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New Afghan president, but vote totals kept secret

By Jason Straziuso and Ahim Faiez - Associated Press

Activist Malala Yousafzai pauses, during the Girl Summit 2014 at the Walworth Academy, in London, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Girls’ rights campaigners including Malala Yousafzai are calling for an end to the practice of female genital mutilation. (AP Photo, PA, Oli Scarff) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

Malala Yousafzai’s attackers arrested, Pakistan says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War’

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

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

House pushes resolution condemning Obama for swap

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

President Obama has vehemently defended his decision to swap five Taliban guerrillas for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, but the president may no longer have control over the narrative and likely will face increasingly intense questioning over the deal. (Associated Press)

House rebukes Obama over Bergdahl-Taliban exchange

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Outgoing commander of ISAF, U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford, first left, and incoming U.S. Army Commander for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), Gen. John F. Campbell, first right, salute during a change of command ceremony at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. ISAF is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan that was established by the United Nations Security Council in 2001. It will end its mission at the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

US commander: Taliban will test Afghans in 2015

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Jani Bergdahl, mother of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, listens as President Barack Obama speaks about the release of her son, during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Saturday, May 31, 2014. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bergdahl release violated law, used improper monies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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. Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who spent nearly five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, wants to attend college once the investigation into how he was captured by the Taliban is finished, his attorney said Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

GAO: Pentagon violated law with Bergdahl swap

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

This photo provided by Eugene R. Fidell shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl preparing to be interviewed by Army investigators in August, 2014. The U.S. Army has begun questioning Bergdahl about his disappearance in Afghanistan that led to five years in captivity by the Taliban, his attorney and an Army spokeswoman said Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene R. Fidell) MANDATORY CREDIT

Army extends investigation into Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl case

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Marines fire at Taliban positions, during a firefight in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. (Associated Press)

Retired Marine sniper from Taliban urination video found dead

By Martha Waggoner - 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)

Gunmen attack airport in Afghan capital

By Amir Shah - Associated Press

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, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. Bergdahl was freed in a swap in which the U.S. freed five Taliban detainees, a diplomatic victory for the insurgent group. In a belt from Iraq to Pakistan, militants scored a series of successes the past weeks, a sign of their continued power 13 years into the U.S. "war on terrorism." (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

Bergdahl hires lawyer for military investigation

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

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Bergdahl returned to active duty

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years, is seen mugging for a picture with an alleged Taliban official in Afghanistan. (Twitter photo @khorasan313)

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to return to active duty at Fort Sam Houston

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years, is seen mugging for a picture with an alleged Taliban official in Afghanistan. (Twitter photo @khorasan313)

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl captured in photo smiling with Taliban jihadist

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a press conference following the end of talks at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, in Beijing on Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, Pool)

Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to help resolve election crisis

Associated Press

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. Once released from captivity, a soldier like Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl enters a series of debriefings and counseling sessions, all carefully orchestrated by the U.S. military, to ease the soldier back into normal life. In military parlance, it’s known as “reintegration,” and Bergdahl, who spent five years as a captive of the Taliban under circumstances now hotly debated, is working his way through its early stages at a U.S. military hospital in Germany. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)

WEST: A New Bergdahl Mystery

By Allen B. West

Corporal Dipprasad Pun. (Image: YouTube)

Gurkha soldier honored by Queen Elizabeth II for taking out 30 Taliban on his own

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Friday, June 27, 2014, photo, a Pakistan army soldier checks a vehicle in Bannu, North Waziristan. Pakistan launched a ground offensive against Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border Monday after evacuating nearly half a million residents from the tribal region, the army said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan army launches ground attack on Taliban in North Waziristan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

NUNES: All is not well

By Devin Nunes