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American soldiers examine the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that was hit by a U.S. AC-130 gunship last month. (Associated Press)

Doctors Without Borders refuses Pentagon money to rebuild hospital damaged in airstrike

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Oct. 24, 2015, file photo. According to Atmar, Afghanistan is in danger of once again becoming a safe haven for terrorists wanting to carry out attacks like the Sept. 11, 2001, atrocities in the United States, and needs the help of the U.S. and NATO countries to ensure victory in its fight to eliminate these groups from within its borders. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan security adviser warns of risk from Islamic State, al Qaeda

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

President Obama and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued a joint statement Thursday calling for "enhancing" the already "robust" military-to-military relationship between Washington and Islamabad, indicating that a major weapons deal may be in the works. (Associated Press)

Obama, Nawza Sharif discuss enhancing military-to-military relationship between U.S., Pakistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, photo, Christopher Stokes, the general director of the medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, which is also known by its French abbreviation MSF, stands amid the charred remains of the organization's hospital, after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Stokes says the “extensive, quite precise destruction” of the bombing raid casts doubt on American military assertions that it was a mistake. (Najim Rahim via AP)

Masoom Stanekzai, Afghan defense minister, says Taliban hid in bombed hospital

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Afghan employees of a Doctors Without Borders hospital move debris of its damaged gate in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Najim Rahim)

U.S. suspected Taliban at Afghan hospital; doctors deny it

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo, an Afghan National Army soldier rests after he arrives in a camp, outside of Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Najim Rahim via AP) **FILE**

Taliban withdraws from Kunduz

Associated Press

Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan. Loyalists of the Islamic State group are making inroads into Afghanistan, with homegrown militants claiming allegiance to the Islamic State as it controls territory in some parts of the country. (Associated Press)

Islamic State grows in Afghanistan, encroaches on Kabul as U.S. remains ‘passive observer’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Army Gen. John F. Campbell, the top commander in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “much has changed” on the battlefield since President Obama announced the withdrawal timetable in 2014, including the rise of the Islamic State and al Qaeda, and a reinvigorated Taliban. (Associated Press)

Gen. John Campbell: U.S. troops must remain in Afghanistan past 2016, new strategy needed

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces take a wounded civilian man to the hospital after Taliban fighter's attack, in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Three staff from Doctors Without Borders were killed and 30 were missing after an explosion near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that may have been caused by a U.S. airstrike. (AP Photo/Dehsabzi)

Doctors Without Borders: 19 dead in Afghan clinic airstrike

By LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

Injured Doctors Without Borders staff are seen after explosions near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Doctors Without Borders announced that the death toll from the bombing of the group's Kunduz hospital compound has risen to at least 16, including 3 children and that tens are missing after the explosions that may have been caused by a U.S. airstrike. In a statement, the international charity said the &quot;sustained bombing&quot; took place at 2:10 a.m. (21:40 GMT). Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes have been fighting to dislodge Taliban insurgents who overran Kunduz on Monday. (Médecins Sans Frontières via AP)

Pentagon launches probe into deadly airstrike on charity hospital in Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Afghan vendors sort their properties on a street in Kunduz city, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2015. An Afghan official says government forces have retaken the strategic northern city of Kunduz , which was seized by the Taliban on Monday. (AP Photos)

Afghan troops push into city of Kunduz; Taliban in retreat

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

The U.S. military carried out an airstrike Tuesday on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which was captured by the Taliban the previous day in a major setback to the Afghan government. Al Qaeda and Islamic State continue graining ground in the country. (Associated Press)

Islamic State, al Qaeda gains test Afghanistan security force

By Rowan Scarborough - 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)

Taliban display force as Afghan president vows to retake Kunduz

By Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

Pakistani commandos arrive at an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked an air force base on the outskirts of Peshawar early Friday, triggering a shootout that left at least 20 wounded and six of the attackers dead, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Taliban attack on Pakistan base kills 20; 16 die in mosque

By Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

Afghan security forces and British soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. The suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including three foreign contractors, authorities said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini

Afghan car bombing kills at least 12, including 3 Americans

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The lawyer representing Bergdahl, who left his infantry post and was held by the Taliban for five years, says callous statements Donald Trump is making about his client are threatening the soldier's right to a fair trial.(AP Photo/U.S. Army, file)

Bowe Bergdahl’s lawyer: Donald Trump’s statements threaten fair trial

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

A Pakistani police officer comforts a man recovered from the rubble at the site of a suicide bombing in Shadi Khan, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest from Pakistani capital, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. A pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives at the home of an anti-Taliban provincial minister, killing him and more than a dozen others in eastern Pakistan, officials said. (AP Photo/Ghulam Shabbir)

Twin blasts kill anti-Taliban Pakistani minister, 13 more

By ASIF SHAHZAD - Associated Press

Civic Order in Afghanistan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

WILL EVERETT: Afghanistan can use Taliban civic order, not brutality

By Will Everett

The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar (center) was confirmed by the Taliban, which postponed a second round of talks with Kabul. (Associated Press)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Islamic Uzbek movement swears allegiance to ISIS

By Sean MacCormac