Afghanistan

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Wounded U.S. soldiers lie on the ground at the scene of a suicide attack in Maimanah, the capital of Faryab province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gul Buddin Elham)

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**FILE** Supporters of Pakistani religious parties rally March 27, 2012, near the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, against the Pakistani government allowing NATO to resume shipping supplies through the country to its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Afghans transport a boy injured in a bomb blast to a hospital in New Baghlan, Afghanistan, north of Kabul, on Monday, April 2, 2012. The governor in the northern Baghlan province said twin bomb blasts in the city wounded several people, including eight police officers. (AP Photo/Javid Basharat)

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Canadian soldiers (right), part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), attend a graduation ceremony for Afghan soldiers at a military training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens March 26, 2012, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

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An Afghan policeman checks a man entering a provincial police station near the main gate of a joint civilian-military base where two British soldiers were killed in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)

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An Afghan boy prays on Saturday, March 24, 2012, over the grave of one of the sixteen victims of a shooting rampage allegedly by a U.S. Army staff sergeant in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tells the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on March 20, 2012, that efforts to hand over security to the Afghans and wind down the decade-plus war are on track despite recent anger over a U.S. soldier's alleged massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Korans. (Associated Press)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (center) attends graduation exercises for Afghan military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) extends her hand to Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul during a press briefing following their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Marine Gen. John Allen tells skeptical lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, that the war in Afghanistan is winding down. (Associated Press)

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Troops in Afghanistan have few opportunities to rest, according to an Army report that provides a stark look at post-traumatic stress disorder and its risk of irrational acts. Fighting forces have endured frequent stressful deployments and compressed time back home. (Associated Press)

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Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, before the House Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Afghan prison security personnel march at the opening ceremony for the newly refurbished Pol-i-Charki prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, in March 2007. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

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Wreckage from a crashed Turkish helicopter is loaded March 16, 2012, into a truck at the crash site on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Friday, killing several Turkish soldiers on board and young girls on the ground, Turkish and Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)