WARMINSTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 06: Private Balsh from Burma Company 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment is greeted by his girlfriend at his homecoming from Afghanistan on November 6, 2009 in Warminster, England. The Wiltshire-based soldiers are returning from Afghanistan after a three month deployment which included the high-profile summer offensive against the Taliban known as Operation Panther�s Claw. The men from Burma Company, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 YORKS), based in Warminster, were deployed as Battle Casualty Replacements with 19 Light Brigade in Helmand Province. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

WARMINSTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 06: Private Balsh from Burma Company 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment is greeted by his girlfriend at his homecoming from Afghanistan on November 6, 2009 in Warminster, England. The Wiltshire-based soldiers are returning from Afghanistan after a three month deployment which included the high-profile summer offensive against the Taliban known as Operation Panther�s Claw. The men from Burma Company, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 YORKS), based in Warminster, were deployed as Battle Casualty Replacements with 19 Light Brigade in Helmand Province.

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  2. 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.
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  5. Locals visit 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.
  6. Shop owners visit 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.
  7. An official inspects the remaining debris at the site of Monday's bombings at Moon Market in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The twin blasts 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.
  8. French Foreign Legion artillery soldiers observe possible Taliban movement around the remote village of Saeb Zada in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The French Foreign Legion forces in charge of this volatile district of the Kapisa region are vying for influence with insurgents in the area.
  9. Flags signaling a death in combat float over a a fresh grave near the remote village of Saeb Zada in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The French NATO forces stationed in this volatile district of the Kapisa region were targeted by several Taliban rockets this week as they vie for influence with insurgents in the area.
  10. A Pakistani woman whose child went missing after Monday's night bombing, reacts, outside a mortuary in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people 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.
  11. Pakistani family members mourn deaths of their beloved ones in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people 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.
  12. Pakistani family members mourn deaths of their beloved ones in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people 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.
  13. People visit a market hit by bombing last night, in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people 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.
  14. Pakistani family members mourn deaths of their beloved ones in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people 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.
  15. Pakistan's army soldiers and rescue workers search bodies in the rubble at site of bomb explosion in Multan, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. A bomb exploded near an intelligence office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, damaging the building and killing people amid a surge of extremist violence that has prompted the U.S. to offer additional aid in the country's battle against the Taliban and al-Qaida.
  16. People carry a casket of their relative, who was killed in the Monday's bomb blasts in Moon Market, after receiving from a morgue of a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed people 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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