In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Mohammed, a commander in a pro-government militia, is supported by the government as both share a common enemy, the Pakistan Taliban serving under the replacement of their chief Baitullah Mehshud, killed during a CIA missile strike last month.

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  1. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  2. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  3. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  4. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, center, and Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, left, attend funeral prayer for an army officer, who was killed in the Friday's suicide bombing in a mosque, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A Taliban suicide squad targeted Pakistani military officers and their families praying at a mosque close to army headquarters in a gruesome display of the militants' ability to strike at the center of power.
  5. In this image made on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, French Foreign Legion Col. Benoit Durieux, center, awards the medal of military valor, bronze star, to U.S. Capt. Tom (left), who only went by his first name because of U.S. military regulations, at the Tora forward operating base in Afghanistan. Tom was cited for military valor by France's Defense Minister and awarded the medal for his role in a night time raid in July in the Surowbi district east of the Afghan capital during which three suspected Taliban chiefs were killed, and his action during a second night time raid in October during which he succeeded in bringing his commando back to base despite one of his men getting killed, Durieux said. He said Tom's unit had been instrumental in helping NATO forces operate in the Surowbi district, which is under French control.
  6. In this image made on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, French Foreign Legion Col. Benoit Durieux, center, awards the medal of military valor, bronze star, to U.S. Capt. Tom (left), who only went by his first name because of U.S. military regulations, at the Tora forward operating base in Afghanistan. Tom was cited for military valor by France's Defense Minister and awarded the medal for his role in a night time raid in July in the Surowbi district east of the Afghan capital during which three suspected Taliban chiefs were killed, and his action during a second night time raid in October during which he succeeded in bringing his commando back to base despite one of his men getting killed, Durieux said. He said Tom's unit had been instrumental in helping NATO forces operate in the Surowbi district, which is under French control.
  7. Men fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sit with their wheelbarrows filled with government handouts they received for their families, at a distribution point for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 18, 2009.
  8. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, center right, talks with an internally displaced girl who fled the tribal area due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  9. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, left, examines relief goods for internally displaced people who fled tribal areas due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  10. A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, pushes a wheel barrow of government handouts he received for his family at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 15, 2009.
  11. A newly displaced Pakistani tribal family who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for a shelter to live in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Taliban militants are waging a war against the government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States.
  12. A newly displaced Pakistani tribal family who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for a shelter to live in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Taliban militants are waging a war against the government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.
  16. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Bob Grenier, former CIA station chief in Islamabad, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing about Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan on Capitol Hill October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On the eighth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Afghanistan, witnesses testified, and disagreed, about what affect a withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country would have on Al-Qaeda.

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  1. Jewish settler girls block the road to prevent Israeli soldiers, not seen, from delivering warrants to freeze construction in the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Levona, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the 10-month halt in most West Bank construction late last month in an attempt to restart peace talks, which broke down a year ago.
  2. China's Wen Jia plays a shot to compatriot Yao Yan in the women's singles table tennis final match at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 7, 2009. Yao won the match.
  3. A welder works on a TGV high-speed train car at the Alstom-Transport plant in Reichshoffen, Eastern France, December 7, 2009.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Attorney General Baroness Scotland's former cleaner Loloahi Tapu arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court on December 7, 2009 in London. Ms Tapu faces immigration charges relating to the time when she worked as a cleaner for the Attorney General. Baroness Scotland was fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant earlier this year.
  5. Motorcyclists ride through a haze on a road in the industrial town of Vapi, about 180 km (112 miles) north of Mumbai, November 23, 2009. The biggest climate talks in history opened on December 7, 2009 with a stark U.N. warning of the risk of desertification and rising seas and an assurance by hosts Denmark that a deal to combat climate change was "within reach". Picture taken November 23, 2009.
  6. China's Yao Yan returns a shot to compatriot Wen Jia in the women's singles table tennis final match at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 7, 2009. Yao won the match.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Attorney General Baroness Scotland's former cleaner Loloahi Tapu (C) arrives with supporters at Westminster Magistrates Court on December 7, 2009 in London. Ms Tapu faces immigration charges relating to the time when she worked as a cleaner for the Attorney General. Baroness Scotland was fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant earlier this year.
  8. An Egyptian woman carrying her shopping walks through a rain shower, next to metal railings on the banks of the Nile river, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
  9. This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian female students helping another one who is affected by tear gas, fired by security forces, in a protest at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Security forces and pro-government militiamen clashed with protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating men and women with batons and firing tear gas, on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said. Pro-reform campus groups have called for students across the country to turn out Monday for massive rallies at universities against Iran's clerical leadership _ the first major protest in more than a month.
  10. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer walks past members of the environmentalist group TckTckTck during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  11. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: Members of the environmentalist group TckTckTck protest during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  12. A sales assistant arranges the gold rings at a gold store in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. China's leaders vowed Monday to keep economic stimulus and easy credit policies in place, while also improving the quality of the country's often chaotic economic growth. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.
  13. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Abbas told reporters after meeting President Suleiman that the Palestinians have no alternative to peace and that they will keep fighting politically for peace.
  14. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Abbas told reporters after meeting President Suleiman that the Palestinians have no alternative to peace and that they will keep fighting politically for peace.
  15. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer holds Danish Lego blocks in his hand that he got handed over from the environmentalist group TckTckTck during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  16. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer holds a candle in his hand that he got handed over from the environmentalist group TckTckTck during the first day of United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.