An internally displaced Afghan family sits inside their tent in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. According to UNHCR some 2.7 million registered Afghans refugees still remain in Pakistan and Iran. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

An internally displaced Afghan family sits inside their tent in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. According to UNHCR some 2.7 million registered Afghans refugees still remain in Pakistan and Iran.

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  1. People pass by the Darulaman Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009.
  2. SHARAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 29: Soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) eat breakfast in their barracks at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Rushmore November 29, 2009 near Sharan, Afghanistan. Only a small number of soldiers remain at the FOB, most have travelled home to be with their families for the three-day Eid al-Adha holiday.
  3. SHARAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 27: A soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) celebrates Eid al-Adha with dinner at the ANA dinning facility at Forward Operating Base Rushmore on November 27, 2009 near Sharan, Afghanistan. Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, is a holiday celebrated by Muslims to commemorate Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.
  4. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 27: Afghans slaughter a cow for Eid al-Adha on November 27, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The festival of sacrifice is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God. The festival falls on the tenth day of Zulhijjah, the final month of the Muslim Calendar. Cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day.
  5. MATAKHAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 26: SPC John Dever of Chicago, IL with Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment has Thanksgiving dinner while standing watch in a guard tower November 26, 2009 in Matakhan, Afghanistan. The soldiers of Blackfoot were served pre-packaged turkey breasts, cranberries, potatoes, stuffing and pie.
  6. ROME - NOVEMBER 25: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (not in frame) greets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a meeting in Palazzo Chigi, on November 25, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The meeting focused on NATO military alliance involvement in Afghanistan and in the Balkans.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: A student takes part in a protest organised by the 'Stop the War Coalition', demanding that UK troops be withdrawn from Afghanistan, in Parliament Square on November 25, 2009 in London, England. The protesters staged a 'die-in' in front of the Houses of Parliament before demonstrating at the gates of Downing Street for the immediate return of combat forces from Afghanistan.
  8. TRURO, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Widow Christina Schmid stands with a bouquet of flowers as the coffin of her husband, Olaf Schmid is placed in a hearse after a service at Truro Cathedral on November 24, 2009 in Truro, England. Staff sergeant Schmid, a bomb disposal expert, was killed on the last day of his tour of duty in Afghanistan at the end of last month. He is widely expected to receive a posthumous award for gallantry.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke speaks during a briefing at the State Department November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Holbrooke briefed the media on State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent trip to Afghanistan.
  10. KHOST, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 22: Members of the medical team from the 452nd Combat Support Hospital work on a wounded American soldier in the trauma unit at Sunday Olawande Memorial Hospital on forward operating base Salerno November 22, 2009 in Khost, Afghanistan. The soldier was one of two brought in by helicopter with shrapnel injuries from indirect fire. The 452nd is made up mostly of reservists from Minnesota and Wisconsin.
  11. KHOST, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 21: A soldier from Task Force Viper performs post-flight procedures on a Blackhawk helicopter at the forward operating base (FOB) Camp Salerno November 21, 2009 near Khost, Afghanistan. Task Force Viper crews fly passenger and cargo from the camp to the battlefront forces.
  12. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 21: Afghan military and police stand guard at the scene of a rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul that injured four people November 21, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Serena hotel is Kabul's only five-star hotel which was heavily-fortified after the 2008 attack. The hotel is where most of the UN employees and VIP's have chosen to stay but continues to be a target.
  13. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: The Queen's senior footman, Fraser Marlton-Thomas and brother of Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas (R) reacts as the hearse carrying his coffin passes mourners lining the High Street on November 20, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. Rifleman Andrew Ian Fentiman from 7th Battalion The Rifles was killed as a result of small arms fire whilst on a foot patrol near Sangin in central Helmand province during the morning of November 15 2009. Corporal Loren Owen Christopher Marlton-Thomas from 33 Engineer Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device in the Gereshk area of Helmand Province on Sunday November 15 2009. The repatriation of the two soldiers marks the 100th that has passed through the town of Wootton Bassett which is near to RAF Lyneham which currently receives the bodies of fallen soldiers flown home from Afghanistan.
  14. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 20: Afghan actress Trena Amiri, 22, laughs with actor Ghafar Zalam at a restaurant as an Afghan familiy eats lunch, during the filming of the soap opera 'Love and Old Age' November 20, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Trena has been acting for two years and gets paid from $50 up to $300 depending on whether it's a TV show or movie production. Trena is divorced and rarely sees her three children since her ex-husband has full custody, according to conservative Afghan laws. She keeps her acting life a secret from her part-time nursing job, as many are critical of her lifestyle.
  15. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 18:
  16. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 18: European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek (L) poses with Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on November 18, 2009, in Bratislava, Slovakia. Jerzy Buzek attended a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, where the two politicians discussed military operations in Afghanistan and the upcoming summit on climate change in Copenhagen.

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