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Pakistani peace activists rally to highlight the importance of tolerance in a peaceful society and demand concrete measures to deal the ongoing extremism and terrorism, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 11, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan: Taliban factions clash, killing dozens

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

Afghan candidates promise to respect results

By Kim Gamel and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Not going anywhere: Afghan President Hamid Karzai shows indelible ink on his finger before he casts his vote. Zalmay Rassoul has the backing of Mr. Karzai's clan and political machinery.

Leadership in Karzai’s shadow: Afghanistan’s next president to win vote, not total control

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Afghan burqa-clad woman casts her vote at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Afghans flocked to polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban to cast ballots in what promises to be the nation's first democratic transfer of power. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans defy Taliban threat to vote in droves

Associated Press

New Voices: Afghan women line up for voter registration cards this week. On Saturday, a segment of society that was oppressed under Taliban rule will help elect their country's next president. Cultural barriers will keep women from voting in some rural areas. (Associated Press photographs)

Voters in Afghanistan prepare for first democratic transition; vote set for Saturday

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S. Navy SEALs in action. (U.S. Navy photo)

Sniper takes out 6 Taliban militants in Afghanistan — with one bullet

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan police men take up positions as Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, firing on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, Saturday, March 29, 2014. Dozens of employees and other people who had been inside the Independent Election Commission compound took cover in the basement, and no casualties were reported. But two warehouses were hit and set on fire, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Taliban attack hits election commission’s headquarters in Kabul

Associated Press

Afghan special forces move in after four suicide bombers armed with assault rifles and hand grenades attacked an &#8220;office of foreigners&#8221; in a southwestern neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 28, 2014. A Taliban spokesman said insurgents attacked a &#8220;guest house of foreigners and a church of foreigners.&#8221; His claim could not be immediately confirmed. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Taliban attack location of U.S. charity, day care center in Afghanistan

Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, center, flanked by his bodyguards, talks to reporters at an undisclosed location in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process. Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement emailed to reporters that the top leadership of the militant group has instructed all of its units to comply with the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Pakistani officials hold direct talks with Taliban

Associated Press

Afghan police officers arrive to the scene after a multi-pronged attack on a police station in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Taliban insurgents staged the attack, using a suicide bomber and gunmen to lay siege to the station, government officials said. Two remotely detonated bombs also exploded nearby. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban storm police station in east Afghanistan, killing 10

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Families of three fallen Navy SEALs are suing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, his security forces and Iran. The lawsuit accuses Mr. Karzai of accepting bribes for the deaths of U.S. servicemen and of leaking details of a SEAL mission to the Taliban. (Associated Press)

Families sue Karzai, Iran for ‘11 chopper shootdown

The Washington Times

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, like this one used for training, was shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing all aboard. A special-operations officer questions the use of the craft for such "hot-LZ" purposes. (U.S. Navy photograph via Associated Press)

Families sue Karzai, Afghan security forces for downing of U.S. helicopter in 2011

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser disclosed that in a one-on-one meeting, Marine Commandant Gen. James F. Amos ordered him to &#226;&#8364;&#339;crush&#226;&#8364; all desecration defendants and run them out of the Corps. He said he refused.

Semper fi? Taliban desecration case ignites battle in top ranks of Marines

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, Afghanistan presidential election candidate and former Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak listens during the first presidential election debate at the Tolo TV building, a private TV station, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wardak, a longtime defense minister until he was removed by parliament in a vote of no confidence in 2012, gave no reason for his withdrawal and he was not throwing his support behind any remaining candidates, he said Sunday, March 16. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Ex-defense minister drops out of Afghan race

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during his final address to parliament during its opening session at the parliament house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Karzai said the last 12 years of war were &quot;imposed&quot; on Afghans, a reference to the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Karzai: Afghanistan doesn’t need U.S. troops

By Kathy Gannon and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai speaks during a campaign rally for women a day after International Women's Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Ten Afghan presidential candidates are campaigning in the presidential election scheduled for April. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban vow to ‘use all force’ to disrupt Afghan elections

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2011 file photo, Afghanistan’s Vice President Field Marshal Mohammed Qasim attends a press conference honoring former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul, Afghanistan. Government spokesman Aimal Faizi confirmed the death of Fahim, an ethnic Tajik who also served in President Hamid Karzai’s first administration. Faizi says the government has called for a three-day mourning period. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, file)

Afghan VP, ex-Northern alliance commander, dies

By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, secure the area after exiting a Chinook helicopter, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on June 18, 2006. Insurgents shot down on Aug. 6, 2011, a U.S. military helicopter similar to this one shown during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said. (Associated Press)

Gates’ book backs up grieving dad’s case

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama listening as Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan government refuse to sign a security agreement with the US the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Hamid Karzai expresses ‘extreme anger’ at U.S. government

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Pakistani Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, center, flanked by his bodyguards, talks to reporters at an undisclosed location in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan along Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the government, throwing new life into a foundering peace process. Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement emailed to reporters that the top leadership of the militant group has instructed all of its units to comply with the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)

Pakistani Taliban announces 1-month cease-fire

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press