Afghanistan

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** FILE ** Security men with the Afghan intelligence services inspect the scene following a militant attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants wearing suicide vests, including one driving a car packed with explosives, attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence, setting off a blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at least 30 civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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An Afghan policeman (left) mourns after a police truck was hit by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2013. The truck was packed with officers and detainees, several of whom were killed in the blast, officials said. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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Britain's Prince Harry — or just plain Capt. Wales, as he is known in the British army — talks to a TV crew after making his early-morning preflight checks on the flight line at Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. The British Ministry of Defense announced on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, that the 28-year-old prince is returning from his 20-week deployment in Afghanistan, where he served as an Apache helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, Pool)

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An Afghan security officer watches smoke rising from a rocket fired by militants that landed near the traffic police headquarters during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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A prisoner looks out his cell window at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in April 2011. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Illustration Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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James Cunningham, U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan, says during a news event at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, that the United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban but that it has not yet been possible to get the process under way. (AP Photo/Patrick Quinn)