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The coronavirus epidemic has created the temptation to forgo the complicated peace process and to simply withdraw our troops. This is the very last thing America should be doing.

The sad truth is women's rights are far down the agenda for the U.S. They're not even mentioned in the Doha accord, despite pressure from international rights groups and the media.

There is a curious lack of recognition in Washington of just how effective the U.S. intelligence and military apparatus has become since 9/11.

Dozens of people have been killed or wounded after an explosion sent flames ripping through a wedding hall on Saturday night in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to The Associated Press.

The group warned Trump that multiple historical empires have taken the dream of victory in Afghanistan "to the grave."

The U.S. military, as capable and professional as it is, is but one tool in America's extensive foreign policy toolkit.  

The drafted framework is tentative but appears to be the closest the parties have come to reaching an agreement to end a 17-year war that has killed tens of thousands.

More than two dozen people were killed in Kabul on Monday when gunmen stormed a government building and engaged security forces in an hours-long, coordinated assault in the heart of the Afghan capital.

The U.S. Navy said it didn't suspect foul play in the death of vice Admiral Scott Stearney.

Abu Sayed Orakzai was killed along with several fellow fighters on August 25.

About 194 militants, almost 100 security forces and 30 civilians have died since fighting began on August 10.

U.S. helicopters and drones buzzed overhead as Afghan soldiers attempted to force militants out of the eastern city of Ghazni.

Around 2,000 members of the Afghan Ulema Council were meeting in Kabul when a lone bomber struck.

At least 25 people were killed by two bombs close to the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence services.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a Sunday suicide bomb blast in the western part of Kabul that killed at least 52 people as they lined up to register to vote ahead of the country's repeatedly postponed parliamentary elections.

"We know that the Russians are involved," claimed Gen. John Nicholson.

Insurgents for the group overran three checkpoints in night raids on Tuesday.

But the total number of civilian casualties actually decreased in 2017, the U.N. said.

Health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said at least 40 people were killed and 140 wounded in the blast.

The deadly incident occurred just a day after the Trump administration said terrorism would not be the country's top priority in terms of national security.

The teenager persuaded call handlers at an internet company that he was John Brennan.

The Islamic State militant group, or ISIS, claimed responsibility for a series of explosions in the Afghan capital of Kabul that left at least 41 dead and 84 wounded on Thursday, according to reports.

Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a woman.

The last time the US celebrated a true peacetime Christmas was in the year 2000.

The group is infighting in the eastern province of Nangahar.

The military dropped 3,554 weapons against the Taliban as of October 31.

The additional troops will help train and advise Afghan security forces against the Taliban and ISIS.

Eight-year-old Belgian Malinois helped to flush out jihadis from Kabul tower block.

The militant group may have got them on the black market in Pakistan.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of our comrade," Gen. John Nicholson said.