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FILE - This Tuesday, March 8, 2016 file photo shows Khalida Popal, the former Afghanistan national women's team captain, in Copenhagen. The footballers in the Afghanistan women’s team Popal helped to establish now fear for their lives after the Taliban swept to regain control of the country after two decades. (AP Photos/Jan M. Olsen, File)

Afghanistan’s female footballers make tearful calls for help

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane, some climbing on the plane, as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac at the airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto the American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (Verified UGC via AP)

‘Promises are being broken’ as U.S. strands Afghan allies

By Stephen Dinan and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ghani flees Afghanistan, U.S. diplomats burn documents as Taliban enter Kabul

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)

Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital, squeezing Kabul

By Tameem Akhgar, Rahim Faiez and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)

Taliban continues their blitz across Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An Afghan army soldier stands guard on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Mirwais Bezhan)

‘Complete, utter failure’: Frustration with Afghan army boils over as Taliban take 2 more provinces

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A Pakistani paramedic treats men, who were injured in a fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban in Spin Boldak border area, at a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan, Friday, July 16, 2021. Afghan government security forces were battling to retake the southeastern Spin Boldak border crossing with neighbor Pakistan Friday, according to Afghanistan's deputy defense ministry spokesman Fawad Awan. (AP Photo/Tariq Achakzai)

Reuters photographer killed as Afghan forces fight Taliban

By Kathy Gannon

The U.S. Embassy dominates the skyline in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 3, 2021. As America’s “forever war” rapidly winds down, the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions in Kabul are looking at a worsening security situation and how to respond. There is still no deal on securing operations at Kabul’s international airport, a prerequisite for a continued presence of foreign diplomats and aid workers in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

After troops exit, safety of US Embassy in Kabul top concern

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

‘Last hurrah’: Biden to meet embattled Afghan leaders amid Taliban gains

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sultana Karimi applies makeup on a customer at Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Kabul's young working women say they fear their dreams may be short-lived if the Taliban return to Kabul, even if peacefully as part of a new government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect the site of a sticky bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 15, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Sticky bombs latest weapon in Afghanistan’s arsenal of war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

The Case for Afghanistan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The fall of Bala Murghab and Afghanistan’s future

By Gary Anderson

Members of the Taliban delegation from the left: Khairullah Khairkhwa, former western Herat Governor and one of five Taliban released from the U.S. prison on Guantanamo Bay in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, Suhail Shaheen, member of negotiation team, Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for the Taliban's political office attend their joint news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2021. The Taliban warned Washington against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan promising a &quot;reaction&quot;. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Taliban expect U.S. withdrawal, vow to restore Islamic rule

By Vladimir Isachenkov and Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 15, 2021. A bomb targeting a minibus in Afghanistan's capital exploded Monday wounding at least 15 civilians, police said, amid a surge in attacks in Kabul. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Joe Biden says May 1 deadline to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan is ‘tough’

By Ben Wolfgang and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Afghans are eager for peace and a recently floated U.S. draft for a deal between Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government is the best chance to accelerate stalled peace talks, ex-president Hamid Karzai said in an interview Thursday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

AP Interview: Karzai says US plan catalyst for Afghan peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press