French policemen arrest sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan after an action against a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight years of destruction' and calling for the withdrawal of foreign armies, This year has been the deadliest for the 100,000-strong US and NATO presence in Afghanistan. Some 400 troops have died so far in 2009, hitting public support back home and prompting calls for a rethink in Western strategy. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

French policemen arrest sympathizers of a group called NATO-Afghanistan after an action against a French Army site in Paris on October 7, 2009, eight years to the day since the start of military action to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, to denounce 'eight years of destruction' and calling for the withdrawal of foreign armies, This year has been the deadliest for the 100,000-strong US and NATO presence in Afghanistan. Some 400 troops have died so far in 2009, hitting public support back home and prompting calls for a rethink in Western strategy.

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  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (L) and Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry speak before testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the war in Afghanistan December 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. Although they previously disagreed on the way forward in Afghanistan, McCrystal and Eikenberry said they fully agree with President Barack Obama's plans for increasing U.S. forces in the war-torn country.
  2. Lance Corporal Adam Drane, who was kiled while on duty in Afghanistan, is seen in this undated handout photograph, received in London on December 8, 2009. Lance Corporal Drane, who died carrying out security duties at a check point in Helmand Province, was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan in 2009.
  3. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 08: John Amer, (R) father of Acting Sergeant John Paxton Amer, 30, of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, reacts as the hearse carrying his son's coffin passes on December 8, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The repatriation Acting Sergeant John Paxton Amer came on the day the MoD was expected to release the name of a British soldier was shot dead yesterday in Afghanistan, taking the total number killed there this year to 100. The total number of UK troops killed since the start of operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 has now reached 237.
  4. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) walks with U.S. Army Lt. General David Rodriguez (R) and Ambassador Ricciardone after landing at Kabul International Airport December 8, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Secretary Gates is embarking on a week-long trip to Afghanistan one week after U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
  5. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in the Oval Office of the White House December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The two leaders were expected to discuss policy on the Middle East, the current situation in Iran, and the troop levels in the war in Afghanistan.

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  1. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers in Riga October 8, 2009.
  2. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009.
  3. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009.
  4. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  5. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) arrive to give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  6. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) listens to Latvian President Valdis Zatlers during a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  7. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gives a press conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (not pictured) on October 8, 2009 in Tallinn during his official visit.
  8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gives a press conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (not pictured) on October 8, 2009 in Tallinn during his official visit.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  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. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. People mourn after receiving the body of their relative, who was killed in the Monday's bomb blasts in Moon Market, at 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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