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In this June 10, 2017, file photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Moscow and Washington are intertwined in a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan, with both suffering thousands of dead and wounded in conflicts lasting for years. Now both superpowers are linked again over Afghanistan, with intelligence reports indicating Russia secretly offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops there. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP, File)

Afghan chief negotiator: No clarity on timeline of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, filer photo, an Afghan security personnel stand guard after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. he U.N. mission in Afghanistan report released on Monday, July 27, 2020, has noted a drop in the number of civilians killed in violence in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Tamana Sarwary)

UN says Afghan civilian casualties down by 13% this year

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. The longest direct talks ever held between the United States and the Taliban concluded this week with both sides citing progress toward ending the 17-year war, but many questions remain unanswered. Khalilzad said they reached two “draft agreements” covering the withdrawal of U.S. troops and guarantees that Afghanistan would not revert to a haven for terrorists. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Q&A: After marathon Afghan talks, is peace at hand?

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, file photo released by the Afghan Presidential Palace, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, speaks to U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, third left, at the presidential palace in Kabul. Khalilzad is in a hurry to find a peace deal for Afghanistan that would allow America to bring home its troops after 17 years of war. The main talks are between Khalilzad and the Taliban’s political leadership, which is based in the Gulf nation of Qatar. (Afghan Presidential Palace via AP, File)

Q&A: US envoy’s road to Afghan peace littered with obstacles

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during a meeting with Estonian Defense Minister Juri Luik at the Pentagon in Washington. Mattis on Sunday, March 11, 2018, warned the Syrian government not to use chemical weapons in its civil war and said the Trump administration has made it clear that it would be &quot;very unwise&quot; to use gas in attacks. Mattis said Russia, which intervened militarily in Syria to support the Assad government, could be complicit in the civilian casualties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives in Afghan capital

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani talk at the start of their bilateral commission talks at Char Chinar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

John Kerry presses Afghan leaders on unity; no U.S. troop changes

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

General John F. Campbell commander of international forces in Afghanistan speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Campbell said the Islamic State group is actively recruiting in Afghanistan but is not yet operational there. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Islamic State is actively recruiting in Afghanistan, U.S. commander Gen. John F. Campbell says

By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Policemen and firefighters investigate the scene of a burning market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Hundreds of shops at a market were damaged in the blaze, but no causalities were reported. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Taliban not demanding Afghan power monopoly

By Denis Gray - Associated Press

Afghan government wants donors to support its priorities

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

U.S. wary of Pakistan as power broker in Kabul

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times