German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) plants an apple tree with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (back L) and Yusuf Paschtun development minister (L) 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 7 months ago

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) plants an apple tree with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (back L) and Yusuf Paschtun development minister (L) 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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