Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (C) speaks as Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) and Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) look on during a news conference in Kabul April 27, 2009. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (C) speaks as Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) and Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) look on during a news conference in Kabul April 27, 2009.

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  5. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (R) introduces members of his delegation to United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan before talks in Tehran December 8, 2009.
  6. Emirati Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, listens to reciting the Quran, Muslims holy book, at the start of his talks with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki, unseen, at the Iranian foreign ministry, in Tehran, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  7. Emirati Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, listens to a recital of the Quran, at the start of his talks with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki, unseen, at the Iranian foreign ministry, in Tehran, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
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  10. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  11. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
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  16. United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, and Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, left, are seen ahead of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday the allies will prevail in their bid to stabilize Afghanistan but only if America's allies answer U.S. President Barack Obama's call for more allied troops on the ground.

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