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Afghan National Police officers march during a graduation ceremony at a training center in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

U.S. military helps Afghan National Police recruit, train women

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Reinforcement Afghan police officers pose together as they are expected to go for recapturing the village of Wanat in Nuristan province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday July 17, 2008. U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

U.S. ramps up program women cops in Afghanistan

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Cate Richards, mother of Marine Cpl. Robert Richards, touches his urn during his burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Richards, 28, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rob Richards, Marine who peed on Taliban, buried with honors at Arlington

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Taliban hit Shiite mosque in Pakistan, killing 20

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Illustrations on the violent implications of the Koran by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BROOKE GOLDSTEIN: Denying the real motivation for Islamist terrorism

By Brooke Goldstein

U.S. soldiers investigate the scene of an suicide attack in the Torkham, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on June 19. Afghan officials say three Taliban suicide bombers targeted NATO fuel trucks at the border with Pakistan, setting off a gunbattle with police guards. (Associated Press)

Gen. Vincent Stewart, DIA chief, calls Taliban ‘terrorists’ despite others’ reluctance

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Obama said that 99.9 percent of Muslims are peace-loving. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama says terrorists not motivated by true Islam

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: Afghan National Army forces are not ready to rebuff an expected Taliban offensive, on its own, once all American troops leave after 2016, according to reports from U.S. Green Berets. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FRED GEDRICH: Afghanistan’s Taliban IS a terrorist organization

By Fred Gedrich

FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A senior defense official says Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, has been returned to regular Army duty. As of Monday he is assigned to U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas. That is the same location where he has been decompressing from the effects of his lengthy captivity. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Obama-released Taliban member swapped for Bowe Bergdahl tried to return to terror

By Maggie Ybarra and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers questions about the upcoming budget proposal from President Barack Obama, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Josh Earnest struggles to defend White House claim that Taliban aren’t terrorists

By The Washington Free Beacon

Illustration on accurately identifying Islamist terror by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MONICA CROWLEY: Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio break silence about radical Islam

By Monica Crowley

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, a former Taliban fighter places a range of bullets before surrendering it to Afghan authorities, as part of a peace-reconciliation program in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State group controls a third of both Syria and Iraq, where it declared a caliphate governed by an extremely harsh interpretation of Shariah law and demanded the allegiance of the world&#8217;s Muslims. The Taliban, by contrast, are narrowly focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and some leaders have even responded to past peace overtures. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi, File)

Taliban not a terrorist group: White House

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, An Afghan money changer, right, counts a pile of currency at the Money and Exchange Market in Kabul. Afghanistan’s fragile economy has lost around a third of its value in the past year as the international military and aid organizations that poured in cash for more than a decade have drastically scaled back after U.S. President Barack Obama declared an end to the 13-year war against the Taliban _ leaving the government struggling for funds and key sectors lacking investment, economists, analysts and officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, FIle)

Afghan economic crisis looms as foreign aid dollars depart

By RAHIM FAIEZ and LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his unit in Afghanistan without permission in 2009 and was captured by the Taliban and held prisoner by the group for five years. Following the much-criticized exchange, the Army conducted an investigation into his actions, which concluded three months ago. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion, retired officer tells Fox

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, file photo, Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File) ** FILE **

Afghanistan confirms Islamic State in-country; recruiter is ex-Gitmo guy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to make a visit to Washington sometime this spring. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president to visit U.S. as Taliban tension flares

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 24, 2014 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier prays during an ongoing operation in the Dangam district of Kunar province, Afghanistan. The mountains of Dangam in the remote eastern border region of Afghanistan are dotted with the smoke of mortars and rockets fired by Talban insurgents waging war on government forces as they attempt to establish a permanent presence now that the American soldiers who led the fight here for more than a decade have packed up and left. (AP Photo)

Afghan mountain hamlet a proving ground for army

By RAHIM FAIEZ and LYNNE O'DONNELL - Associated Press

A US Army window gunner holds his weapon on a helicopter carrying U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during his visit to American troops in eastern Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

U.S. off war footing at year’s end, but wars go on

By ROBERT BURNS and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

In this picture taken on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, an internally displaced Afghan girl prepares traditional bread in a camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. Thousands of Afghans are pouring into makeshift camps in the capital where they face a harsh winter as the Taliban return to areas once cleared by foreign forces, who this week are marking the end of their combat mission. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans fleeing war now face brutal winter

By Rahim Faiez and Lynne O'Donnell - Associated Press

President Obama praised the courage of the U.S. Armed Forces as he called an end to combat operations in Afghanistan, thereby closing America's longest war. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) — FILE

Obama marks end of Afghan mission as ‘milestone’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times