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Afghan officials standing by bodies of Taliban fighters investigate the site of a deadly suicide attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base in Nangarhar province, east of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. NATO said a service member died following a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan, without identifying the soldier's nationality. An official said five Taliban fighters on foot tried to storm the base after the bombing, but Afghan and NATO troops returned fire, killing the attackers. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attack kills NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan

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A U.S. soldier returns fire as others run for cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The unit is operating in support of a U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Medal of Honor: General orders review of tracking battlefield awards

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FULL FRAME VERSION OF AFDG102, WEDNESDAY AUG. 19, 2009 PHOTO** In this full frame version of AFDG102, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden, La., centers, covers Pfc. James Gordon, 20, of Texas, both of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., from the rotar wash of a landing medivac helicopter after Gordon sustained leg injuries when the armored vehicle he and six others were riding in hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. It was Apache company's 48th IED in a month, 7 that were attacks, 41 diffused or destroyed, resulting in 22 soldiers injured and one soldier killed in that timeframe. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Spike in battlefield deaths linked to restrictive rules of engagement

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syed Munawar Hasan, the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, arrives to pray at a mosque in the party's headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov, 11, 2013. The Pakistan army condemned the prominent Islamic political leader Hasan who called the Pakistani Taliban chief killed by a U.S. drone strike a martyr. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Suspected U.S. drone kills 1 in Pakistan; no intention of throttling back attacks

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers arrive at the scene after a powerful suicide vehicle bomb tore through Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The deadly bomb targeted a site where thousands of elders are to gather next week to discuss a controversial security agreement with the United States, which would allow U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after the final withdrawal of international combat troops at the end of 2014, officials said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan troops will need help for years

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** - A member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2013. A senior U.S. commander said Saturday, March 30, 2013 that American special operations forces have handed over their base in eastern Afghanistan’s Nirkh district to local Afghan commandos. (Associated Press)

Rules of engagement bind U.S. troops’ actions in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: Obama’s security deal dooms U.S. to endless war

By Brahma Chellaney

Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds a copy of a weekly security report during the last day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Mr. Karzai said he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by the assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan to reintroduce stoning as punishment

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice party chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. Thousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes blocked a road in northwest Pakistan used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan, the latest sign of rising tension caused by the attacks. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

NATO supply line blocked by Pakistani drone protesters

Associated Press

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

U.S. drone kills 5 outside of Pakistan tribal region

Associated Press

** FILE ** Syed Munawar Hasan, the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, arrives to pray at a mosque in the party's headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov, 11, 2013. The Pakistan army condemned the prominent Islamic political leader Hasan who called the Pakistani Taliban chief killed by a U.S. drone strike a martyr. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Rare U.S. drone strike kills at least 5 in Pakistan

By Hussain Afzal and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Karzai announced that the final draft of a contentious Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States has been completed ahead of a traditional loya Jirga, or grand council, convened to discuss the critical pact. Both countries have signed off on the draft. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S., Afghans hammering out an agreement on night raids

Associated Press

Pakistani youths gather at the spot at which Nasiruddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the feared militant Haqqani network, was assassinated at an Afghan bakery in the Bhara Kahu area on the outskirts of Islamabad on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Senior leader of Haqqani militant network shot dead in Islamabad

By Kathy Gannon and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard University on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Cambridge, Mass. The Pakistani teenager, an advocate for education for girls, survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year on her way home from school. (AP Photo/Jessica Rinaldi)

Pakistani private schools ban Malala’s book

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

FILE - In this file image taken on Nov. 26, 2008, Hakimullah Meshud, then the deputy Pakistani Taliban leader, is flanked by his comrades in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud)

Pakistani Taliban chose Malala plotter as new leader

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, right, holds a rocket launcher with his comrades in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

Pakistan: Taliban leader who attacked CIA base killed in U.S. drone strike

Associated Press

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pakistan: 3 percent of deaths from U.S. drone strikes were civilians

By Munir Ahmed and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

**FILE** Gen. James F. Amos is commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. (Associated Press)

Former judge advocates ask Congress to investigate top Marine officer

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Elizabeth Strange, center, carries her son's remains, with Breanna Hostetler, fiance of the deceased, right, as they depart after a a flag presentation ceremony for U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Joseph Strange, a cryptology technician, in Logan Circle Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, in Philadelphia. Strange was assigned to the Navy SEAL team whose Chinook helicopter was shot down Aug. 6 by a rocket-propelled grenade in what has become the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Families suspect SEAL Team 6 crash was inside job on worst day in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GORDON: An Obama field guide to friends and enemies

By J.D. Gordon