U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, back to camera, delivers a speech to soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during his visit to Airborne Forward Operating Bases in Wardak, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Mullen visited Wardak province on Wednesday, where U.S. troops deployed for the first time this year. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, back to camera, delivers a speech to soldiers of 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during his visit to Airborne Forward Operating Bases in Wardak, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Mullen visited Wardak province on Wednesday, where U.S. troops deployed for the first time this year.

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  1. File photo of German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) instructing Afghan National police men during their drill in the German army camp in Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 21, 2008. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved the deployment of a maximum of 850 additional German troops to Afghanistan February 9, 2010.
  2. File photo of German Bundeswehr army soldiers from the 263rd paratrooper unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) taking cover as they return fire during a firefight with insurgents during a mine sweeping operation in Chahar Dara on the outskirts of Kunduz, December 16, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved the deployment of a maximum of 850 additional German troops to Afghanistan February 9, 2010.
  3. The shadow of a Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter banking hard as soldiers from Charlie Company, Task Force Talon fly on a mission in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The Talon MEDEVAC in Helmand is one of several army aero-medical units positioned around southern Afghanistan by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Pegasus.
  4. Afghans sit as they wait for their vehicle being searched by Afghan forces supported by U.S. soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West of Lashkar Gah in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  5. Bulgarian soldiers attend an official welcoming ceremony after returning from Afghanistan at Bulgaria's capital Sofia airport, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Two hundred and sixty Bulgarian soldiers who were deployed at the airport of Kandahar, Afghanistan, to carry out for security returned to Bulgaria Tuesday early morning.
  6. U.S. soldiers kneel during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, February 8, 2010. CPT Whitten from Grimes, Iowa, and PFC Lovejoy from Albuquerque, New Mexico, were killed by an IED on February 2. when on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
  7. U.S. soldiers stand in attention during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan,. February 8, 2010. CPT Whitten from Grimes, Iowa, and PFC Lovejoy from Albuquerque, New Mexico, were killed by an IED on February 2. when on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
  8. U.S. soldiers kneel during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan,. February 8, 2010. CPT Whitten from Grimes, Iowa, and PFC Lovejoy from Albuquerque, New Mexico, were killed by an IED on February 2. when on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
  9. U.S. soldiers hug during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan,. February 8, 2010. CPT Whitten from Grimes, Iowa, and PFC Lovejoy from Albuquerque, New Mexico, were killed by an IED on February 2. when on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
  10. U.S. soldiers kneel during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan,. February 8, 2010. CPT Whitten from Grimes, Iowa, and PFC Lovejoy from Albuquerque, New Mexico, were killed by an IED on February 2. when on patrol in southern Afghanistan.
  11. A military convoy of U.S. soldiers are seen driving along a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.
  12. A convoy of foreign soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are reflected on a mirror of a vehicle in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.
  13. A British soldier listens to Brigadier James Cowan during his visit to Military Operating Base Shorabak in Helmand province, Afghanistan February 7, 2010. British soldiers and Afghan troops practiced their battle plans ahead of a major NATO offensive to seize central Helmand from Taliban.
  14. British and Afghan soldiers practice their operation drills at Military Operating Base Shorabak in Helmand, Afghanistan, February 7, 2010.
  15. Afghan National Army soldiers look at the camera as they stand guard near the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan,. February 7, 2010.
  16. Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard near the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan,. February 7, 2010.

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