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11-24-2003, 04:12 PM
U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve board a helicopter in this undated photograph at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed Sunday near the U.S. military headquarters north of the Afghan capital, U.S. Central Command said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
A helicopter flies over U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed Sunday near the U.S. military headquarters north of the Afghan capital, U.S. Central Command said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
Helicopters are seen in the background as U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve pray in this undated photograph at Bagram air base in north of Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed Sunday near the U.S. military headquarters north of the Afghan capital, U.S. Central Command said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
An Afghan soldier walks past exercise bars at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A painting of an Afghan soldier is seen at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. When Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan, its fighters opened fire on the mural because the regime's Islamic philosophy barred public paintings of any kind. Since the fall of the Taliban, the facility is now being used as a training base for Afghan soldiers, many of whom reside in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan soldier gestues at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan soldier, right, sits in a vehicle with Soviet anti-airctaft gun as a man jumps off at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Nov. 21, 2003. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Abdul Fatah (news - web sites), 48, stands near a destroyed Soviet helicopter at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Fatah cooked at the base when al-Qaida was in control and cooks today for the Afghan troops. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands ofmilitants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An unidentified Pakistani prisoner listens to a speech by Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan (news - web sites), not seen, at a function before he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Mamoon, a Pakistani prisoner covers his face, sits behind his crutch, before he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Mamoon, centre, a Pakistani prisoner stands with his crutch with others, before he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Gulab Gul, a Pakistani prisoner gestures after he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Julie Goislard, left, sister of slain U.N. refugee worker Bettina Goislard, and mother Rachel Johnson, second left, sits next to Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, third left, and Kamel Morjane, right, the assistant high commissioner of the U.N. refugee agency in Geneva during a memorial service in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At the memorial service for the young French refugee worker, U.N. officials warned that if international forces fail to improve security in Afghanistan quickly, terrorists will kill more of the people trying to rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan Defense ministry official and soldier look at broken windows and spent cartridges outside the ministry offices in Kabul on November 23, 2003. At least one Afghan protester was killed and six wounded when soldiers fired on a group of demonstrators who broke into the defense ministry in the capital, witnesses said. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
A soldier of Islamic Taliban militia examines the remains of missiles fired by the United States on an alleged terrorist camp in Khost, eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites). Afghanistan's ousted Taliban said they were behind a blast at Kabul's largest hotel and warned the rare strike on a target in the Afghan capital would be followed by more attacks on foreigners.(AFP/File/Rahimulla)
Pakistan prisoner Mayoon, 27, covers his face before his release in Kabul November 23, 2003. Mayoon was part of a group of 30 Pakistani citizens who entered Afghanistan (news - web sites) illegally during the Taliban rule were released as a gesture of goodwill by Afghan authorities. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Afghan protesters disperse after a shootout outside the defense ministry in Kabul on November 23, 2003. At least one Afghan protester was killed and six wounded when soldiers fired on a group of demonstrators who broke into the defense ministry in the capital, witnesses said. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Pakistani prisoners are released in the Afghan capital Kabul November 23, 2003. A group of 30 Pakistani citizens who entered Afghanistan (news - web sites) illegally during the Taliban rule was released as a gesture of goodwill by Afghan authorities. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan soldiers stand guard outside the defense ministry in Kabul on November 23, 2003. At least one Afghan protester was killed and six wounded on Sunday when soldiers fired on a group of demonstrators who broke into the defense ministry in the capital, witnesses said. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Pakistani prisoners are released as an Afghan soldier (R) stands guard in Kabul on November 23, 2003. The group of 30 Pakistani citizens who entered Afghanistan (news - web sites) illegally during the Taliban rule were released as a gesture of goodwill by Afghan authorities. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
An Afghan worker of the Intercontinental hotel examines the debris caused by a bomb blast near the hotel in Kabul(AFP/Shah Marai)
A helicopter flies over U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) released by U.S. Army. The operation in Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan provinces has been going on for about two weeks. No major combat has been reported, however, one soldier died when his vehicle hit a land mine. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve warm themselves in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army. The operation in Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan provinces has been going on for about two weeks. No major combat has been reported, however, one soldier died when his vehicle hit a land mine. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
members of the International Security Assistance Force stand guard the Intercontinental Hotel after an explosion outside the hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. An explosion went off in the garden outside Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, shattering windows and damaging a nearby wall but causing no casualties, authorities said. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
A staff member of Intercontinental Hotel collects the pieces of shattered glass after an explosion outside the hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. An explosion went off in the garden outside Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, shattering windows and damaging a nearby wall but causing no casualties, authorities said. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan police officer climbs a damaged wall after an explosion outside a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. An explosion went off in the garden outside Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, shattering windows and damaging a nearby wall but causing no casualties, authorities said. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan woman looks at her ballot paper before casting her vote for Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Loya Jirga elections at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan November 22, 2003. Afghan nationals vote for the Loya Jirga or grand assembly to be held in mid-December to finalize a draft constitution that will pave the way for presidential elections to be held in mid- 2004. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Afghan nationals queue to cast their ballots for Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Loya Jirga elections at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan November 22, 2003. Afghan nationals vote for the Loya Jirga or grand assembly to be held in mid-December to finalize a draft constitution that will pave the way for presidential elections to be held in mid- 2004. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Afghan girls walk past a Kabul University wall, which reads 'Women's chastity is in her veil' in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. More than two decades of continuous conflict have severely affected Afghanistan's educational system. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Afghan girls hide their faces from the camera behind their books as they leave the Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. More than two decades of continuous conflict have severely affected Afghanistan's educational system. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stand by as a helicopter delivering supplies during operations in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Kunar and Nuristan Provinces on November 18, 2003. A senior U.S. general said on Nov. 21 that al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) had 'taken himself out of the picture' and that his capture was not essential to winning the 'war on terror.' Photo by Greg Heath/U.S. Army/Reuters
The body of slain 29-year-old French woman Bettina Goislard is buried in the only Christian cemetery in Kabul on November 20, 2003. Goislard, who was working for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was shot dead on November 16 in the Afghan town of Ghazni when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on her vehicle. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Pakistani border security forces patrol the border crossing at Chaman November 20, 2003. Pakistan beefed up security along its Afghan border in an attempt to stop infiltration of the Taliban and al Qaeda militants in to the country. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Afghan Policemen form a line at the funeral of slain 29-year-old French aid worker Bettina Goislard on November 20, 2003. Goislard, working for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was shot dead on Sunday in the Afghan town of Ghazni when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on her vehicle. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
French soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard at the gate of the Christian cemetery in Kabul at the funeral of slain 29-year-old French aid worker Bettina Goislard on November 20, 2003. Goislard, who was working for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was shot dead on Sunday in the Afghan town of Ghazni when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on her vehicle with a pistol. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum (L) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzi in Kabul on November 20, 2003. McCallum arrived in the Afghan capital yesterday and will visit Canadian troops based in Kabul. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Cemetery attendant Rahimullah, walks past the grave of slain United Nations (news - web sites) High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR worker Bettina Goislard of France after the burial at the British cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Goislard, 29 was shot in broad daylight as she traveled through a bazaar in central Afghanistan last weekend. The killing has led to a hurried evacuation of UNHCR foreign staffers from the volatile south and east of the country and the suspension of all aid to Afghanrefugees trying to return to their country from Pakistan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A French soldier carries a wreath for slain United Nations (news - web sites) High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR worker Bettina Goislard before her burial at the British cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Goislard, 29 was shot in broad daylight as she traveled through a bazaar in central Afghanistan last weekend. The killing has led to a hurried evacuation of UNHCR foreign staffers from the volatile south and east of the country and the suspension of all aid to Afghan refugees trying to returnto their country from Pakistan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Oh look he has a biner...must be fake :roll: rofl
A French soldier yawns as they stand guard outside the British cemetery before the burial of slain United Nations (news - web sites) High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR worker Bettina Goislard of France in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Goislard, 29 was shot in broad daylight as she traveled through a bazaar in central Afghanistan last weekend. The killing has led to a hurried evacuation of UNHCR foreign staffers from the volatile south and east of the country and the suspension of all aid to Afghan refugees trying to return to their country from Pakistan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A worker of the international aid group CARE checks the identity of an Afghan war widow before issuing monthly rations from the organization in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003. Years of war in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands Afghan men resulting in a high number of widows. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Pakistani border security forces checks the documents of Afghan men before they are allowed to enter Pakistan from the border crossing at Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border November 19, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani border security forces man keeps watch behind his machine gun at Chaman, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, November 19, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani border security forces search an Afghan woman at the Chaman border crossing November 19, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
A group of Afghan nationals sit in a jail cell after being detained for suspicion of entering Pakistan illegally in Quetta, November 19, 2003. More than 500 Afghans have been arrested in a week-long drive by Pakistani authorities trying to regulate the country's porous border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) and to stop the cross-border movement of Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
An Afghan security guard speaks on a phone in front of the Korean embassy in Kabul on November 19, 2003. South Korea (news - web sites) has evacuated its ambassador and another diplomat from its embassy in Kabul after warnings of a suicide attack by al Qaeda or the Taliban, Korean sources in Afghanistan (news - web sites) said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ahmad Msood
Puerto Rico's Governor Sila Calderon, center, speaks during a breakfast with dozens of U.S. soldiers who returned home last month after serving in the Persian Gulf, at La Fortaleza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003. U.S. soldiers from the Caribbean said they were glad to be back from combat zones with relatives, but some have mixed feelings about the possibility of returning to conflict areas. Thirteen soldiers of Puerto Rican descent have died in recent conflicts, 11 in Iraq (news - web sites), two in Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ivan Cardona, Fortaleza Press Office)
Afghan refugee kids walk amid the ruins of their house demolished by local administration considering the house as an encroachment on Islamabad's slums, Tuesday, Nov 18, 2003 in Pakistan. The U.N. refugee agency began pulling foreign staff out of large swaths of southern and eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Tuesday in the wake of the killing of a French worker, a decision that could affect tens of thousands of Afghan returnees living in Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
This is a view of an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad's slums whose dwellers depend on UNHCR's help seen Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 in Pakistan. The U.N. refugee agency began pulling foreign staff out of large swaths of southern and eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Tuesday in the wake of the killing of a French worker, a decision that could affect tens of thousands of Afghan returnees living in Pakistan.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
Afghan boys play as they remove snow on the roof of their house at a village near Gardez, 100 km (60 miles) south of Kabul, on November 17, 2003. Snow falls are welcome in the country suffering the effects of more than four years of drought. Picture taken November 17, 2003. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan soldiers guard surrendered weapons during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, on November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. PHOTO TAKEN NOVEMBER 17 REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Two Afghan men shovels snow off the roof of their house in Gardiz, Paktia province on Monday, Nov .17 2003. Snow is warmly welcomed in Afghanistan (news - web sites) where the drought continues. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
An Afghan soldier stands guard on top of Bibi Mahro hill in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Afghan soldiers stand guard behind a Soviet made anti-aircraft gun on top of Bibi Mahro hill in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Iraqi soldier holds his weapon in front of the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters at al Canal hotel in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), in this Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002 file photo. The United Nations has pulled most of its staff out of Iraq because of security concerns since the Aug. 19, 2003 attack on its Baghdad headquarters. In Afghanistan (news - web sites), recent attacks have forced many aid agencies to suspend work in wide swaths of the country. On Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, 29-year-old refugee agency worker Bettina Goislard was killed as she traveled in a marked U.N. vehicle through a bazaar in central Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Afghan soldiers stand in front of a United Nations (news - web sites) truck at the disarming ceremony in Gardez, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
Afghan soldiers sit atop a tank at the disarming ceremony in Gardez, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
Afghan soldiers stand next to their guns at the disarming ceremony in Gardez, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
US troops patrol in a village near the US-led coalition's Bagram Air Base north of Kabul. At least five people were killed in an air-strike near a Taliban-controlled district of southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), a police commander and the US military said.(AFP)
A U.S. soldier stands near weapons that have been handed over during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province in Afghanistan (news - web sites), November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan Fida Mohammad relaxes on the top of a rocket launcher during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan Moammad Daud sits in front of a rocket launcher during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
An Afghan refugee and his daughter make a fire to warm themselves at a refugee camp in Kabul Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003. Chilly winter comes to Afghanistan (news - web sites), but most of refugees have not yet received assistance from the governemnt and aid agencies. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Wang Lei)
An Afghan boy stands in the center of a flock of doves as the youngster feeds them outside the Shadi Shamshera Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
A U.S. soldier stands in front of a shop as an Afghan boy walks past in Kabul November 15, 2003. At least three U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) after their car went over a mine planted by militants, a top official said on Saturday, but the U.S. military said there was only one fatality in the attack. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Widow (C) of late Romanian soldier Fogarasi Iosif-Silviu cries over his coffin, surrounded by funeral guard soldiers, in Alesd (600 km northwest of Bucharest) November 14, 2003. Fogorasi was killed in southern Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Tuesday, the Balkan country's first death since Romania sent troops to help the U.S-led coalition in 2001. Romania, expected to join NATO (news - web sites) in 2004, has contributed troops both to an international peacekeeping force in Kabul and to the U.S.-led force hunting for remnants of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s al Qaeda network. REUTERS/Mihai Barbu
Afghans remove a turret top from a Soviet tank to use as a cover for a well in a war damaged area near Bagram, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan cyclist passes by destroyed Soviet tanks near Bagram, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Aviators of U.S. Navy (news - web sites) F/A18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two, Diamond Backs, walk out on a tarmac upon part of their squadron's arrival at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. F/A18Fs arrived to fill in the retired F14As based here, a day before the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to Japan. Rumsfeld will visit Japan and South Korea (news - web sites) to thank U.S. troops stationed in the both countries for their contributions to the operations over Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and discuss the issue of North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program with each official during his seven-day east Asian tour. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
A formation of U.S. Navy (news - web sites) F/A18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two, Diamond Backs, breaks upon arrival at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. F/A18Fs arrived to fill in the retired F14As based here, a day before the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to Japan. Rumsfeld will visit Japan and South Korea (news - web sites) to thank U.S. troops stationed in the both countries for their contributions to the operations over Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and discuss the issueof North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program with each official during his seven-day east Asian tour. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
A pair of U.S. Navy (news - web sites) F/A18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two, Diamond Backs, taxi down to a tarmac upon arrival at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. F/A18Fs arrived to fill in the retired F14As based here, a day before the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to Japan. Rumsfeld will visit Japan and South Korea (news - web sites) to thank U.S. troops stationed in the both countries for their contributions to the operations over Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and discuss the issue of North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program with each official during his seven-day east Asian tour. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, blown up by Taliban fighters in 2001, could be built anew in concrete replicas, Swiss expert Armin Gruen said November 12, 2003. Gruen, who has spent two years creating computer models of the statues, insists that the copies would be correct. The United Nations (news - web sites) cultural agency UNESCO (news - web sites) has rejected the plan as 'profanation' and prefers to leave the Buddhas niches empty. A Taliban fighter sits on a piece of rubble in front of one of the demolished statues in Bamiyan in this file photo taken on March 26, 2001. REUTERS/Sayed Salahuddin/File Photo
Carved in the 5th century, this standing Buddha measuring 38 meters (125 feet), is seen badly damaged in the bitter and bloody battle for Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s central Bamiyan province in this May 15, 1999 file photo. The statue and a higher one of 53 meters (174 ft) was blown up amid an international outcry in March 2001 by the Taliban regime. Swiss-based scientists have created an exact computer image of the statue and hope it will be used to rebuild the ancient figure. 'We have produced a very precise and complete three-dimensional model which can be used for physical reconstraction,' proffessor Armin Gruen said Wednesday Nov. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Kamal Khan)
A young Afghan shepherd leads the flock in front of the destroyed 37-meter-high Buddha statue Shamama in Bamyan, central Afghanistan (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003. A computer image of a massive statue of Buddha destroyed by the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan has been created by a group of Swiss-based scientist who said Wednesday Nov. 12, 2003 they could use it to rebuild the ancient figure. The team, based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, used 30-year-old photographs to map out the statue, which was blown up amid an international outcry in March 2001. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Sun Wen)
Afghan girls hide their faces as they walk past a British camp of the NATO (news - web sites)-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003. The Afghan capital is patrolled by Afghan police and the 5,500-strong ISAF. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Pakistani officials inspect a large quantity of seized narcotics in Baluchistan's provincial city of Quetta November 12, 2003. Pakistani authorities have seized more than 3,350 Kg (7,385 lb) of morphine and 100 Kg (220 lb) of hashish from Dalbandin district of Baluchistan, officials said on Wednesday. Pakistan narcotics officials say the country is the transit route for about a quarter of the 3, 400 tons of opium produced in neighboring Afghanistan (news - web sites) each year. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed
Soldiers from International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in front of the tomb of former Afghan King Nadir Shah in Kabul, November 12, 2003. Thursday marks the second anniversary of the ousting of Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Taliban regime though recent clashes and a car bomb blast came as stark reminders of the problems still facing the country. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan children play as a cyclist passes by destroyed Russian tanks in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
NATO (news - web sites) must succeed in Afghanistan (news - web sites), where it has assumed a leading security role, or a flood of ills from heroin to refugees will descend upon Europe, NATO Secretary-General George Robertson(C) told a parliamentary session of the treaty organization on November 11, 2003. 'Be assured that if normalization doesn't come to Afghanistan, then the Taliban will be back, and so will al Qaeda,' Robertson told Reuters after his speech. NATO last summer took over command of the 5,500-troop International Security Assistance Force based in Kabul and is undergoing an internal debate over whether to expand that force beyond the capital. Robertson is seen with ISAF officers in Kabul, September 26, 2003. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Alex Mateo (R) and Lance Corporal Rashawn Holman (L) raise the nation's flag at the United States Marine Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2003. President George W. Bush (news - web sites), under fire for what critics say is a failure to address mounting casualties in Iraq (news - web sites), used Veterans Day to say soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites) served a 'good and just cause.' REUTERS/William Philpott
US soldiers secure their temporary camp aboard a Humvee at Ada Ghair mountains 25 kms (15 miles) northeast of Spin Boldak in Afghanistan (news - web sites).(AFP/Pool/File/Erik De Castro)
Canadian Forces Lt.-Gen. Rick Hillier speaks to the troops following Remembrance Day ceremonies at Camp Julien Tuesday Nov. 11, 2003, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP PHOTO/ Terry Pedwell)
Soldiers stand next to a plaque which was unveiled by Canadian soldiers during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites) November 11, 2003. The plaques is dedicated to Canadian soldiers killed while serving on peace keeping duties in Afghanistan. REUTERS/HO/Department of National Defense REUTERS
U.S. military vehicles travel in a convoy through the Afghan capital Kabul, October 29, 2003. A car bomb, clashes between U.S. forces and Islamic rebels and the arrest of 150 suspected Afghan militants in Pakistan on Nov. 11 are reminders of ongoing threats to Afghanistan (news - web sites) nearly two years after the Taliban fell. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Two unidentified men examine the remains of a vehicle following an explosion on Tuesday night, Nov.11, 2003 in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan (news - web sites). A car bomb exploded outside a United Nations (news - web sites) office in Kandahar Tuesday, wounding at least one person, a U.N. official said. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)
A member of Charles Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment prepares to secure a leaky anti-tank round in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds during the patrol. (AP PHOTO/Stephen Thorne)
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Cpl. Bryan Toope of Ottawa, Canada holds a Soviet-made 122mm rocket while an Afghan woman cradles her baby in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds. (AP Photo/CP, Stephen Thorne)
Sgt. Michael Thompson of Cold Lake, Canada inspects Soviet-made 122mm rockets in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds during the patrol. (AP Photo/CP, Stephen Thorne)
Afghan children scramble for handouts from Canadian armoured soldiers in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds during the patrol. (AP Photo/CP, Stephen Thorne)
A British soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) lays a wreath at a ceremony in the Afghan capital Kabul, November 9, 2003. British Forces held a short Service of Remembrance for those who have fallen in previous wars and campaigns. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, prepare to clear a hill top and set up blocking positions in support of operations outside the town of Orgun-E, about 20 miles from the Pakistan border, in this recent photograph. The al Qaeda network has stepped up activity along the Afghan-Pakistan border, opening a 'second front' to divert U.S. military resources and attention from Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s interior minister said November 7. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Timothy Belt/ U.S. Army
An armed Taliban soldier. emnants of the Taliban militia are planning to abduct American journalists in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in a bid to win the release of their compatriots currently held by the United States, the State Department said(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
The al Qaeda network has stepped up activity along the Afghan-Pakistan border, opening a 'second front' to divert U.S. military resources and attention from Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s interior minister said November 7, 2003. A Pakistani soldier guards the Tariq post near the Pakistani-Afghan border, October 25. Photo by Mian Khursheed/Reuters
Afghan riders fight for the goat during a buzkashi game in Kabul, November 7, 2003. The Afghan national sport buzkashi is played with two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30 kg (66 lb) calf, goat or sheep, as the ball, into a scoring circle. Only the most masterful players, the chapandaz, get close to the carcass in the fierce competition, and the winner of the match receives prizes that have been donated by a sponsor. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
An Afghan rider takes the goat away from other players during a buzkashi game in Kabul, November 7, 2003. The Afghan national sport buzkashi is played with two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30 kg (66 lb) calf, goat or sheep, as the ball, into a scoring circle. Only the most masterful players, the chapandaz, get close to the carcass in the fierce competition, and the winner of the match receives prizes that have been donated by a sponsor. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Canadian soldiers from the International security Assistance Force (ISAF) guard an explosion site in Kabul on November 5, 2003.The explosion blew in windows but caused no injuries at the offices of the aid agency Save the Children (USA) in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, aid workers and peacekeepers said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
This file photo dated 12 Mach 2002 shows US soldiers disembarking from a CH-46 Chinook helicopter at Bagram Air Base, after returning from the Arma mountain region near Gardez in Afghanistan (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)
Notice the secret squirrels?
Ambassador John D. Negroponte (R), U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations (news - web sites) and a member of a high-level UN mission to Afghanistan (news - web sites), arrives at Kabul airport, November 2, 2003. Fifteen Security Council members are in Afghanistan to evaluate the expansion of an international force, prop up the peace process and warn warlords to stop undermining President Hamid Karzai's central government. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Pakistan's frontier police force at the Afghanistan (news - web sites) border in Chaman. Some 40 people were killed when Afghan police and a former military commander and his fighters fought a fierce battle in southwestern Helmand province.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)
An Iraqi teacher gives instructions to her students on the watching out for dangerous objects and explosive devices. The US House of Representatives approved an 87.5 billion dollar bill for military upkeep and reconstruction in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites)(AFP/Karim Sahib)
Pakistan paramilitary soldiers check the documents of Afghan nationals entering Pakistan at the Chaman border, 120 km (75 miles) from Baluchistan's provincial city of Quetta, October 30, 2003. Pakistan has set up new posts along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) to prevent the cross-border movement of militants. REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai
U.S. military vehicles travel in convoy through the Afghan capital Kabul on October 29, 2003. Three American soldiers received minor shrapnel wounds in southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) when rebel forces ambushed their convoy, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. The convoy of U.S. and Afghan soldiers was attacked by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades on Monday morning near Orgun-E in Paktika province, not far from the Pakistani border. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
A Pakistani border security forces guard mans a machine gun in a bunker in Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
An Afghan man shows his documents to a Pakistani border security guard before entering into Pakistan at the border crossing in Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
A Pakistani border security forces guard looks through his Soviet-era binoculars for signs of Taliban and al Qaeda guerrillas along the Afghan frontier at the new Pakistani Ghati China post in the remote mountain area northwest of Chaman, October 25, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN (news - web sites)
A Pakistani border security forces guard watches as Afghan's line up to enter Pakistan at the Chaman border crossing near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. Picture taken October 25, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
A cameraman takes a picture of weapons and ammunition seized by Pakistani border security forces in recent months in Chaman, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
A Pakistani border security forces guard stands at the new Pakistani Ghati China post in the remote mountain area northwest of Chaman, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
Pakistani border security forces checks the documents of an Afghan woman before entering into Pakistan from the border crossing at Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani border security force displays confiscated weapons and ammunition at the border town of Chaman, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
A Pakistani soldier mans the new Tariq post near the Pakistani-Afghan border, some 350 km (217 miles) north of Quetta, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop the infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani soldiers man an anti-tank gun in Ilyas fort at the border town of Chaman near the Afghan border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
A German soldier stands guard as his colleagues unload their C-160 cargo plane at the airport outside the northern Afghan town of Kunduz, October 25, 2003. Twenty-seven German soldiers arrived in Kunduz on Saturday to launch an eagerly awaited deployment of NATO (news - web sites)-led peacekeepers outside the Afghan capital. REUTERS/Simon Denyer
German Bundeswehr tanks in Kabul. The German parliament Bundestag in Berlin voted to widen the mandate of Bundeswehr troops in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and allow the deployment of international peacekeepers outside the capital Kabul for the first time.(DPP/AFP/Michael Kappeler)
A helicopter flies over U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed Sunday near the U.S. military headquarters north of the Afghan capital, U.S. Central Command said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
Helicopters are seen in the background as U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve pray in this undated photograph at Bagram air base in north of Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed Sunday near the U.S. military headquarters north of the Afghan capital, U.S. Central Command said. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
An Afghan soldier walks past exercise bars at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A painting of an Afghan soldier is seen at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. When Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan, its fighters opened fire on the mural because the regime's Islamic philosophy barred public paintings of any kind. Since the fall of the Taliban, the facility is now being used as a training base for Afghan soldiers, many of whom reside in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan soldier gestues at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan soldier, right, sits in a vehicle with Soviet anti-airctaft gun as a man jumps off at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Nov. 21, 2003. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands of militants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Abdul Fatah (news - web sites), 48, stands near a destroyed Soviet helicopter at Rishkhor, a former Taliban base 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Friday, Nov. 21, 2003. Fatah cooked at the base when al-Qaida was in control and cooks today for the Afghan troops. Rishkhor, a field and workout course once used for al-Qaida drilling has been cleaned up and retooled for training by Afghan soldiers, many of whom have taken up residence in the bombed out buildings that once housed thousands ofmilitants. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An unidentified Pakistani prisoner listens to a speech by Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan (news - web sites), not seen, at a function before he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Mamoon, a Pakistani prisoner covers his face, sits behind his crutch, before he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Mamoon, centre, a Pakistani prisoner stands with his crutch with others, before he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Gulab Gul, a Pakistani prisoner gestures after he was set free by Afghan authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At least 60 suspected Taliban and Taliban sympathizers including 20 Pakistanis were released from a prison in northern Afghanistan on Friday. The men, who had been held since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, were released as part of an amnesty linked to the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Julie Goislard, left, sister of slain U.N. refugee worker Bettina Goislard, and mother Rachel Johnson, second left, sits next to Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, third left, and Kamel Morjane, right, the assistant high commissioner of the U.N. refugee agency in Geneva during a memorial service in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003. At the memorial service for the young French refugee worker, U.N. officials warned that if international forces fail to improve security in Afghanistan quickly, terrorists will kill more of the people trying to rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan Defense ministry official and soldier look at broken windows and spent cartridges outside the ministry offices in Kabul on November 23, 2003. At least one Afghan protester was killed and six wounded when soldiers fired on a group of demonstrators who broke into the defense ministry in the capital, witnesses said. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
A soldier of Islamic Taliban militia examines the remains of missiles fired by the United States on an alleged terrorist camp in Khost, eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites). Afghanistan's ousted Taliban said they were behind a blast at Kabul's largest hotel and warned the rare strike on a target in the Afghan capital would be followed by more attacks on foreigners.(AFP/File/Rahimulla)
Pakistan prisoner Mayoon, 27, covers his face before his release in Kabul November 23, 2003. Mayoon was part of a group of 30 Pakistani citizens who entered Afghanistan (news - web sites) illegally during the Taliban rule were released as a gesture of goodwill by Afghan authorities. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Afghan protesters disperse after a shootout outside the defense ministry in Kabul on November 23, 2003. At least one Afghan protester was killed and six wounded when soldiers fired on a group of demonstrators who broke into the defense ministry in the capital, witnesses said. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Pakistani prisoners are released in the Afghan capital Kabul November 23, 2003. A group of 30 Pakistani citizens who entered Afghanistan (news - web sites) illegally during the Taliban rule was released as a gesture of goodwill by Afghan authorities. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan soldiers stand guard outside the defense ministry in Kabul on November 23, 2003. At least one Afghan protester was killed and six wounded on Sunday when soldiers fired on a group of demonstrators who broke into the defense ministry in the capital, witnesses said. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Pakistani prisoners are released as an Afghan soldier (R) stands guard in Kabul on November 23, 2003. The group of 30 Pakistani citizens who entered Afghanistan (news - web sites) illegally during the Taliban rule were released as a gesture of goodwill by Afghan authorities. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
An Afghan worker of the Intercontinental hotel examines the debris caused by a bomb blast near the hotel in Kabul(AFP/Shah Marai)
A helicopter flies over U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) released by U.S. Army. The operation in Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan provinces has been going on for about two weeks. No major combat has been reported, however, one soldier died when his vehicle hit a land mine. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
U.S. soldiers involved in Operation Mountain Resolve warm themselves in this undated photograph taken at an undisclosed location in northeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), released by U.S. Army. The operation in Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan provinces has been going on for about two weeks. No major combat has been reported, however, one soldier died when his vehicle hit a land mine. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
members of the International Security Assistance Force stand guard the Intercontinental Hotel after an explosion outside the hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. An explosion went off in the garden outside Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, shattering windows and damaging a nearby wall but causing no casualties, authorities said. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
A staff member of Intercontinental Hotel collects the pieces of shattered glass after an explosion outside the hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. An explosion went off in the garden outside Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, shattering windows and damaging a nearby wall but causing no casualties, authorities said. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan police officer climbs a damaged wall after an explosion outside a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. An explosion went off in the garden outside Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, shattering windows and damaging a nearby wall but causing no casualties, authorities said. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan woman looks at her ballot paper before casting her vote for Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Loya Jirga elections at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan November 22, 2003. Afghan nationals vote for the Loya Jirga or grand assembly to be held in mid-December to finalize a draft constitution that will pave the way for presidential elections to be held in mid- 2004. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Afghan nationals queue to cast their ballots for Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Loya Jirga elections at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan November 22, 2003. Afghan nationals vote for the Loya Jirga or grand assembly to be held in mid-December to finalize a draft constitution that will pave the way for presidential elections to be held in mid- 2004. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Afghan girls walk past a Kabul University wall, which reads 'Women's chastity is in her veil' in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. More than two decades of continuous conflict have severely affected Afghanistan's educational system. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Afghan girls hide their faces from the camera behind their books as they leave the Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. More than two decades of continuous conflict have severely affected Afghanistan's educational system. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stand by as a helicopter delivering supplies during operations in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Kunar and Nuristan Provinces on November 18, 2003. A senior U.S. general said on Nov. 21 that al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) had 'taken himself out of the picture' and that his capture was not essential to winning the 'war on terror.' Photo by Greg Heath/U.S. Army/Reuters
The body of slain 29-year-old French woman Bettina Goislard is buried in the only Christian cemetery in Kabul on November 20, 2003. Goislard, who was working for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was shot dead on November 16 in the Afghan town of Ghazni when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on her vehicle. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Pakistani border security forces patrol the border crossing at Chaman November 20, 2003. Pakistan beefed up security along its Afghan border in an attempt to stop infiltration of the Taliban and al Qaeda militants in to the country. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Afghan Policemen form a line at the funeral of slain 29-year-old French aid worker Bettina Goislard on November 20, 2003. Goislard, working for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was shot dead on Sunday in the Afghan town of Ghazni when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on her vehicle. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
French soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard at the gate of the Christian cemetery in Kabul at the funeral of slain 29-year-old French aid worker Bettina Goislard on November 20, 2003. Goislard, who was working for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was shot dead on Sunday in the Afghan town of Ghazni when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on her vehicle with a pistol. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum (L) shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzi in Kabul on November 20, 2003. McCallum arrived in the Afghan capital yesterday and will visit Canadian troops based in Kabul. REUTERS/ Ahmad Masood
Cemetery attendant Rahimullah, walks past the grave of slain United Nations (news - web sites) High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR worker Bettina Goislard of France after the burial at the British cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Goislard, 29 was shot in broad daylight as she traveled through a bazaar in central Afghanistan last weekend. The killing has led to a hurried evacuation of UNHCR foreign staffers from the volatile south and east of the country and the suspension of all aid to Afghanrefugees trying to return to their country from Pakistan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A French soldier carries a wreath for slain United Nations (news - web sites) High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR worker Bettina Goislard before her burial at the British cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Goislard, 29 was shot in broad daylight as she traveled through a bazaar in central Afghanistan last weekend. The killing has led to a hurried evacuation of UNHCR foreign staffers from the volatile south and east of the country and the suspension of all aid to Afghan refugees trying to returnto their country from Pakistan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Oh look he has a biner...must be fake :roll: rofl
A French soldier yawns as they stand guard outside the British cemetery before the burial of slain United Nations (news - web sites) High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR worker Bettina Goislard of France in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. Goislard, 29 was shot in broad daylight as she traveled through a bazaar in central Afghanistan last weekend. The killing has led to a hurried evacuation of UNHCR foreign staffers from the volatile south and east of the country and the suspension of all aid to Afghan refugees trying to return to their country from Pakistan. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A worker of the international aid group CARE checks the identity of an Afghan war widow before issuing monthly rations from the organization in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003. Years of war in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands Afghan men resulting in a high number of widows. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Pakistani border security forces checks the documents of Afghan men before they are allowed to enter Pakistan from the border crossing at Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border November 19, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani border security forces man keeps watch behind his machine gun at Chaman, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, November 19, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani border security forces search an Afghan woman at the Chaman border crossing November 19, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
A group of Afghan nationals sit in a jail cell after being detained for suspicion of entering Pakistan illegally in Quetta, November 19, 2003. More than 500 Afghans have been arrested in a week-long drive by Pakistani authorities trying to regulate the country's porous border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) and to stop the cross-border movement of Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
An Afghan security guard speaks on a phone in front of the Korean embassy in Kabul on November 19, 2003. South Korea (news - web sites) has evacuated its ambassador and another diplomat from its embassy in Kabul after warnings of a suicide attack by al Qaeda or the Taliban, Korean sources in Afghanistan (news - web sites) said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ahmad Msood
Puerto Rico's Governor Sila Calderon, center, speaks during a breakfast with dozens of U.S. soldiers who returned home last month after serving in the Persian Gulf, at La Fortaleza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003. U.S. soldiers from the Caribbean said they were glad to be back from combat zones with relatives, but some have mixed feelings about the possibility of returning to conflict areas. Thirteen soldiers of Puerto Rican descent have died in recent conflicts, 11 in Iraq (news - web sites), two in Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Ivan Cardona, Fortaleza Press Office)
Afghan refugee kids walk amid the ruins of their house demolished by local administration considering the house as an encroachment on Islamabad's slums, Tuesday, Nov 18, 2003 in Pakistan. The U.N. refugee agency began pulling foreign staff out of large swaths of southern and eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Tuesday in the wake of the killing of a French worker, a decision that could affect tens of thousands of Afghan returnees living in Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
This is a view of an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad's slums whose dwellers depend on UNHCR's help seen Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003 in Pakistan. The U.N. refugee agency began pulling foreign staff out of large swaths of southern and eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Tuesday in the wake of the killing of a French worker, a decision that could affect tens of thousands of Afghan returnees living in Pakistan.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
Afghan boys play as they remove snow on the roof of their house at a village near Gardez, 100 km (60 miles) south of Kabul, on November 17, 2003. Snow falls are welcome in the country suffering the effects of more than four years of drought. Picture taken November 17, 2003. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan soldiers guard surrendered weapons during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, on November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. PHOTO TAKEN NOVEMBER 17 REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Two Afghan men shovels snow off the roof of their house in Gardiz, Paktia province on Monday, Nov .17 2003. Snow is warmly welcomed in Afghanistan (news - web sites) where the drought continues. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
An Afghan soldier stands guard on top of Bibi Mahro hill in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Afghan soldiers stand guard behind a Soviet made anti-aircraft gun on top of Bibi Mahro hill in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Iraqi soldier holds his weapon in front of the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters at al Canal hotel in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), in this Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002 file photo. The United Nations has pulled most of its staff out of Iraq because of security concerns since the Aug. 19, 2003 attack on its Baghdad headquarters. In Afghanistan (news - web sites), recent attacks have forced many aid agencies to suspend work in wide swaths of the country. On Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, 29-year-old refugee agency worker Bettina Goislard was killed as she traveled in a marked U.N. vehicle through a bazaar in central Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Afghans eh?...size]
Afghan soldiers stand in front of a United Nations (news - web sites) truck at the disarming ceremony in Gardez, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
Afghan soldiers sit atop a tank at the disarming ceremony in Gardez, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
Afghan soldiers stand next to their guns at the disarming ceremony in Gardez, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. Soldiers hardened by two decades of warfare in Afghanistan surrendered their, rifles, mortars, missiles and tanks on Monday to a U. N sponsored program that is disarming and decommissioning them as the country creates the new army. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
US troops patrol in a village near the US-led coalition's Bagram Air Base north of Kabul. At least five people were killed in an air-strike near a Taliban-controlled district of southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites), a police commander and the US military said.(AFP)
A U.S. soldier stands near weapons that have been handed over during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province in Afghanistan (news - web sites), November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan Fida Mohammad relaxes on the top of a rocket launcher during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan Moammad Daud sits in front of a rocket launcher during a disarmament ceremony in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, November 17, 2003. Tired of decades of war and under pressure from the government to lay down weapons for good, around 600 Afghan militiamen handed in their guns on Monday in the latest phase of an ambitious disarmament program. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
An Afghan refugee and his daughter make a fire to warm themselves at a refugee camp in Kabul Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003. Chilly winter comes to Afghanistan (news - web sites), but most of refugees have not yet received assistance from the governemnt and aid agencies. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Wang Lei)
An Afghan boy stands in the center of a flock of doves as the youngster feeds them outside the Shadi Shamshera Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Amir Shah)
A U.S. soldier stands in front of a shop as an Afghan boy walks past in Kabul November 15, 2003. At least three U.S. soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) after their car went over a mine planted by militants, a top official said on Saturday, but the U.S. military said there was only one fatality in the attack. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Widow (C) of late Romanian soldier Fogarasi Iosif-Silviu cries over his coffin, surrounded by funeral guard soldiers, in Alesd (600 km northwest of Bucharest) November 14, 2003. Fogorasi was killed in southern Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Tuesday, the Balkan country's first death since Romania sent troops to help the U.S-led coalition in 2001. Romania, expected to join NATO (news - web sites) in 2004, has contributed troops both to an international peacekeeping force in Kabul and to the U.S.-led force hunting for remnants of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s al Qaeda network. REUTERS/Mihai Barbu
Afghans remove a turret top from a Soviet tank to use as a cover for a well in a war damaged area near Bagram, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
An Afghan cyclist passes by destroyed Soviet tanks near Bagram, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Aviators of U.S. Navy (news - web sites) F/A18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two, Diamond Backs, walk out on a tarmac upon part of their squadron's arrival at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. F/A18Fs arrived to fill in the retired F14As based here, a day before the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to Japan. Rumsfeld will visit Japan and South Korea (news - web sites) to thank U.S. troops stationed in the both countries for their contributions to the operations over Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and discuss the issue of North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program with each official during his seven-day east Asian tour. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
A formation of U.S. Navy (news - web sites) F/A18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two, Diamond Backs, breaks upon arrival at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. F/A18Fs arrived to fill in the retired F14As based here, a day before the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to Japan. Rumsfeld will visit Japan and South Korea (news - web sites) to thank U.S. troops stationed in the both countries for their contributions to the operations over Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and discuss the issueof North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program with each official during his seven-day east Asian tour. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
A pair of U.S. Navy (news - web sites) F/A18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two, Diamond Backs, taxi down to a tarmac upon arrival at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. F/A18Fs arrived to fill in the retired F14As based here, a day before the U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to Japan. Rumsfeld will visit Japan and South Korea (news - web sites) to thank U.S. troops stationed in the both countries for their contributions to the operations over Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) and discuss the issue of North Korea (news - web sites)'s nuclear weapons program with each official during his seven-day east Asian tour. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, blown up by Taliban fighters in 2001, could be built anew in concrete replicas, Swiss expert Armin Gruen said November 12, 2003. Gruen, who has spent two years creating computer models of the statues, insists that the copies would be correct. The United Nations (news - web sites) cultural agency UNESCO (news - web sites) has rejected the plan as 'profanation' and prefers to leave the Buddhas niches empty. A Taliban fighter sits on a piece of rubble in front of one of the demolished statues in Bamiyan in this file photo taken on March 26, 2001. REUTERS/Sayed Salahuddin/File Photo
Carved in the 5th century, this standing Buddha measuring 38 meters (125 feet), is seen badly damaged in the bitter and bloody battle for Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s central Bamiyan province in this May 15, 1999 file photo. The statue and a higher one of 53 meters (174 ft) was blown up amid an international outcry in March 2001 by the Taliban regime. Swiss-based scientists have created an exact computer image of the statue and hope it will be used to rebuild the ancient figure. 'We have produced a very precise and complete three-dimensional model which can be used for physical reconstraction,' proffessor Armin Gruen said Wednesday Nov. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Kamal Khan)
A young Afghan shepherd leads the flock in front of the destroyed 37-meter-high Buddha statue Shamama in Bamyan, central Afghanistan (news - web sites) Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003. A computer image of a massive statue of Buddha destroyed by the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan has been created by a group of Swiss-based scientist who said Wednesday Nov. 12, 2003 they could use it to rebuild the ancient figure. The team, based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, used 30-year-old photographs to map out the statue, which was blown up amid an international outcry in March 2001. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Sun Wen)
Afghan girls hide their faces as they walk past a British camp of the NATO (news - web sites)-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003. The Afghan capital is patrolled by Afghan police and the 5,500-strong ISAF. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Pakistani officials inspect a large quantity of seized narcotics in Baluchistan's provincial city of Quetta November 12, 2003. Pakistani authorities have seized more than 3,350 Kg (7,385 lb) of morphine and 100 Kg (220 lb) of hashish from Dalbandin district of Baluchistan, officials said on Wednesday. Pakistan narcotics officials say the country is the transit route for about a quarter of the 3, 400 tons of opium produced in neighboring Afghanistan (news - web sites) each year. REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed
Soldiers from International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in front of the tomb of former Afghan King Nadir Shah in Kabul, November 12, 2003. Thursday marks the second anniversary of the ousting of Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Taliban regime though recent clashes and a car bomb blast came as stark reminders of the problems still facing the country. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Afghan children play as a cyclist passes by destroyed Russian tanks in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
NATO (news - web sites) must succeed in Afghanistan (news - web sites), where it has assumed a leading security role, or a flood of ills from heroin to refugees will descend upon Europe, NATO Secretary-General George Robertson(C) told a parliamentary session of the treaty organization on November 11, 2003. 'Be assured that if normalization doesn't come to Afghanistan, then the Taliban will be back, and so will al Qaeda,' Robertson told Reuters after his speech. NATO last summer took over command of the 5,500-troop International Security Assistance Force based in Kabul and is undergoing an internal debate over whether to expand that force beyond the capital. Robertson is seen with ISAF officers in Kabul, September 26, 2003. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Alex Mateo (R) and Lance Corporal Rashawn Holman (L) raise the nation's flag at the United States Marine Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 2003. President George W. Bush (news - web sites), under fire for what critics say is a failure to address mounting casualties in Iraq (news - web sites), used Veterans Day to say soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites) served a 'good and just cause.' REUTERS/William Philpott
US soldiers secure their temporary camp aboard a Humvee at Ada Ghair mountains 25 kms (15 miles) northeast of Spin Boldak in Afghanistan (news - web sites).(AFP/Pool/File/Erik De Castro)
Canadian Forces Lt.-Gen. Rick Hillier speaks to the troops following Remembrance Day ceremonies at Camp Julien Tuesday Nov. 11, 2003, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites). (AP PHOTO/ Terry Pedwell)
Soldiers stand next to a plaque which was unveiled by Canadian soldiers during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites) November 11, 2003. The plaques is dedicated to Canadian soldiers killed while serving on peace keeping duties in Afghanistan. REUTERS/HO/Department of National Defense REUTERS
U.S. military vehicles travel in a convoy through the Afghan capital Kabul, October 29, 2003. A car bomb, clashes between U.S. forces and Islamic rebels and the arrest of 150 suspected Afghan militants in Pakistan on Nov. 11 are reminders of ongoing threats to Afghanistan (news - web sites) nearly two years after the Taliban fell. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Two unidentified men examine the remains of a vehicle following an explosion on Tuesday night, Nov.11, 2003 in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan (news - web sites). A car bomb exploded outside a United Nations (news - web sites) office in Kandahar Tuesday, wounding at least one person, a U.N. official said. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)
A member of Charles Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment prepares to secure a leaky anti-tank round in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds during the patrol. (AP PHOTO/Stephen Thorne)
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Cpl. Bryan Toope of Ottawa, Canada holds a Soviet-made 122mm rocket while an Afghan woman cradles her baby in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds. (AP Photo/CP, Stephen Thorne)
Sgt. Michael Thompson of Cold Lake, Canada inspects Soviet-made 122mm rockets in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds during the patrol. (AP Photo/CP, Stephen Thorne)
Afghan children scramble for handouts from Canadian armoured soldiers in Paghman outside Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Monday, Nov. 10, 2003. Canadian soldiers seized more than 30 rockets, mortars and recoiless rifle rounds during the patrol. (AP Photo/CP, Stephen Thorne)
A British soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) lays a wreath at a ceremony in the Afghan capital Kabul, November 9, 2003. British Forces held a short Service of Remembrance for those who have fallen in previous wars and campaigns. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, prepare to clear a hill top and set up blocking positions in support of operations outside the town of Orgun-E, about 20 miles from the Pakistan border, in this recent photograph. The al Qaeda network has stepped up activity along the Afghan-Pakistan border, opening a 'second front' to divert U.S. military resources and attention from Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s interior minister said November 7. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Timothy Belt/ U.S. Army
An armed Taliban soldier. emnants of the Taliban militia are planning to abduct American journalists in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in a bid to win the release of their compatriots currently held by the United States, the State Department said(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
The al Qaeda network has stepped up activity along the Afghan-Pakistan border, opening a 'second front' to divert U.S. military resources and attention from Iraq (news - web sites), Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s interior minister said November 7, 2003. A Pakistani soldier guards the Tariq post near the Pakistani-Afghan border, October 25. Photo by Mian Khursheed/Reuters
Afghan riders fight for the goat during a buzkashi game in Kabul, November 7, 2003. The Afghan national sport buzkashi is played with two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30 kg (66 lb) calf, goat or sheep, as the ball, into a scoring circle. Only the most masterful players, the chapandaz, get close to the carcass in the fierce competition, and the winner of the match receives prizes that have been donated by a sponsor. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
An Afghan rider takes the goat away from other players during a buzkashi game in Kabul, November 7, 2003. The Afghan national sport buzkashi is played with two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30 kg (66 lb) calf, goat or sheep, as the ball, into a scoring circle. Only the most masterful players, the chapandaz, get close to the carcass in the fierce competition, and the winner of the match receives prizes that have been donated by a sponsor. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Canadian soldiers from the International security Assistance Force (ISAF) guard an explosion site in Kabul on November 5, 2003.The explosion blew in windows but caused no injuries at the offices of the aid agency Save the Children (USA) in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, aid workers and peacekeepers said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
This file photo dated 12 Mach 2002 shows US soldiers disembarking from a CH-46 Chinook helicopter at Bagram Air Base, after returning from the Arma mountain region near Gardez in Afghanistan (news - web sites).(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)
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Ambassador John D. Negroponte (R), U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations (news - web sites) and a member of a high-level UN mission to Afghanistan (news - web sites), arrives at Kabul airport, November 2, 2003. Fifteen Security Council members are in Afghanistan to evaluate the expansion of an international force, prop up the peace process and warn warlords to stop undermining President Hamid Karzai's central government. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Pakistan's frontier police force at the Afghanistan (news - web sites) border in Chaman. Some 40 people were killed when Afghan police and a former military commander and his fighters fought a fierce battle in southwestern Helmand province.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)
An Iraqi teacher gives instructions to her students on the watching out for dangerous objects and explosive devices. The US House of Representatives approved an 87.5 billion dollar bill for military upkeep and reconstruction in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites)(AFP/Karim Sahib)
Pakistan paramilitary soldiers check the documents of Afghan nationals entering Pakistan at the Chaman border, 120 km (75 miles) from Baluchistan's provincial city of Quetta, October 30, 2003. Pakistan has set up new posts along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) to prevent the cross-border movement of militants. REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai
U.S. military vehicles travel in convoy through the Afghan capital Kabul on October 29, 2003. Three American soldiers received minor shrapnel wounds in southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) when rebel forces ambushed their convoy, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. The convoy of U.S. and Afghan soldiers was attacked by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades on Monday morning near Orgun-E in Paktika province, not far from the Pakistani border. Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters
A Pakistani border security forces guard mans a machine gun in a bunker in Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
An Afghan man shows his documents to a Pakistani border security guard before entering into Pakistan at the border crossing in Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
A Pakistani border security forces guard looks through his Soviet-era binoculars for signs of Taliban and al Qaeda guerrillas along the Afghan frontier at the new Pakistani Ghati China post in the remote mountain area northwest of Chaman, October 25, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN (news - web sites)
A Pakistani border security forces guard watches as Afghan's line up to enter Pakistan at the Chaman border crossing near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. Picture taken October 25, 2003. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
A cameraman takes a picture of weapons and ammunition seized by Pakistani border security forces in recent months in Chaman, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
A Pakistani border security forces guard stands at the new Pakistani Ghati China post in the remote mountain area northwest of Chaman, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FEATURE/PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN
Pakistani border security forces checks the documents of an Afghan woman before entering into Pakistan from the border crossing at Chaman near the Pakistan-Afghanistan (news - web sites) border October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani border security force displays confiscated weapons and ammunition at the border town of Chaman, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
A Pakistani soldier mans the new Tariq post near the Pakistani-Afghan border, some 350 km (217 miles) north of Quetta, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop the infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
Pakistani soldiers man an anti-tank gun in Ilyas fort at the border town of Chaman near the Afghan border, October 25, 2003. Pakistan has increased security along its border with Afghanistan (news - web sites) as part of its counter-terror measures. New posts have been set up to stop infiltration of Taliban and al Qaeda militants. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
A German soldier stands guard as his colleagues unload their C-160 cargo plane at the airport outside the northern Afghan town of Kunduz, October 25, 2003. Twenty-seven German soldiers arrived in Kunduz on Saturday to launch an eagerly awaited deployment of NATO (news - web sites)-led peacekeepers outside the Afghan capital. REUTERS/Simon Denyer
German Bundeswehr tanks in Kabul. The German parliament Bundestag in Berlin voted to widen the mandate of Bundeswehr troops in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and allow the deployment of international peacekeepers outside the capital Kabul for the first time.(DPP/AFP/Michael Kappeler)