German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Kuht-e Baghtcha tea pavillion with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul on April 29, 2009. Steinmeier's unannounced two-day visit follows a visit to northern Afghanistan earlier this month by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who met with some of the 3,500 German troops deployed with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Kuht-e Baghtcha tea pavillion with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul on April 29, 2009. Steinmeier's unannounced two-day visit follows a visit to northern Afghanistan earlier this month by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who met with some of the 3,500 German troops deployed with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

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