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Afghan soldiers attend a transfer of authority ceremony of the police academy from NATO-led troops to Afghan security forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban attacks kill NATO soldier, two Afghan police

Associated Press

**FILE** The sun rises May 13, 2009, over the Guantanamo detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (Associated Press)

White House still mulling Taliban swap offer for U.S. POW

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks in Strauss Performing Arts Center at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, in Omaha, Neb. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

Hagel asks Indian professor if he’s member of the Taliban

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This file image provided by IntelCenter on Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of a man believed to be a U.S. soldier, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, left. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Taliban offer to trade: 5 Gitmo prisoners for 1 U.S. soldier

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony at military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Mr. Karzai announced at the event that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai recesses security talks with U.S.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Afghan security forces members stand guard at the site of a blast near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 18, 2013. The large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital as the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police they have been training. (Associated Press)

U.S. to talk directly with Taliban on Afghanistan’s future

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

Baseer runs a pottery workshop in Jamrud, Khyber Agency, in FATA. He works on a machine pedaled by his feet. Some of his pots are used for drinking water; others are for kids to collect coins called khazana, treasure, in the local language. To get the money out, the children have to break to pot. Photo / Muhammad Khalid Afridi

Eye of the beholder: Pakistani shutterbugs unveil stunning photographs

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Taliban accused of beheading boys, 10 and 16, for spying

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan policemen guard after Taliban fighters attacked near Kabul's airport, Afghanistan, Monday, June 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Kabul airport in chaos as Taliban militants launch deadly attack

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Navy SEALs seen through the greenish glow of night vision goggles, as they prepare to breach a locked door in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Columbia Pictures' hyper-realistic new action thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)

KUHNER: The betrayal of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan: I was protecting the Taliban

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan National Army soldiers are taking the lead at Camp Shorabak, a base in Southwest Afghanistan where they live and train. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

Marines stand back as Afghans take lead

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.S. Marines watch as their Afghan National Army students graduate from a class on using 60mm mortars at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. Afghan forces now are taking the lead in operations in 80 percent of central Helmand province. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

Marines ready to roll, with nowhere to go: Still plan missions — but for Afghan, not U.S., forces

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Waliur Rehman (center), the Pakistani Taliban's No. 2 leader, talks with The Associated Press during an interview in Shawal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan on July 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistan: Drone strike kills key Taliban terrorist

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times