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Members of the Special Forces Command (KSK), a German military unit that specializes in hostage releases, train at the KSK base September 18, 2000 in Germany. German media is reporting September 20, 2001, that American military authorities have requested participation of the KSK in possible military operations in Afghanistan, and speculation is mounting that the KSK would be used to free the eight foreign aid workers being held by the Taleban. (Photo courtesy German Federal Defense Ministry/***** Images)
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397356 01: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder touches his forehead while listening to fellow Bundestag members argue the deployment of German troops to Afghanistan prior to a vote on the issue at the Bundestag (the German parliament) November 16, 2001 in Berlin. Schroeder, in the face of dissent within his own coalition, had coupled the issue with a parliamentary vote of confidence in his government, which the Bundestag passed later in the day by a slim margin. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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398195 03: (US SALES ONLY) As Afghan delegates stand behind him, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder discusses the historic agreement reached in Bonn, Germany by four Afghan factions for an interim government December 5, 2001 for Afghanistan. After nine days of negotiations, the four delegations representing agreed on a provisional 30-member Cabinet headed by Pashtun leader Hamid Karazai to take power December 22. (Photo by Gero Breloer/DPA/***** Images)
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398040 01: German police guard the United Nation's Press Office which is on a boat on the Rhine river December 2, 2001 in Koenigswinter, Bonn, Germany. Tribal leaders from Afghanistan and United Nations officials are attending the Petersberg guesthouse bilateral talks in Bonn to discuss setting up a post-Taliban government in the war torn country of Afghanistan. (Photo by Pavel Horejsi/***** Images)
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397894 06: German police guard the Petersburg guest house building November 29, 2001 as tribal leaders and women delegates from Afghanistan and United Nations officials attend bilateral talks in Koenigswinter near Bonn, Germany. The delegations are deciding how to set up a post-Taliban government in the war torn country of Afghanistan. (Photo by POOL/***** Images)
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399511 02: A German military convoy travels toward Kabul January 11, 2002 after arriving at Bagram Airport. The peacekeeping troops are in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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399511 16: A Northern Alliance soldier stands guard at a checkpost and waves as a German military convoy heads towards Kabul January 11, 2002 after arriving at Bagram airport. The peacekeeping troops are in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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A Northern Alliance soldier stands guard at a checkpost as a German military convoy heads towards Kabul January 11, 2002 after arriving at Bagram airport.
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400410 09: German troops march down the street on a walking tour of the International Security Assitance Force (ISAF) barracks January 31, 2002 after arriving in Kabul. There are now 2,939 ISAF troops stationed in the Afghan capital. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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German Defense Minister Rudolph Scharping meets with his troops February 12, 2002 at the German Barracks on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. During Scharping's one day visit he met with Afghanistan's leadership to discuss the future of the multi-national peace-keeping force. (Photo by Natalie Behring/***** Images)
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400939 01: German Defense Minister Rudolph Scharping points as he speaks with his troops February 12, 2002 at the German Barracks on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. During Scharping's one day visit he held talks with Afghanistan's leadership to discuss the future of the multi-national peace-keeping force. (Photo by Natalie Behring/***** Images)
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A German ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) solider guards the entrance of the Olympic stadium February 14, 2002 in Kabul during a soccer practice between the ISAF and Kabul United teams in preparation for their first match to be played the next day. Some 30,000 spectators are expected to watch the match. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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German members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soccer team struggle to control eager fans from entering the Game of Unity match February 15, 2002 in Kabul's Olympic Stadium. The stadium, once the site of public executions, was the venue for the game, and was attended by at least 40,000 people. ISAF won the match by a score of 3 to 1. (Photo by Natalie Behring/***** Images)
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Austrian and German ISAF soliders try to control thousands of Afghans as they fight to get into the Olympic stadium to see the "Game of Unity" soccer match between Kabul United and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) February 15, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The stadium was once the site of public executions during Taliban regime. The ISAF team won the game with a score of 3-1. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 6: German peacekeepers in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) guard the car in which Afghan Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir was assassinated as he drove into his office compound July 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The two gunmen who fired assault rifles killing Qadir and his driver escaped. Qadir played a key role in the ousting of the Taliban last year. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY "GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN-MUSIC" Recent filer of a member of Afghan girls band "Burqa Band" performing their song "Burqa Blue" in a traditional burqa outfit. The band's texts describe ironically the cultural change in Afghanistan after the end of taliban regime. Their music is being played on many German radio stations and on TV. A German firm produced the band in Afghanistan, where it's never been broadcast. AFP PHOTO/HO (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 9: German ISAF soldiers watch a ceremony at Kabul Sports Stadium September 9, 2002 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. Massoud was assassinated by two suicide bombers posing as Arab journalists on September 9, 2001, two days before the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. (Photo by Ami Vitale/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 8: ISAF forces check Afghan workers before they are allowed to enter Kabul Sports Stadium Sports Stadium in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud, former leader of the Northern Alliance, September 8, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two suicide bombers posing as Arab journalists assassinated Massoud September 9, 2001. (Photo by Ami Vitale/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 21: An unidentified British soldier participating in Kabul's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) watches as the British soccer team plays against Brazil in the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2002 World Cup game June 21, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The British national team lost to Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals with a score of 1 to 2. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 30: ISAF troops peer into windows to watch the German national soccer team play Brazil in the World Cup final match June 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brazil won the final match 2-0. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 30: (GERMANY OUT) German troops react as they watch their national soccer team play Brazil in the World Cup final match June 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brazil won the final match 2-0. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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402935 05: A German soldier holds an I.V. drip bag as he gives fluids to a person laying injured on a stretcher March 27, 2002 near the epicenter of an earthquake in the village of Nahrin, Afghanistan. The earthquake which occurred two days ago was magnitude 6.2 and is thought to have killed hundreds in Northern Afghanistan. The U.S. army and coalition partners are scheduled to continue the aide program in the Northern Afghanistan area as long as their help is needed. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)
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KABUL AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 10: Incoming International Security Assistance Force commander Lt. General Norbert van Heyst (R) shakes hands with outgoing ISAF commander Turkish Major General Hilmi Akin Zorlu at a Change of Command Ceremony at Amani High School February 10, 2003 in Kabul. The ceremony commemorated Turkish ISAF forces completing their seven and a half month term and officially handing over control to the German-Netherlands Corps. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 10: German-Netherlands and Turkish International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers stand at attention as Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) arrives for the ISAF Change of Command Ceremony at Amani High School February 10, 2003 in Kabul. The ceremony commemorated Turkish ISAF forces completing their seven and a half month term and officially handing over control to the German-Netherlands Corps. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: (FILES) Photograph dated 23 February 2003 showing German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrolling a street in Kabul. German Defense Minister Peter Struck unveiled plans 13 January 2004 for a major overhaul of the German military including drastic budget cuts in the coming years and sharp reductions in troop levels. AFP PHOTO/SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL - FEBRUARY 20: International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) German soldiers talk through the barbed wire at the Headquarters for ISAF February 20, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The German and Dutch forces of ISAF have recently taken control of operations in Kabul from the Turkish forces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL - FEBRUARY 20: Major Huub Van Leevwen (R) with the Dutch forces, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) works on his computer alongside Major Sybens (L) from Belguim at the Joint Operations Center for ISAF headquarters base February 20, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The German and Dutch forces of ISAF have recently taken control of operations in Kabul from the Turkish forces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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French soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) arrive in Kochi village, 19 may 2003 some 25 kms north of Kabul to distribute pens and exercise books to schoolchildren. The international force has patrolled Kabul and its environs since its creation under an Afghan power-sharing agreement reached in the German city of Bonn in December 2001 following the fall of the Taliban militia. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 2: French International Security Assistance Force soldiers (ISAF) pulls a German 11 ton Armored Personnel Carrier with seven other teammates during a sports tournament at the Kabul International Airport military base March 2, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 2: A German International Security Assistance Force soldier (ISAF) pulls a 11 ton Armored Personnel Carrier with seven other teammates during a sports tournament at the Kabul International Airport military base March 2, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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Afghan children gather around a French soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as he displays photos on a digital camera in Kochi village, 19 may 2003 some 25 kms north of Kabul. The international force has patrolled Kabul and its environs since its creation under an Afghan power-sharing agreement reached in the German city of Bonn in December 2001 following the fall of the Taliban militia. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Turkish soldier carriying koffin on their shoulder during the military funneral for the Spanish soldier who died in plain crash two days ago, in Trabzon in northeastern Turkey, 27 May 2003. Sixty-two Sixty-two Spanish peace-keepers returning from a peace mission in Afghanistan and 12 crew were killed when the plane crashed in thick fog and rain after making two unsuccessful attempts to land. AFP PHOTO/Mustafa Ozer (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/***** Images)
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MADRID - MAY 28: King Juan Carlos of Spain ewlaks among the coffins of 62 killed Spanish peacekeepers during a Mass at the Torrejon military airbase May 28, 2003 near Madrid, Spain. The Spanish troops were flying home from a four-month mission in Afghanistan May 26 when their plane crashed near Trabzon, Turkey. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/***** Images)
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German troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol the Butkhak district of southern Kabul where one of their comrades was killed and another injured when their vehicle went over a mine, 29 May 2003. An investigation was underway to determine whether the mine was an old one or a deliberately placed one. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pay their last respects to a German comrade who was killed on May 29 when his vehicle went over a mine in Kabul, 31 May 2003. He was the 11 German soldier to be killed while serving with ISAF since the force was established in December 2001 after the fall of the Taliban. Sixty-two Spanish peacekeepers were killed on May 26 in a plane crash in Turkey while on their way home after a four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. ISAF is responsible for security in the Afghan capital. NATO is due to take command of the peacekeeping force when the six-month term of the current joint German-Dutch command ends in August. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 7: A German International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier guards the Jalalabad Road June 7, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six German ISAF soldiers have been killed and 8 wounded as the bus they were riding in was destroyed by a car bomb. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 7: U.S. special forces soldiers talk with German International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers June 7, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six German ISAF soldiers have been killed and 8 wounded as the bus they were riding in was destroyed by a car bomb. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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Two Afghan security personels (R) walk away from the spot of a blast in Kabul, 07 June 2003. Six people including three German soldiers were killed and 11 injured in the Afghan capital when a powerful explosion hit a bus carrying troops from an international peacekeeping force. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 7: A German International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier guards the Jalalabad Road June 7, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six German ISAF soldiers have been killed and 8 wounded as the bus they were riding in was destroyed by a car bomb. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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A British soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mans a machinegun during a patrol, Kabul, 08 June 2003. Four German ISAF troops were killed and 31 injured Saturday when at least one suicide bomber in a taxi detonated an explosion alongside their bus,as the soldiers had been about to fly home after their six-month tour of duty. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) form a guard of honour for four of their comrades killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the Afghan capital that also wounded 31 other German troops, 10 June 2003. Some 1,000 troops turned out to pay their last respects to the four before their bodies were transported to Kabul airport to be repatriated to Colongne, Germany. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Relatives of four killed German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) comfort each other 10 June 2003 as the coffins arrive at Cologne airport. German Defence Minister Peter Struck received the coffins with a ceremony at the airport. The four soldiers were killed last 07 June in a suicide car bomb attack against the ISAF in Kabul, the Afghan capital. AFP PHOTO DDP/TORSTEN SILZ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TORSTEN SILZ/AFP/***** Images)
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German Air Force Colonel Uwe Aherns (L), German Brigadier General Werner Freers (2nd from L), and German Colonel Martin Schelleis (3rd from L) inspect German and Belgian troops during a ceremony during which Colonel Schelleis handed over the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops to Colonel Uwe Aherns at Kabul International Airport, 13 June 2003. Some 1,100 German, Belgian, Spanish and French peacekeepers are stationed at the airport. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Air Force Colonel Uwe Aherns (2nd from L) salutes German Brigadier General Werner Freers (L), as German Colonel Martin Schelleis (R) looks on during a ceremony during which Colonel Schelleis handed over the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops to Colonel Uwe Aherns at Kabul International Airport, 13 June 2003. Some 1,100 German, Belgian, Spanish and French peacekeepers are stationed at the airport. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Air Force Colonel Martin Schelleis (L) receives a medal for his service in Afghanistan from German Brigadier General Werner Freers (R) during a ceremony during which Schelleis handed over the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops at Kabul International Airport, 13 June 2003. Some 1,100 German, Belgian, Spanish and French peacekeepers are stationed at the airport. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Spanish soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol the site of a blast in the Pul-i-Chakhri market some12 kms from Kabul, 02 July 2003 after a man carrying the bomb was killed when it exploded prematurely. The incident happened nearly a month after a suicide car bomber killed four German ISAF soldiers on the same road near Camp Warehouse on June 7. ISAF and the Afghan government have since warned of the possibility of further suicide bombings. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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An Afghan woman passes by two Italian soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as they keep vigil in a street of Kabul, 26 July 2003. NATO will take over command August 11 of the 4,700-strong ISAF, which remains under UN mandate and since February has been under German and Dutch command. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Canadian soldiers march during the ceremony of the change of command of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, 17 July 2003. Canadian troops took command of the main International Security Assistance Force peacekeeping base in Kabul marking the changeover between German troops and the official entry of the Canadian army into ISAF. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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New commander of the Kabul Multinational brigade (KMNB) Canadian general Peter Devlin (R), International Secutiy Assisance Force (ISAF) Lieutenant General Norbert Van Heyst (C) and Former KMNB commander Brigadier General Werner Freers shake hands during change of command of the KMNB in Kabul, 17 July 2003. Canadian troops took command of the main International Security Assistance Force peacekeeping base in Kabul marking the changeover between German troops and the official entry of the Canadian army into ISAF. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Afghan victims of a collision between two buses which left 29 people injured, are given medical aid by French troops from the International Security Assistance Force on a road some10 kms north of Kabul. 04 August 2003. NATO takes over command of ISAF from the current joint German-Dutch command on 11 August, with the peacekeeping force's mandate remaining to ensure the security of Kabul. (Photo credit should read /AFP/***** Images)
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Passengers unboard a plane of the German airline LTU, Luftransport-Unternehmen, after it landed in Kabul, 06 August 2003. The flight is the first commercial flight from Europe to Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation of the country. AFP PHOTO/Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Defense Minister Peter Struck (C) speaks to German army officers from the "Pionierbataillon 12" engineering unit during a visit in Volkach 06 August 2003. Struck called for a bigger German commitment to Afghanistan, but more focused on civilian aid than beefing up its military presence. (Photo credit should read OLIVER LANG/AFP/***** Images)
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German Lieutenant General Norbert Van Heyst speaks to reporters during his last press conference as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at ISAF headquarters in Kabul, 06 August 2003. NATO will take over command of the peacekeeping force as of 11 August after six months of joint German-Dutch command. Van Heyst said the main challenge ahead was to export security from the "safe haven" of Kabul to the provinces, where security remains a major problem, especially in the south and southeast provinces. AFP PHOTO/Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Two German soldiers from the International Scurity Asisstance Force (ISAF) stand guard beside an armoured personel carrier at a checkpoint outside the United Nations office, on Sulah Avenue, Kabul, 10 August 2003. Amani High School which is situated on the avenue will host a ceremony 11 August, which will be attended by international dignitaries for the ISAF handover of control of Kabul to troops from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). AFP PHOTO /Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) presents a national medal of honour to departing ISAF commander Dutch Brigadier General Robert Bertholee (C) as lieutanant General Norbert van Heyst German commander of ISAF (L) looks on at a ceremony to hand over command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from joint German-Dutch command to NATO in Kabul, 11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Lieutenant General Goetz F.E. Gliemeroth (L), the new NATO commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) shakes hands with ISAF lieutanant General Norbert van Heyst, German commander of ISAF, at the ceremony of the change of command from joint German-Dutch command to NATO in Kabul ,11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO /Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Lieutenant General Goetz F.E Gliemeroth (L) receives the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) flag from Supreme Allied commander General James Jones (R) at the ceremony marking the ISAF change of command from joint German-Dutch to NATO in Kabul, 11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and Dutch Brigadier General Robert Bertholee (L) shake hands at a ceremony to hand over command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from joint German-Dutch command to NATO in Kabul,11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO /SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand on parade at the ceremony marking the ISAF change of command from joint 1st. German-Netherlands Corps to NATO in Kabul, 11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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COLOGNE, GERMANY: German soldiers enter a Bundeswehr-Airbus to depart to Afghanistan in Cologne-Wahn, 24 October 2003. The German parliament voted to widen the mandate of Bundeswehr troops in Afghanistan and allow the deployment of international peacekeepers outside the capital Kabul for the first time. AFP PHOTO/ DDP HENNING KAISER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read HENNING KAISER/AFP/***** Images)
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Secretary General of NATO George Robertson (C) is escorted by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander German NATO Lieutenant General Goetz Gliemeroth (R) and other peacekeepers, as he tours the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, 26 September 2003. Robertson was on a brief stopover during a tour of Central Asia which has also taken him to neighbouring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan before returning to Brussels. AFP PHOTO/ Mike PATTERSON (Photo credit should read MIKE PATTERSON/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Canadian soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand on the top of their armoured vehicles as they guard the UN compound as German UN ambassador Gunter Pleuger who was leading a high-level UN Security Council delegation to Afghanistan, addressed a press conference, 06 November 2003. Pleuger said security remained the main problem in Afghanistan and said the Council had urged feuding warlords to support the government of President Hamid Karzai. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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A group of German International Security Assistance Force troops salute as two of their fallen Canadian colleagues' coffins as they are loaded onto a military transport plane at Kabul airport 04 October 2003. Hundreds of Canadian troops paid tribute Saturday to two colleagues who where killed when a land mine exploded under their jeep. The remains of the two dead men were flown home to their homes from Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/Richard Vogel (Photo credit should read RICHARD VOGEL/AFP/***** Images)
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SHAMALI PLAIN, AFGHANISTAN: German soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand next to a ground-controlled one and half-meters-long drone prior to its launch from the Shamali plain some 30 kilometers north Kabul, 14 October 2003. The drone, which is a recent piece of technology for the NATO-led peacekeepers in Afghanistan is being used to control the movements around Kabul where the troops are responsible for the security. AFP PHOTO/SARDAR Ahmad (Photo credit should read SARDAR AHMED/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: German soldiers patrol a market in Kunduz, as the country celebrates Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan 25 November 2003. A first contingent of German soldiers arrived in Kunduz, north Afghanistan, 22 November, as part of an extension of their mandate in the war-ravaged country. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan children crowd a photographer as others enjoy a ride on a mini ferris wheel in Kunduz, as the country celebrates Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, 25 November 2003. A first contingent of German soldiers arrived in Kunduz, north Afghanistan, 22 November, as part of an extension of their mandate in the war-ravaged country. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: In this hand out photo, German Lt General Gotz F.E. Gliemeroth (L), Commander of ISAF, hands over the ISAF flag to incoming German-led Kunduz Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Commander, Col Kurt Schiebold, during a ceremony held in Kunduz, 06 January 2004. A ceremony marked the official transfer of the German-led Kunduz Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) from Coalition Forces Command to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command. AFP PHOTO/HO (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German soldier (L) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard during the transfer of command authority ceremony in Kabul, 24 January 2004. Canadian Army Brigader General Locelyn Lacroix took over the command of the 3,500 Canadian troops at Camp Warehouse in Kabul from Brigader General Peter Devlin after six month tour of duty in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/ Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German soldier (R) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard while others remove the wreckage of an airplane at Kabul International Airport, 15 January 2004. The process of aircraft wreckage removal from the Kabul international airport began in early January 2004 and will continue until it is completed. AFP PHOTO/Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: German Defence Minister Peter Struck (L) points as he stands besides an unidentified soldier of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr and an Afghan guard at a Bundeswehr base in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz 31 January 2004. Struck is on a two-day visit to German Bundeswehr soldiers based in Kunduz for a ISAAF peacekeeping mission. AFP PHOTO POOL ARND WIEGMANN (Photo credit should read ARND WIEGMANN/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 28: (NEWSWEEK AND U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT OUT) A German ISAF soldier (International Security Assistance Force) walks through two trucks blocking the site 300 meters from where an Afghan suicide bomber exploded a taxi packed with explosives next to two British Army vehicles killing one British soldier and one Afghan civilian, January 28, 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Four British soldiers were seriously injured in the attack, the second suicide attack in two days against ISAF forces. Taliban forces have taken credit for the attacks. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 28: (NEWSWEEK AND U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT OUT) A British ISAF soldier (International Security Assistance Force) speaks to Afghan and foreign media 300 meters from where an Afghan suicide bomber exploded a taxi packed with explosives next to two British Army vehicles killing one British soldier and one Afghan civilian, January 28, 2004 in Kabu7l, Afghanistan. Four British soldiers were seriously injured in the attack, the second suicide attack in two days against ISAF forces. Taliban forces have taken credit for the attacks. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: German Defence Minister Peter Struck (R) is welcomed by German General Friederich Riechmann, Afghan General Muhamed Daud and Lativ Ebrahimi, Governor of the province Kunduz (LtoR) during his arrival at an airport in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz 31 January 2004. Struck is on a two-day visit to German Bundeswehr soldiers based in Kunduz for a ISAAF peacekeeping mission. AFP PHOTO POOL/ARND WIEGMANN (Photo credit should read ARND WIEGMANN/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2nd from R) and German commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth (R) arrives to attend the take over command ceremony of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kabul, 09 February 2004. German commander Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth handed over command of the peacekeeping force to Canadian Lieutenant General Rick Hillier. AFP PHOTO/Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and German commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth (R) arrive to attend the take over command ceremony of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kabul, 09 February 2004. German commander Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth handed over command of the peacekeeping force to Canadian Lieutenant General Rick Hillier. AFP PHOTO/Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German soldier (2-R) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sits on a Russian-made T-62 tank with soldiers of the Afghan Ministry of Defence during a ceremony marking the removal of heavy weapons in Kabul, 11 March 2004. The program which was started in January 2004 is seperate from the UN-backed DDR program due to start "in two weeks time thorughout Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- MARCH 21: Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends first day of school opening March 21, 2004 at a German School in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Karzai celebrated the opening of new schools across the nation as well as the ability of girls to now obtain an education. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- MARCH 21: Afghan youths await the first day of school ceremonies March 21, 2004 at the German School in Kabul, Afghanistan. The celebrations heralded the ability of both boys and girls to obtain an education, and the opening of new school across the nation. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) meets with representatives from Afghanistan in Berlin 25 March 2004. High-level ministers and officials will meet 31 March 2004 in Berlin to thrash out their proposals for Afghanistan's future, from curbing rampant insecurity to tackling drugs. AFP PHOTO DDP/JOHANNES EISELE GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/***** Images)
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Members of the Special Forces Command (KSK), a German military unit that specializes in hostage releases, train at the KSK base September 18, 2000 in Germany. German media is reporting September 20, 2001, that American military authorities have requested participation of the KSK in possible military operations in Afghanistan, and speculation is mounting that the KSK would be used to free the eight foreign aid workers being held by the Taleban. (Photo courtesy German Federal Defense Ministry/***** Images)
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397356 01: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder touches his forehead while listening to fellow Bundestag members argue the deployment of German troops to Afghanistan prior to a vote on the issue at the Bundestag (the German parliament) November 16, 2001 in Berlin. Schroeder, in the face of dissent within his own coalition, had coupled the issue with a parliamentary vote of confidence in his government, which the Bundestag passed later in the day by a slim margin. (Photo by Sean Gallup/***** Images)
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398195 03: (US SALES ONLY) As Afghan delegates stand behind him, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder discusses the historic agreement reached in Bonn, Germany by four Afghan factions for an interim government December 5, 2001 for Afghanistan. After nine days of negotiations, the four delegations representing agreed on a provisional 30-member Cabinet headed by Pashtun leader Hamid Karazai to take power December 22. (Photo by Gero Breloer/DPA/***** Images)
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398040 01: German police guard the United Nation's Press Office which is on a boat on the Rhine river December 2, 2001 in Koenigswinter, Bonn, Germany. Tribal leaders from Afghanistan and United Nations officials are attending the Petersberg guesthouse bilateral talks in Bonn to discuss setting up a post-Taliban government in the war torn country of Afghanistan. (Photo by Pavel Horejsi/***** Images)
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397894 06: German police guard the Petersburg guest house building November 29, 2001 as tribal leaders and women delegates from Afghanistan and United Nations officials attend bilateral talks in Koenigswinter near Bonn, Germany. The delegations are deciding how to set up a post-Taliban government in the war torn country of Afghanistan. (Photo by POOL/***** Images)
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399511 02: A German military convoy travels toward Kabul January 11, 2002 after arriving at Bagram Airport. The peacekeeping troops are in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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399511 16: A Northern Alliance soldier stands guard at a checkpost and waves as a German military convoy heads towards Kabul January 11, 2002 after arriving at Bagram airport. The peacekeeping troops are in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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A Northern Alliance soldier stands guard at a checkpost as a German military convoy heads towards Kabul January 11, 2002 after arriving at Bagram airport.
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400410 09: German troops march down the street on a walking tour of the International Security Assitance Force (ISAF) barracks January 31, 2002 after arriving in Kabul. There are now 2,939 ISAF troops stationed in the Afghan capital. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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German Defense Minister Rudolph Scharping meets with his troops February 12, 2002 at the German Barracks on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. During Scharping's one day visit he met with Afghanistan's leadership to discuss the future of the multi-national peace-keeping force. (Photo by Natalie Behring/***** Images)
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400939 01: German Defense Minister Rudolph Scharping points as he speaks with his troops February 12, 2002 at the German Barracks on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. During Scharping's one day visit he held talks with Afghanistan's leadership to discuss the future of the multi-national peace-keeping force. (Photo by Natalie Behring/***** Images)
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A German ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) solider guards the entrance of the Olympic stadium February 14, 2002 in Kabul during a soccer practice between the ISAF and Kabul United teams in preparation for their first match to be played the next day. Some 30,000 spectators are expected to watch the match. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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German members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soccer team struggle to control eager fans from entering the Game of Unity match February 15, 2002 in Kabul's Olympic Stadium. The stadium, once the site of public executions, was the venue for the game, and was attended by at least 40,000 people. ISAF won the match by a score of 3 to 1. (Photo by Natalie Behring/***** Images)
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Austrian and German ISAF soliders try to control thousands of Afghans as they fight to get into the Olympic stadium to see the "Game of Unity" soccer match between Kabul United and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) February 15, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The stadium was once the site of public executions during Taliban regime. The ISAF team won the game with a score of 3-1. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 6: German peacekeepers in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) guard the car in which Afghan Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir was assassinated as he drove into his office compound July 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The two gunmen who fired assault rifles killing Qadir and his driver escaped. Qadir played a key role in the ousting of the Taliban last year. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY "GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN-MUSIC" Recent filer of a member of Afghan girls band "Burqa Band" performing their song "Burqa Blue" in a traditional burqa outfit. The band's texts describe ironically the cultural change in Afghanistan after the end of taliban regime. Their music is being played on many German radio stations and on TV. A German firm produced the band in Afghanistan, where it's never been broadcast. AFP PHOTO/HO (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 9: German ISAF soldiers watch a ceremony at Kabul Sports Stadium September 9, 2002 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. Massoud was assassinated by two suicide bombers posing as Arab journalists on September 9, 2001, two days before the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. (Photo by Ami Vitale/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 8: ISAF forces check Afghan workers before they are allowed to enter Kabul Sports Stadium Sports Stadium in preparation for the events tied to tomorrow's anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud, former leader of the Northern Alliance, September 8, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two suicide bombers posing as Arab journalists assassinated Massoud September 9, 2001. (Photo by Ami Vitale/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 21: An unidentified British soldier participating in Kabul's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) watches as the British soccer team plays against Brazil in the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2002 World Cup game June 21, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The British national team lost to Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals with a score of 1 to 2. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 30: ISAF troops peer into windows to watch the German national soccer team play Brazil in the World Cup final match June 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brazil won the final match 2-0. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 30: (GERMANY OUT) German troops react as they watch their national soccer team play Brazil in the World Cup final match June 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brazil won the final match 2-0. (Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/***** Images)
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402935 05: A German soldier holds an I.V. drip bag as he gives fluids to a person laying injured on a stretcher March 27, 2002 near the epicenter of an earthquake in the village of Nahrin, Afghanistan. The earthquake which occurred two days ago was magnitude 6.2 and is thought to have killed hundreds in Northern Afghanistan. The U.S. army and coalition partners are scheduled to continue the aide program in the Northern Afghanistan area as long as their help is needed. (Photo by Joe Raedle/***** Images)
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KABUL AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 10: Incoming International Security Assistance Force commander Lt. General Norbert van Heyst (R) shakes hands with outgoing ISAF commander Turkish Major General Hilmi Akin Zorlu at a Change of Command Ceremony at Amani High School February 10, 2003 in Kabul. The ceremony commemorated Turkish ISAF forces completing their seven and a half month term and officially handing over control to the German-Netherlands Corps. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 10: German-Netherlands and Turkish International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers stand at attention as Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) arrives for the ISAF Change of Command Ceremony at Amani High School February 10, 2003 in Kabul. The ceremony commemorated Turkish ISAF forces completing their seven and a half month term and officially handing over control to the German-Netherlands Corps. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: (FILES) Photograph dated 23 February 2003 showing German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrolling a street in Kabul. German Defense Minister Peter Struck unveiled plans 13 January 2004 for a major overhaul of the German military including drastic budget cuts in the coming years and sharp reductions in troop levels. AFP PHOTO/SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL - FEBRUARY 20: International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) German soldiers talk through the barbed wire at the Headquarters for ISAF February 20, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The German and Dutch forces of ISAF have recently taken control of operations in Kabul from the Turkish forces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL - FEBRUARY 20: Major Huub Van Leevwen (R) with the Dutch forces, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) works on his computer alongside Major Sybens (L) from Belguim at the Joint Operations Center for ISAF headquarters base February 20, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The German and Dutch forces of ISAF have recently taken control of operations in Kabul from the Turkish forces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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French soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) arrive in Kochi village, 19 may 2003 some 25 kms north of Kabul to distribute pens and exercise books to schoolchildren. The international force has patrolled Kabul and its environs since its creation under an Afghan power-sharing agreement reached in the German city of Bonn in December 2001 following the fall of the Taliban militia. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 2: French International Security Assistance Force soldiers (ISAF) pulls a German 11 ton Armored Personnel Carrier with seven other teammates during a sports tournament at the Kabul International Airport military base March 2, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 2: A German International Security Assistance Force soldier (ISAF) pulls a 11 ton Armored Personnel Carrier with seven other teammates during a sports tournament at the Kabul International Airport military base March 2, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/***** Images)
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Afghan children gather around a French soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as he displays photos on a digital camera in Kochi village, 19 may 2003 some 25 kms north of Kabul. The international force has patrolled Kabul and its environs since its creation under an Afghan power-sharing agreement reached in the German city of Bonn in December 2001 following the fall of the Taliban militia. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Turkish soldier carriying koffin on their shoulder during the military funneral for the Spanish soldier who died in plain crash two days ago, in Trabzon in northeastern Turkey, 27 May 2003. Sixty-two Sixty-two Spanish peace-keepers returning from a peace mission in Afghanistan and 12 crew were killed when the plane crashed in thick fog and rain after making two unsuccessful attempts to land. AFP PHOTO/Mustafa Ozer (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/***** Images)
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MADRID - MAY 28: King Juan Carlos of Spain ewlaks among the coffins of 62 killed Spanish peacekeepers during a Mass at the Torrejon military airbase May 28, 2003 near Madrid, Spain. The Spanish troops were flying home from a four-month mission in Afghanistan May 26 when their plane crashed near Trabzon, Turkey. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/***** Images)
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German troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol the Butkhak district of southern Kabul where one of their comrades was killed and another injured when their vehicle went over a mine, 29 May 2003. An investigation was underway to determine whether the mine was an old one or a deliberately placed one. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pay their last respects to a German comrade who was killed on May 29 when his vehicle went over a mine in Kabul, 31 May 2003. He was the 11 German soldier to be killed while serving with ISAF since the force was established in December 2001 after the fall of the Taliban. Sixty-two Spanish peacekeepers were killed on May 26 in a plane crash in Turkey while on their way home after a four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. ISAF is responsible for security in the Afghan capital. NATO is due to take command of the peacekeeping force when the six-month term of the current joint German-Dutch command ends in August. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 7: A German International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier guards the Jalalabad Road June 7, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six German ISAF soldiers have been killed and 8 wounded as the bus they were riding in was destroyed by a car bomb. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 7: U.S. special forces soldiers talk with German International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers June 7, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six German ISAF soldiers have been killed and 8 wounded as the bus they were riding in was destroyed by a car bomb. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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Two Afghan security personels (R) walk away from the spot of a blast in Kabul, 07 June 2003. Six people including three German soldiers were killed and 11 injured in the Afghan capital when a powerful explosion hit a bus carrying troops from an international peacekeeping force. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 7: A German International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier guards the Jalalabad Road June 7, 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least six German ISAF soldiers have been killed and 8 wounded as the bus they were riding in was destroyed by a car bomb. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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A British soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mans a machinegun during a patrol, Kabul, 08 June 2003. Four German ISAF troops were killed and 31 injured Saturday when at least one suicide bomber in a taxi detonated an explosion alongside their bus,as the soldiers had been about to fly home after their six-month tour of duty. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) form a guard of honour for four of their comrades killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the Afghan capital that also wounded 31 other German troops, 10 June 2003. Some 1,000 troops turned out to pay their last respects to the four before their bodies were transported to Kabul airport to be repatriated to Colongne, Germany. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Relatives of four killed German soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) comfort each other 10 June 2003 as the coffins arrive at Cologne airport. German Defence Minister Peter Struck received the coffins with a ceremony at the airport. The four soldiers were killed last 07 June in a suicide car bomb attack against the ISAF in Kabul, the Afghan capital. AFP PHOTO DDP/TORSTEN SILZ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read TORSTEN SILZ/AFP/***** Images)
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German Air Force Colonel Uwe Aherns (L), German Brigadier General Werner Freers (2nd from L), and German Colonel Martin Schelleis (3rd from L) inspect German and Belgian troops during a ceremony during which Colonel Schelleis handed over the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops to Colonel Uwe Aherns at Kabul International Airport, 13 June 2003. Some 1,100 German, Belgian, Spanish and French peacekeepers are stationed at the airport. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Air Force Colonel Uwe Aherns (2nd from L) salutes German Brigadier General Werner Freers (L), as German Colonel Martin Schelleis (R) looks on during a ceremony during which Colonel Schelleis handed over the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops to Colonel Uwe Aherns at Kabul International Airport, 13 June 2003. Some 1,100 German, Belgian, Spanish and French peacekeepers are stationed at the airport. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Air Force Colonel Martin Schelleis (L) receives a medal for his service in Afghanistan from German Brigadier General Werner Freers (R) during a ceremony during which Schelleis handed over the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops at Kabul International Airport, 13 June 2003. Some 1,100 German, Belgian, Spanish and French peacekeepers are stationed at the airport. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Spanish soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol the site of a blast in the Pul-i-Chakhri market some12 kms from Kabul, 02 July 2003 after a man carrying the bomb was killed when it exploded prematurely. The incident happened nearly a month after a suicide car bomber killed four German ISAF soldiers on the same road near Camp Warehouse on June 7. ISAF and the Afghan government have since warned of the possibility of further suicide bombings. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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An Afghan woman passes by two Italian soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as they keep vigil in a street of Kabul, 26 July 2003. NATO will take over command August 11 of the 4,700-strong ISAF, which remains under UN mandate and since February has been under German and Dutch command. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Canadian soldiers march during the ceremony of the change of command of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, 17 July 2003. Canadian troops took command of the main International Security Assistance Force peacekeeping base in Kabul marking the changeover between German troops and the official entry of the Canadian army into ISAF. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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New commander of the Kabul Multinational brigade (KMNB) Canadian general Peter Devlin (R), International Secutiy Assisance Force (ISAF) Lieutenant General Norbert Van Heyst (C) and Former KMNB commander Brigadier General Werner Freers shake hands during change of command of the KMNB in Kabul, 17 July 2003. Canadian troops took command of the main International Security Assistance Force peacekeeping base in Kabul marking the changeover between German troops and the official entry of the Canadian army into ISAF. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Afghan victims of a collision between two buses which left 29 people injured, are given medical aid by French troops from the International Security Assistance Force on a road some10 kms north of Kabul. 04 August 2003. NATO takes over command of ISAF from the current joint German-Dutch command on 11 August, with the peacekeeping force's mandate remaining to ensure the security of Kabul. (Photo credit should read /AFP/***** Images)
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Passengers unboard a plane of the German airline LTU, Luftransport-Unternehmen, after it landed in Kabul, 06 August 2003. The flight is the first commercial flight from Europe to Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation of the country. AFP PHOTO/Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Defense Minister Peter Struck (C) speaks to German army officers from the "Pionierbataillon 12" engineering unit during a visit in Volkach 06 August 2003. Struck called for a bigger German commitment to Afghanistan, but more focused on civilian aid than beefing up its military presence. (Photo credit should read OLIVER LANG/AFP/***** Images)
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German Lieutenant General Norbert Van Heyst speaks to reporters during his last press conference as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at ISAF headquarters in Kabul, 06 August 2003. NATO will take over command of the peacekeeping force as of 11 August after six months of joint German-Dutch command. Van Heyst said the main challenge ahead was to export security from the "safe haven" of Kabul to the provinces, where security remains a major problem, especially in the south and southeast provinces. AFP PHOTO/Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Two German soldiers from the International Scurity Asisstance Force (ISAF) stand guard beside an armoured personel carrier at a checkpoint outside the United Nations office, on Sulah Avenue, Kabul, 10 August 2003. Amani High School which is situated on the avenue will host a ceremony 11 August, which will be attended by international dignitaries for the ISAF handover of control of Kabul to troops from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). AFP PHOTO /Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) presents a national medal of honour to departing ISAF commander Dutch Brigadier General Robert Bertholee (C) as lieutanant General Norbert van Heyst German commander of ISAF (L) looks on at a ceremony to hand over command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from joint German-Dutch command to NATO in Kabul, 11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Lieutenant General Goetz F.E. Gliemeroth (L), the new NATO commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) shakes hands with ISAF lieutanant General Norbert van Heyst, German commander of ISAF, at the ceremony of the change of command from joint German-Dutch command to NATO in Kabul ,11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO /Shah Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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German Lieutenant General Goetz F.E Gliemeroth (L) receives the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) flag from Supreme Allied commander General James Jones (R) at the ceremony marking the ISAF change of command from joint German-Dutch to NATO in Kabul, 11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and Dutch Brigadier General Robert Bertholee (L) shake hands at a ceremony to hand over command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from joint German-Dutch command to NATO in Kabul,11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO /SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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Soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand on parade at the ceremony marking the ISAF change of command from joint 1st. German-Netherlands Corps to NATO in Kabul, 11 August 2003. NATO took command, 11 August, of international peacekeepers tasked with enforcing security in the Afghan capital, heralding the 54-year-old alliance's first mission outside Europe. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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COLOGNE, GERMANY: German soldiers enter a Bundeswehr-Airbus to depart to Afghanistan in Cologne-Wahn, 24 October 2003. The German parliament voted to widen the mandate of Bundeswehr troops in Afghanistan and allow the deployment of international peacekeepers outside the capital Kabul for the first time. AFP PHOTO/ DDP HENNING KAISER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read HENNING KAISER/AFP/***** Images)
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Secretary General of NATO George Robertson (C) is escorted by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander German NATO Lieutenant General Goetz Gliemeroth (R) and other peacekeepers, as he tours the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, 26 September 2003. Robertson was on a brief stopover during a tour of Central Asia which has also taken him to neighbouring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan before returning to Brussels. AFP PHOTO/ Mike PATTERSON (Photo credit should read MIKE PATTERSON/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Canadian soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand on the top of their armoured vehicles as they guard the UN compound as German UN ambassador Gunter Pleuger who was leading a high-level UN Security Council delegation to Afghanistan, addressed a press conference, 06 November 2003. Pleuger said security remained the main problem in Afghanistan and said the Council had urged feuding warlords to support the government of President Hamid Karzai. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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A group of German International Security Assistance Force troops salute as two of their fallen Canadian colleagues' coffins as they are loaded onto a military transport plane at Kabul airport 04 October 2003. Hundreds of Canadian troops paid tribute Saturday to two colleagues who where killed when a land mine exploded under their jeep. The remains of the two dead men were flown home to their homes from Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/Richard Vogel (Photo credit should read RICHARD VOGEL/AFP/***** Images)
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SHAMALI PLAIN, AFGHANISTAN: German soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand next to a ground-controlled one and half-meters-long drone prior to its launch from the Shamali plain some 30 kilometers north Kabul, 14 October 2003. The drone, which is a recent piece of technology for the NATO-led peacekeepers in Afghanistan is being used to control the movements around Kabul where the troops are responsible for the security. AFP PHOTO/SARDAR Ahmad (Photo credit should read SARDAR AHMED/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: German soldiers patrol a market in Kunduz, as the country celebrates Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan 25 November 2003. A first contingent of German soldiers arrived in Kunduz, north Afghanistan, 22 November, as part of an extension of their mandate in the war-ravaged country. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan children crowd a photographer as others enjoy a ride on a mini ferris wheel in Kunduz, as the country celebrates Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, 25 November 2003. A first contingent of German soldiers arrived in Kunduz, north Afghanistan, 22 November, as part of an extension of their mandate in the war-ravaged country. AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: In this hand out photo, German Lt General Gotz F.E. Gliemeroth (L), Commander of ISAF, hands over the ISAF flag to incoming German-led Kunduz Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Commander, Col Kurt Schiebold, during a ceremony held in Kunduz, 06 January 2004. A ceremony marked the official transfer of the German-led Kunduz Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) from Coalition Forces Command to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command. AFP PHOTO/HO (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German soldier (L) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard during the transfer of command authority ceremony in Kabul, 24 January 2004. Canadian Army Brigader General Locelyn Lacroix took over the command of the 3,500 Canadian troops at Camp Warehouse in Kabul from Brigader General Peter Devlin after six month tour of duty in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/ Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German soldier (R) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard while others remove the wreckage of an airplane at Kabul International Airport, 15 January 2004. The process of aircraft wreckage removal from the Kabul international airport began in early January 2004 and will continue until it is completed. AFP PHOTO/Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: German Defence Minister Peter Struck (L) points as he stands besides an unidentified soldier of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr and an Afghan guard at a Bundeswehr base in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz 31 January 2004. Struck is on a two-day visit to German Bundeswehr soldiers based in Kunduz for a ISAAF peacekeeping mission. AFP PHOTO POOL ARND WIEGMANN (Photo credit should read ARND WIEGMANN/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 28: (NEWSWEEK AND U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT OUT) A German ISAF soldier (International Security Assistance Force) walks through two trucks blocking the site 300 meters from where an Afghan suicide bomber exploded a taxi packed with explosives next to two British Army vehicles killing one British soldier and one Afghan civilian, January 28, 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Four British soldiers were seriously injured in the attack, the second suicide attack in two days against ISAF forces. Taliban forces have taken credit for the attacks. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - JANUARY 28: (NEWSWEEK AND U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT OUT) A British ISAF soldier (International Security Assistance Force) speaks to Afghan and foreign media 300 meters from where an Afghan suicide bomber exploded a taxi packed with explosives next to two British Army vehicles killing one British soldier and one Afghan civilian, January 28, 2004 in Kabu7l, Afghanistan. Four British soldiers were seriously injured in the attack, the second suicide attack in two days against ISAF forces. Taliban forces have taken credit for the attacks. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/***** Images)
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KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: German Defence Minister Peter Struck (R) is welcomed by German General Friederich Riechmann, Afghan General Muhamed Daud and Lativ Ebrahimi, Governor of the province Kunduz (LtoR) during his arrival at an airport in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz 31 January 2004. Struck is on a two-day visit to German Bundeswehr soldiers based in Kunduz for a ISAAF peacekeeping mission. AFP PHOTO POOL/ARND WIEGMANN (Photo credit should read ARND WIEGMANN/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2nd from R) and German commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth (R) arrives to attend the take over command ceremony of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kabul, 09 February 2004. German commander Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth handed over command of the peacekeeping force to Canadian Lieutenant General Rick Hillier. AFP PHOTO/Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and German commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth (R) arrive to attend the take over command ceremony of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kabul, 09 February 2004. German commander Lieutenant General Gortz Gliemeroth handed over command of the peacekeeping force to Canadian Lieutenant General Rick Hillier. AFP PHOTO/Shah MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: A German soldier (2-R) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sits on a Russian-made T-62 tank with soldiers of the Afghan Ministry of Defence during a ceremony marking the removal of heavy weapons in Kabul, 11 March 2004. The program which was started in January 2004 is seperate from the UN-backed DDR program due to start "in two weeks time thorughout Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- MARCH 21: Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends first day of school opening March 21, 2004 at a German School in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Karzai celebrated the opening of new schools across the nation as well as the ability of girls to now obtain an education. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- MARCH 21: Afghan youths await the first day of school ceremonies March 21, 2004 at the German School in Kabul, Afghanistan. The celebrations heralded the ability of both boys and girls to obtain an education, and the opening of new school across the nation. (Photo by Darren McCollester/***** Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) meets with representatives from Afghanistan in Berlin 25 March 2004. High-level ministers and officials will meet 31 March 2004 in Berlin to thrash out their proposals for Afghanistan's future, from curbing rampant insecurity to tackling drugs. AFP PHOTO DDP/JOHANNES EISELE GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/***** Images)
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