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Illustration on child sex trafficking and the Taliban by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How sex trafficking funds the Taliban and terrorism

By Anne Basham and Clare Morell

Taliban has no better friend than Biden

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)

Team Biden empowering the Taliban

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Amal Ahmadi, 32, holds a picture of his slain brother Zemerai Ahmadi at the family house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Zemerai Ahmadi the Afghan man who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last month was an enthusiastic and beloved longtime employee at an American humanitarian organization, his colleagues say, painting a stark contrast to the Pentagon’s claims that he was an Islamic State group militant about to carry out an attack on American troops. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

‘Righteous strike?’ Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in U.S. aid group as ‘best of us’

By Kathy Gannon and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Taliban fighters stand guard inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul's international airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans urge Blinken to designate Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A Taliban fighter controls a crowd waiting to withdraw money from a bank branch in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) **FILE**

Marsha Blackburn rips Biden’s ‘redefining’ Taliban as legitimate government: ‘These are terrorists’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2021 file photo, Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi, File)

Biden has made the world’s deadliest terrorists great again

By Brahma Chellaney

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined at left by Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan with Secretary of State Antony Blinken who appeared remotely, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans hammer Blinken over Afghan debacle while Dems blame Trump

By Ben Wolfgang and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Taliban members lay their weapons down as they pray inside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Donors voice concerns over Taliban rule as U.N. seeks funds

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, Afghan passengers board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (MSgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Trapped in Afghanistan: Those left behind grapple with unresponsive U.S., dimming hope of escape

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks as he meets with Philippines Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken first on docket as Afghanistan pullout hearings begin

By Guy Taylor and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Illustration on Taliban complicity in the 9/11 attacks by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A look back at the 9/11 commission as Biden coddles terrorists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The iconic Taliban flag is painted on a wall outside the American embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Taliban flag rises over seat of power on fateful anniversary

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Illustration on Missouri's Second Amendment protection law by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden arms Taliban while disarming Americans

By John Velleco

In this May 3, 2011, file photo, local residents gather outside a house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)

Still going after the bad guys: 20 years after 9/11, U.S. tallies wins, losses in war on terror

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on 10 reasons for Afghanistan's fall to the Taliban by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How to prevent future Afghanistan-like disasters

By Joshua Sinai

A Taliban soldier walks on the tarmac at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. Some domestic flights have resumed at Kabul's airport, with the state-run Ariana Afghan Airline operating flights to three provinces. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Dozens of Westerners, including Americans, leave Kabul

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. The Taliban have promised an inclusive government and a more moderate form of Islamic rule than when they last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. But many Afghans, especially women, are deeply skeptical and fear a rollback of rights gained over the last two decades. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon)

Report: Taliban bans women’s sports in Afghanistan

Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Psaki says Taliban government hasn’t earned recognition by global community

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan lamented during a wide-ranging interview that millions of people inside Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir have been on lockdown without access to medicine or electricity.

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan key to terror fight in wake of Taliban takeover, ambassador says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times