Afghanistan

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Monday that he is "grateful" for financial support from Iran, used to maintain the presidential office, and that "this is nothing hidden." (Associated Press)

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Qiyamuddin Kashaaf, a spokesman for the High Peace Council, discusses the peace process in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. The Afghan government's newly formed peace council wants Saudi Arabia to play a key role in efforts to reconcile with the Taliban and find a political resolution to the war, Mr. Kashaaf said. (Associated Press)

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Sgt. John Gabbard of Hubert, N.C., tries to gather information from a resident of Marjah, Afghanistan. Military patrols say the locals often won't acknowledge that there are any Taliban in the area. (Associated Press)

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CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said that despite glaring security blunders, no intelligence officials will be fired or disciplined for failing to prevent a 2009 suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees in one of the deadliest attacks in the agency's history. (Associated Press)

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Two injured Afghan civilians lie in the back of a medical evacuation helicopter after being picked up by U.S. Air Force pilots and pararescuemen from the 46th and 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (right) escorts Afghan President Hamid Karazi for bilateral talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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RESCUE READY: Air Force Pararescueman Alejandro Serrano with the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron test-fires his weapon over Kandahar province in case it's needed during casualty-pickup missions in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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NATO fuel tankers enter Afghanistan through Pakistan's border crossing in Torkham, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. Pakistan reopened the key border crossing to NATO supply convoys, ending an 11-day blockade that was imposed after a U.S. helicopter strike mistakenly killed two Pakistani soldiers. (Associated Press)

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Pararescuemen from the U.S. Air Force 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron rush out of a helicopter to pick up a wounded Afghan soldier and a wounded Taliban detainee as they land on the battled field in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Friday. The helicopter was flown by pilots from the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron supporting ongoing military operations in southern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Sgt. Bill Myers, from Phoenix, Ariz., from Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to patrol after a break near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Afghans shout anti-American slogans during a protest in Khost, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. Firing from NATO helicopters in an eastern province Friday killed six Afghan militiamen who purportedly shot at the aircraft, an Afghan official said. (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)

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Afghan soldiers attached to Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, prepare lunch at an outpost near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad in the Zhari district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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President Obama salutes in October 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del., as a team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., who died in Afghanistan. Impatience and uncertainty are rife on all sides on the war's ninth anniversary. (Associated Press)

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President Obama stands with Phil and Maureen Miller, parents of Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington as the soldier posthumously is awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A Pakistani officers shows a medal which is displayed along with other recovered equipment of NATO forces fighting in neighboring Afghanistan, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. The paramilitary Frontier Corps has recovered bulk of military gadgets, communication tools and uniforms etc. stolen from NATO convoys in recent months in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, official said.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Medals and other recovered equipment of NATO forces fighting in neighboring Afghanistan, are displayed in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. The paramilitary Frontier Corps has recovered bulk of military gadgets, communication tools and uniforms etc. stolen from NATO convoys in recent months in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, official said.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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In this picture taken on Oct. 5, 2010, stranded NATO trucks are parked at Pakistani Torkham border along Afghanistan. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)

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Pakistani border guards stand on alert at a terminal of Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked at the Pakistani border post of Chaman along the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route in the country's north for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai displays his inked finger after casting his vote, as he speaks to media at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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In this Monday, Dec. 31, 2001 file picture, Marines with full battle gear prepare to board transport helicopters at the U.S. military compound at Kandahar airport for a mission to an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/John Moore, File)