighters are handcuffed by Afghan security forces in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. (AP Photos/Mohammad Anwar Danishyar)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia begins supplying weapons to Afghanistan, sides with Taliban

By L. Todd Wood

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, after his arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban asked how troops get prostitutes, drugs, whether Obama is gay

By Kellan Howell - 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 **

Afghan officials: Southern district remains in state control

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

An Afghan security forces member stands guard at the Spanish Embassy after an attack in Kabul on Dec. 12. Explosions and gunfire rocked a diplomatic area of central Kabul overnight as security forces tried to flush out Taliban attackers who claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb Friday. (Associated Press)

Taliban outlast 14 years of U.S. combat in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An Afghan National Army soldier searches a passenger at a checkpoint on the way to the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Reinforcements have been rushed to a besieged southern district threatened for days with takeover by Taliban fighters, Afghanistan's acting defense minister said on Wednesday. (AP Photos/Abdul Khaliq)

Masoom Stanekzai, Afghan minister: Troops rushed to area under Taliban attack

Associated Press

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The attorney for Bergdahl, who was released in exchange for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay, says the soldier's case has been referred for trial by a general court-martial. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

"I want to make clear that any transfer from Guantanamo will be undertaken after consultation with Congress and pursuant to all legal requirements for transfers, including those spelled out in the FY2012 [National] Defense Authorization Act," then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote to Congress in November 2011. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton misled Congress on Bowe Bergdahl swap with Taliban

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

British soldiers carry the body of a victim of an attack that happened near the Spanish embassy, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Explosions and gunfire rocked a diplomatic area of central Kabul overnight as security forces tried to flush out Taliban attackers who claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb Friday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Seven killed in Taliban attack on Spanish embassy in Kabul

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces respond to a car bomb attack by Taliban militants near a foreign guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. A Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber targeted the guesthouse in Shir Pur, an area with embassies and other diplomatic buildings that seen to be one of the safer parts of the Afghan capital.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attacks Spanish embassy in Kabul

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect damages after clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan forces in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. A Taliban assault on an airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that has been underway for nearly 24 hours has killed dozens of people, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan)

Death toll at 50 in Taliban attack on Kandahar airport

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

An Afghan security man inspects damages after clashes between the Afghan police and Taliban militants at a police station in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

37 killed, 35 wounded in Taliban attack at Kandahar airport

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 photo, an Afghan National Army helicopter flies as a U.S. military vehicle passes, at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan. A series of airports, built by NATO to fight the Taliban, are being handed over to the Afghan government in a civil aviation upgrade that optimists hope will fuel not only regional trade but even tourism. The eight airfields, worth an estimated $2 billion, are scattered around a landlocked and mountainous land whose lack of rail transport or decent roads makes almost every intercity journey a perilous adventure -- even without factoring in attacks from Taliban militants. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban gunmen attack Kandahar airport in Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A Taliban fighter sits on his motorcycle adorned with a Taliban flag in a street in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Tuesday on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which was captured by the Taliban the previous day in a major setback to the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (AP Photo)

Are Afghans ready to stop the killing

By L. Todd Wood