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Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Gen. John Campbell, center, cases the ISAF flag during a ceremony at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. The United States and NATO formally ended their war in Afghanistan on Sunday with the ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for 13 years remains as ferocious and deadly as at any time since the 2001 invasion that unseated the Taliban regime following the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

U.S., NATO mark end of 13-year war in Afghanistan

By 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

Afghan National Army soldiers march in the Sangin district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, June 13, 2013. One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are ready to fight an insurgency that remains resilient after nearly 12 years of conflict. That question is especially pressing here in this border region, where insurgents regularly ambush government forces and control parts of the countryside. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghans poised to take security lead from U.S., NATO

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

** FILE ** Afghans push a damaged car from the scene of a militant attack by a suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Coalition will no longer publish Taliban attack figures in Afghanistan

Associated Press

A U.S. soldier (right) photographs the scene where an insurgent was shot to death near an Afghan intelligence office in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. A series of early morning attacks hit in the nation's east on Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Reported drop in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan was incorrect

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Afghanistan presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered all U.S. special forces to leave eastern Wardak province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

NATO: No evidence for Afghan claim of misconduct

By Patrick Quinn and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford (right) shakes hands with U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen (left), the outgoing NATO commander, during a change-of-command ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Gen. Dunford takes charge at a critical time for President Obama and the military as foreign combat forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, Pool)

New U.S. commander takes the helm in Afghanistan

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Afghan police secure the site of a suicide bombing in Khost, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. The suicide bomber was driving a motorcycle packed with explosives and rammed it into a patrol of Afghan and international forces, killing over a dozen people, including three NATO service members and their translator, official said. (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)

NATO weeds out suspect recruits, resumes Afghan police training

The Washington Times

Afghan police secure the site of a suicide bombing in Khost, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. The suicide bomber was driving a motorcycle packed with explosives and rammed it into a patrol of Afghan and international forces, killing over a dozen people, including three NATO service members and their translator, official said. (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)

NATO resumes training of Afghan police recruits

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

The U.S. is underreporting the number of incidents in which U.S. and coalition troops have been fired on by Afghan soldiers and police, the AP reports. The coalition reports fatalities, but it does not mention those wounded or incidents in which troops were fired on but no one was hit. (Associated Press)

U.S. mum on some Afghan attacks

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

An Afghan protestor holds a copy of Islam's holy book Koran as he shouts slogans during an anti-U.S. demonstration on Feb. 22, 2012, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Probe of Afghan Koran burning nearing completion

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Illustration: Job opening by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNAPP: Kandahar’s newest job opening

By Patrick Knapp - The Washington Times

In Kabul, Gates urges patience with war

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

General: Turnover situation in Afghanistan good

By Stephen Levy - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, addresses the Royal United Services Institute in London on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Gen. Petraeus said foreign troops are on course to complete their security role in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, but he has warned that progress easily could be reversed. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

BIDDLE & OHANLON: Slogging it out in Afghanistan

By Stephen Biddle and Michael O'Hanlon - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama, followed by, from second from left, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, walks to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EDITORIAL: McChrystal’s final agony

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times