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Afghan security forces, upper left, inspect the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. Taliban fighters staged an attack Thursday evening in an upscale district in the Afghan capital Kabul. Witnesses described multiple explosions and bursts of gunfire in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, which contains numerous foreign embassies and compounds housing international agencies and companies - as well as the homes of some senior Afghan government officials. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

4 dead after Taliban suicide bomber attacks British Embassy vehicle

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on the removal of Chuck Hagel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: Chuck Hagel dumped for defense of Obama policy

By Jed Babbin

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, file photo, U.S. Army Pfc. Garrick Carlton, center, of Sacramento, Calif., hikes past burning rubbish to man a hilltop observation post along with fellow Pfc. Michael Tompkins, of Wadsworth, Ohio, left, and Pfc. Austin D'Amica, of San Diego, at Combat Outpost Monti in Kunar province, Afghanistan. U.S. officials say President Barack Obama has quietly approved guidelines in recent weeks to allow the Pentagon to target Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, broadening previous plans that had limited the military to counterterrorism missions against al-Qaida after 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Obama quietly broadens mission in Afghanistan

By Lolita C. Baldor and Julie Pace - Associated Press

Afghan and foreign security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. A least four people were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul early Tuesday, the latest in a series of fatal blasts to hit the Afghan capital. In what appears to have been a complex attack, a small truck packed with explosives rammed the gate of a compound housing foreigners on the city's eastern outskirts soon after sunrise, said Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Doubts about Afghanistan’s military on rise

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

A wall-chalking supporting Islamic State terror group appears at an entrance of a compound in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. A spokesman for a small Pakistani militant group claims that a delegation from the Islamic State group has visited Jundallah's leaders in southwestern Pakistan. Jundullah spokesman Fahad Marwat said on Wednesday that the purpose of visit by the Islamic State group was to see how it could work to unite various Pakistani militant groups. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Islamic State seeks influence beyond Mideast; group’s emissaries visited Pakistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. flags fly over war veterans' tombstones at Golden Gate National Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, in San Bruno, Calif. The U.S. celebrates Veterans Day Tuesday in honor of those who have served in the nation's military. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

HARNDEN: Honoring the sacrifices of our veterans

By Toby Harnden

FILE - This Sept. 17, 2007 file photo released on Aug. 13, 2013 by defense lawyer U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, shows detainee Kuwaiti Fawzi al-Odah, in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Fawzi al-Odah, held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, for nearly 13 years, was sent back to his homeland Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, the first release based on the determination of a review panel that has been re-evaluating some men previously classified by the government as too dangerous to release. (AP Photo/Courtesy of defense lawyer Barry Wingard, File)

U.S. sends Guantanamo prisoner Fawzi al-Odah to Kuwait

Associated Press

In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a detainee stands inside a cell inside the U.S. run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 27, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Detainee brought from Afghanistan to U.S. for trial

By Larry O'Dell - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (AP Photo/U.S. Army) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: Why hasn’t Army’s report on Bowe Bergdahl been released?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

ANA special forces candidates participate in specialized training on weaponry and ordnance at the military School of Excellence near Kabul. (Photo by Valerie Plesch/Special to The Washington Times)

Afghan National Army trains to hold off Taliban after U.S. exit

By Valerie Plesch — Special to The Washington Times

Marines and sailors with Marine Expeditionary Brigade; Afghanistan load onto a KC-130 aircraft on the Camp Bastion flightline, Oct. 27, 2014. The Marine Corps ended its mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the day prior and all Marines, sailors and service members from the United Kingdom withdrew from southwestern Afghanistan.

As Marines depart Afghanistan, legacy lingers

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, file photo, masked Pakistani Taliban militants take part in a training session in an area of Pakistan's tribal South Waziristan region along the Afghan border. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Taliban spokesman fired for vowing allegiance to Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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)

Taliban adopts Islamic State terror tactics as U.S. troops exit Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, Malala Yousafzai speaks about her fight for girls' education on the International Day of the Girl at the World Bank in Washington. Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for her "heroic struggle" for girls' rights to education, it is announced Friday Oct. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

By Marl Lewis and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Afghan security forces walk around a destroyed army bus following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Two suicide bombers in the Afghan capital targeted two buses carrying Afghan army troops on Wednesday, killing several people and wounding over a dozen others, police said. (AP Photo)

Taliban suicide bombers kill 7 in Kabul, wound 21

By Amir Shah and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

In this Sept. 8, 2014 photo, Irfan Khan, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, discusses his lawsuit against the U.S. government in his Plantation, Fla. office. Khan worked hard to realize the American dream after arriving in the U.S. in 1994. He drove a taxi and operated a limousine company before landing a computer-related job in 2011 that promised a good living. Then Khan was accused of conspiring to send money to the Taliban. He spent 319 days in solitary confinement before federal prosecutors abruptly dropped all charges in June 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Man cleared in Taliban terror case suing US

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left, is sworn in by Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Ghani Ahmadzai He replaces Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. pact

By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

New Afghan president sworn in after disputed vote

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah - Associated Press

Afghan security forces take cover during clashes with Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital, raining down rockets, setting off a gunbattle with security forces and forcing the airport to close for hours, officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban in Afghanistan behead 12 family members of police

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times