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Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul Thursday. A suicide bomber in a car targeted two vehicles carrying foreign forces in the Afghan capital.
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Evan Vucci / REUTERS
From Left: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Afghan President Hamid Karzai before a meeting with Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (not pictured) in Brussels, on April 24, 2013.
Ahmad Nadeem / REUTERS
Afghan dealers exchange currency at a money market in Kandahar province, Nov. 11, 2012.
Hoshang Hashimi / AP
An Afghan army soldier stands guard in the destroyed courthouse in Farah, western Afghanistan, April 4, 2013.
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Elders and villagers from Maidan Shahr, Nerkh, Jalrez and Chak districts rallied at the Wardak provincial governor's offices in support of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decree banning U.S. Special Forces from the province in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan on Feb. 26, 2013.
Allauddin Khan / AP
An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide bomibng in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. A suicide bomber struck hiding explosives in a cart injured two people with the blast.
Allauddin Khan / AP
An Afghan villager shows an empty canister to delegation members allegedly used by US forces during Sunday's killing of civilians at a prayer ceremony for victims in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, March. 13, 2012. Taliban militants opened fire Tuesday on a delegation of senior Afghan officials including two of President Hamid Karzai's brothers visiting villages in southern Afghanistan where a U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians.
Afghan delegates of loya jirga, or grand council, stand to honor the Afghan national anthem during the opening ceremony of the assembly in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 16, 2011. (Photo: Musadeq Sadeq / AP)
Afghan delegates of loya jirga, or grand council, stand to honor the Afghan national anthem during the opening ceremony of the assembly in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 16, 2011. (Photo: Musadeq Sadeq / AP)
Robert Nickelsberg
An Afghan soldier hands a Soviet flag in solidarity to a departing soldier on the first day of the Soviet army's withdrawal from Afghanistan. May, 1988.
SHAH Marai / AFP / Getty Images
Afghan women and labourers with wheelbarrows walk down a lane in Kabul on Feb. 19, 2013.
Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann / U.S. Army
Female U.S. soldiers secure an Afghan compound March 3 in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province.
Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo / U.S. Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel meets with Afghan president Hamid Karzai, March 10, 2013.
YURI KOZYREV / NOOR FOR TIME
Civilian contractors work to drain a large puddle following a January rain at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan. The yard holds armored combat vehicles that have been inspected and processed in preparation for shipment ot the United States. With most U.S. forces set to depart Afghanistan by the end of 2014, retrograde, the military’s term for the removal of combat equipment from the country, has become a top mission.
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Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, walks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai, March 10, 2013.
Paula Bronstein / Getty
Displaced Afghan children stand outside their tents in Kabul, Afghanistan. The fighting in Helmand has displaced many Afghans who are forced to live in crowded refugee camps.
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President Obama announces the coming end of the war in Afghanistan. Vice President Joe Biden stands and applauds, while House Speaker John Boehner remains seated.
AP
Smoke rises outside an airfield used by Afghan and international forces in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Militants set off a car bomb and stormed the entrance to the airport and eight insurgents died in the ensuing gunbattle, authorities said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) reviews the honor guards during a full military honors ceremony welcoming Karzai to the Pentagon on Jan. 10, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia.
Army photo / Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie
Air Force Technical Sergeant Michael Myers, right, and his apparently unseen military working dog, Rambo, prowl for improvised explosive devices in the Takhteh Pol district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Sept. 7. Army Private 1st Class Michael Weymouth, left, and Sergeant Christopher Ouzts, center, guard Myers and his mutt during the mission. Up above, a two-soldier OH-58 Kiowa scout chopper provides additional protection.
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Civilian contractors work to drain a large puddle following a winter rain at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2013. The yard holds armored combat vehicles that have been inspected and processed in preparation for shipment to the United States.
Omar Sobhani / Reuters
An Afghan man collects parts of a damaged bus, which was hit by a remote-controlled bomb, in the Paghman district of Kabul, Aug. 7, 2012. A remote-controlled bomb hit a civilian passenger bus on Tuesday killing nine civilians and wounding three others, according to the district police chief.
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Ahmed Wali Karzai, the provincial council chairman for Kandahar and Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother, makes a statement after voting in the presidential elections August 20, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) speaks during an inaugural meeting at the Presidential palace in Kabul on October 7, 2010. Karzai inaugurated a peace council appointed to broker peace with the Taliban and other insurgents fighting for nine years against his administration.
Musadeq Sadeq / AP
Two Afghan food sellers wait for customers at the market in the city of Kabul. Afghanistan has allocated $50 million to buy food, amid skyrocketing prices of food staples like wheat.
Left; Ahmad Masood / Reuters: Farzana Wahidy / AP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, speaks at a news conference in Kabul. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, President Karzai's main challenger, speaks to journalists after a press conference
Navy photo / CMCS Michael Ard
Weapon Intelligence Team members in Afghanistan training to investigate IED blasts, complete with simulated blood. They also use sophisticated gas chromatographs and mass spectrometers to try to trace explosives to their source.
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
Afghan security personnel collect items at the site of an attack in Kabul. A suicide bomber targeted the Safi Landmark, killing two guards and wounding several others
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The victim of a suicide bombing is strapped into a stretcher in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 28th, 2011. According to reports the blast killed at least eight people when the bomb exploded near a supermarket. The Taliban are claiming responsibility for the blast.
Ahmad Massoud / AP
Militants struck the center of Kabul, detonated two suicide bombs and fought Afghan security forces. Many were
wounded, some critically, in the battle that took place only 50 yards away from the gates of the presidential palace.
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Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)/U.S. Forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus shakes hands with author Paula Broadwell in this ISAF handout photo originally posted on July 13, 2011. The FBI investigation that led to the discovery of CIA Director Petraeus' affair with Broadwell was sparked by "suspicious emails" from her to another woman and Petraeus was not the target of the probe, U.S. law enforcement and security officials told Reuters on November 10, 2012.
Rahmat Gul / AP
Afghan police officers check vehicles as security measures are tightened ahead of the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 19, 2010. Some 40 foreign ministers are expected to attend the conference.
Nishanuddin Khan / AP
An Afghan policeman bodychecks a man in Khost, Afghanistan, on Oct. 2, 2011. Security measures are tight in the country after the Afghan and coalition forces captured Haji Mali Khan, a senior Haqqani leader
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An Army MRAP after meeting an IED in Afghanistan last year. No one inside was wounded.
Mustafa Najafizada / AP
Afghans carrying a man, who got wounded following an attack on UN's office during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a Florida pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, April. 1, 2011. An Afghan official says seven people have been killed at a U.N. office in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when a Koran burning protest turned violent.
Army photo / Master Sergeant Kap Kim
Marine General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, kneels following the memorial ceremony for fallen Marines at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Sept. 19. Four days earlier, insurgents killed a pair of Marines, Sergeant Bradley Atwell and Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Raible, at nearby Camp Bastion .
ISAF Photo / SSgt Bradley Lail
U.S. troops try to hide from Afghan dust near Kandahar as a helicopter lands nearby.
Majid Saeedi / Getty
Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah prepares to leave following a press conference on Nov. 1, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdullah announced that he would pull out of this week's runoff presidential election in Afghanistan due to concerns over widespread fraud and abuse of power by the government
Army photo / Sgt. Christopher Harper
Kabul is reflected in the mirrored visor of an Army UH-60 helicopter’s door gunner as his Black Hawk flies over the Afghan capital on Aug. 23.
Massoud Hossaini / AP
U.S. Army General David Petraeus offers his condolences to Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a funeral ceremony for his brother Ahmad Wali Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul on July 15, 2011
Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
Afghan policemen stand guard near the site of a suicide attack that wounded Afghanistan's Intelligence Chief Asadullah Khalid in Kabul Dec. 6, 2012.
Army photo / Master Sgt. Kap Kim
Mohammad Gulab Mangal, governor of Helmand province, was fired Thursday by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Here Mangal, left, meets earlier this year with International Security Assistance Force Commander Marine General John Allen at the governor’s palace in Lashkar Gah.
ISAF
U.S. troops patrol in the Panjwai District of Kandahar Province, near where Bales allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians.
YURI KOZYREV / NOOR FOR TIME
Pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai will increase as NATO begin to leave his country.
AFP PHOTO / Massoud HOSSAINI
Afghan men buy and trade currencies at a money market in Kabul on Oct. 10, 2012.
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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol with American troops in in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on September 5, 2012
Karzai Family / The Canadian Press / AP
Yar Mohammad Karzai a cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, poses for a photo, in 2009, outside his home in Karz, Afghanistan.
Banaras Khan / AFP / Getty
Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, prays with the President's supporters at a gathering in Kandahar on Aug. 16, 2009
Musadeq Sadeq / AP
Afghans burn an effigy of Terry Jones during a demonstration in Kabul on Sept. 6, 2010. Hundreds of Afghans railed against the U.S. and called for President Obama's death at the rally, held to denounce Jones' plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11
Ahmad Massoud / Xinhua / ZUMA PRESS
Afghan officials investigate the site of a suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 18, 2012.
Karzai Family / AP
Waheed Karzai, 18, a relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot to death in October 2009 in what relatives describe as a family feud
Zalmai
Kabul residents cross an incomplete bridge. Infrastructure projects are the best way for the West to make a difference in the lives of Afghans.
Humayoun Shiab / EPA / Corbis
Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother, right, addresses journalists
AFP PHOTO / HO / PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
Afghan President Hamid Karzai offers prayers near the coffins of Jan Mohammad Khan and Mohammed Ashim Watanwal who were killed overnight, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on July 18, 2011
Massoud Hossaini / EPA / Pool
Afghan President Hamid Karzai prays at a meeting with tribal leaders in Kandahar city, Afghanistan, June 13, 2010
Abigail Hauslohner for TIME
Afghanistan's national women's cricket team practices in the private yard of team manager Mohamed Naeem, in Paghman district, 12 miles west of Kabul. The Afghanistan Olympic Committee agreed extended official sponsorship to Naeem's team two weeks ago. It is Afghanistan's first national women's cricket team.
Army photo / Pvt. Andreka Johnson
A pair of U.S. female troops pose with four burqa-clad Afghan policewomen outside Kabul.
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(AP / Shah Marai, Pool)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony for newly-elected Members of Parliament in Kabul, Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton join in a group photograph at the conclusion of the International Conference on Afghanistan at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Kabul on July 20, 2010
Ahmad Nadeem / Reuters
Afghan men investigate at the site of an shooting incident in Kandahar province, March 11, 2012
Sgt. Justin P. Morelli / US Army
Azizullah, in Afghanistan's Paktika province on Sept. 23, 2010, leads a ferocious 400-man militia of Afghan security guards
AP Photo / Musadeq Sadeq
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, listens to questions as First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, left, and Second Vice President Abdul Karim Khalili look on during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.
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On to Kabul? Northern Alliance Troops
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at the Independent Election Commission in Kabul
Reuters
Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan Mustafa abu al-Yazid, also known as Sheikh Sa'id al-Masri. intelligence agencies believe al-Masri, al Qaeda's No. 3 leader, was killed recently in a missile strike in the tribal areas of Pakistan, officials said on May 31, 2010.
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The site of a bomb attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul. One suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at the entrance of the hotel.
Majid Saeedi / Getty Images
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for talks on ways to fight insurgents
Baz Ratner / Reuters
U.S. troops before a joint mission with the Afghan army in the Maiwand district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2012
MASSOUD HOSSAINI / AFP / Getty
Afghan president Hamid Karzai appears at a dinner with presidential candidates at a luxury hotel in Kabul.
Eros Hoagland / Redux
Battle Politicians say troops in Afghanistan deter terror at home. But the war is unpopular
Massoud Hossaini / Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai returns from inspecting the guard of honor during Independence Day celebrations at the Defence Ministry in Kabul on Aug. 19, 2009
Musadeq Sadeq / AP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Ahmad Masood / Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens during a news conference on election day in Kabul
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani arrive for a meeting at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, Pakistan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrive at the London Conference on Afghanistan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks to the media after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
Ahmad Massoud / AP
Afghan men wait to enter Kabul Bank to withdraw money in Kabul, Sept. 4, 2010
Pajhwok News Agency / Reuters
Smoke rises from the site of an attack near the Afghan parliament in Kabul April 15, 2012.
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A female prisoner prays in her dormitory room inside the women's prison in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on Oct. 22, 2010. Many of the women here are incarcerated for "moral crimes" that include running away from home, refusing to marry, marrying without proper family consent and attempting to commit adultery
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama after trilateral talks at the White House
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, August 9, 2007 in Kabul.
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BANKING BOOM: A new customer opens a savings account at Azizi Bank's main branch in Kabul. To attract strict followers of Islamic law, the bank pays no interest on some deposits
Yuri Gripas / Reuters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers detain suspects who crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan, at Chaman railway station in Chaman, Pakistan, 20 October 2009. Security has been intensified across the country after Pakistani Army began ground offensive against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents in the Pakistan's lawless South Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border.
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Afghan policemen at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan
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Hamid Karzai arrives in Kabul with Former Afghan King Mohammad Zaher Shah
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin, left, and US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman talk during a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul on January 22, 2012.
Charles Dharapak / AP
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul
Ahmad Masood / REUTERS
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, March 28, 2010
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Afghan men and boys watch a monkey at the Kabul Zoo on Feb. 2, 2010
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An Afghan woman in Kabul votes during her country's presidential election on August 20, 2009.
AP / Ahmad Nazar
An Afghan man walks using crutches in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
Kyodo / Reuters
Afghan army recruits attend basic training at the Kabul Military Training Center on Jan. 11, 2011
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Afghan soldiers undergo training in Kabul
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