On the eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stand guard in front of an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, after workers discovered the building was vandalized earlier in the morning. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

On the eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan invasion, members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stand guard in front of an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, after workers discovered the building was vandalized earlier in the morning.

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  1. Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of Major General Umer Bilal, one of 40 who were killed in an attack on a mosque near the military headquarters a day earlier, before his funeral in Rawalpindi December 5, 2009. Pakistani officials on Saturday mourned those killed near the country's military headquarters in an attack that raised questions over how militants penetrated the security of the regional nuclear power. As Pakistan battles Taliban insurgents who have responded to offensives with bombings that have killed hundreds since October, it also faces U.S. pressure to root out militants who cross the border to fight Western troops in Afghanistan.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: Lifestyle Expert Kelley Moore (CL) and Microsoft Director of Business Strategy Michael Allen (CR) talk with Ahja Nock (R), who is staying at the Fisher House while her boyfriend recovers from injuries sustained in Afghanistan, at Microsoft's 'A Salute to Our Troops' at Fisher House on December 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. Fisher House provides a comforting 'home away from home' for military families while a loved one is receiving nearby medical care.
  3. LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 4: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLISHING UNITL 1800 HOURS FRIDAY DECEMBER 4) Conservative Party leader David Cameron meets British soldiers at the Task Force Helmand HQ on December 4, 2009 in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Cameron met military chiefs and visited a wheatseed distribution Centre helping local farmers out of poppy production. Cameron is on a three day visit to the region where to meet with British troops and military chiefs.
  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones answers questions at the Washington Foreign Press Center December 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. Jones addressed foreign journalists on the topic of 'The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan,' and answered questions.
  5. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Males from the village gather in a school yard to listen to Brig. Gen. Dowlat Kahn (R), provincial head of the Afghan Nation Police (ANP) for Paktika Province, as he calls for cooperation in the fight against the Taliban on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.

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