Afghanistan

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Police secure the site of a suicide bombing in Khost, Afghanistan, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, after a bomber drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into a patrol of Afghan and international forces, killing more than a dozen people, including three NATO service members and their translator, officials said. (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)

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** FILE ** U.S. military personnel pray during a memorial service for their fallen comrades in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in March 2003. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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** FILE ** An Afghan National Army soldier wears an ammunition belt around his neck during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, in the volatile Arghandab Valley outside Kandahar, Afghanistan, in July 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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**FILE** An armored vehicle patrols the periphery of Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan in January 2007. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta laughs Sept. 21, 2012, with Auckland War Memorial Museum director Roy Clare (left) in an elevator at the museum in Auckland, New Zealand, after presenting medals to New Zealand Defense Force Service members for their service in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta applauds after presenting New Zealand Army Capt. Jason Tinsley, left, a U.S. Army Commendation Medal for his service in Afghanistan, in the auditorium at the World War II Hall of Memories at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

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** FILE ** A British armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of the camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, in this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)