A woman wearing a black burqa, sits outside a World Food Programme storage tent as she waits for her turn to receive food handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 8, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

A woman wearing a black burqa, sits outside a World Food Programme storage tent as she waits for her turn to receive food handouts at a distribution point for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, November 8, 2009. Security forces consolidated their positions in the Pakistani Taliban's main base of Makeen, in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants there and four in a clash in another part of the region, the military said.

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  9. Sargodha police chief Usman Anwar holds a news conference in his office in Sargodha, Punjab province, 190 km (120 miles) southeast of Islamabad, December 10, 2009. Five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting a violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a holy war and were in contact with militants through the Internet, officials said on Thursday.
  10. Sargodha police chief Usman Anwar listens to a question during a news conference in his office in Sargodha, Punjab province, 190 km (120 miles) southeast of Islamabad, December 10, 2009. Five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting a violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a holy war and were in contact with militants through the Internet, officials said on Thursday. On the wall hangs a portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam, and generally regarded as the founder of the nation.
  11. A man walks past a house which residents say was raided by Pakistani security forces during the arrest of five Americans suspected of having links with militants, in the Pakistani city of Sargodha December 10, 2009. The five young Americans detained in Pakistan, which is fighting a violent Taliban insurgency, wanted to join a holy war and were in contact with militants through the Internet, officials said on Thursday.
  12. File photo of members of the German army's Bundeswehr anti-terror Kommando Spezial Kraefte (KSK) force abseil from a helicopter during a training in Calw November 6, 2002. German media reported December 10, 2009, that the KSK force may have been involved in the controversial air strike on two tankers in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in September which Kabul says killed 30 civilians and 69 Taliban.
  13. File photo of members of the German army Bundeswehr anti-terrorism Kommando Spezial Kraefte (KSK) march during a training in Calw November 6, 2002. German media reported December 10, 2009, that the KSK force may have been involved in the controversial air strike on two tankers in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in September which Kabul says killed 30 civilians and 69 Taliban.
  14. Malek Khan Agha, a local leader of the Pastun tribe, vows to resist Taliban inroads in his remote village of Saeb Zada in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, during a meeting with NATO troops. The French Foreign Legion forces in charge of this volatile district of the Kapisa region are vying for influence with insurgents in the area.
  15. Family members show pictures of their killed loved ones, found at the site of Monday's bomb blasts, at the Moon Market in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The twin bombings at the market in eastern Pakistan left dozens dead as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.
  16. A police official stands guard at the site of Monday's bomb blasts at the Moon Market in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The twin bombings at the market in eastern Pakistan left dozens dead as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.

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