Smoke of a bombing is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. A powerful car bomb exploded in the busy center of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Smoke of a bombing is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. A powerful car bomb exploded in the busy center of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said.

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  1. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 11: An Afghan man stands with his fighting dog during the weekly dog fights on December 11, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dogfighting is facing a resurgence after it was banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
  2. German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (C) wears a traditional Afghan cloak, as he stands with Afghan officials in front of a wine tavern, after a meeting at a German army base in Kunduz December 11, 2009. Guttenberg said the conflict in Afghanistan could not be won by military means and called for more development aid, before flying to visit troops there on Friday. Sign on above door reads wine tavern.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R), commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan and Karl Eikenberry (L), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, participate in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The full committee is hearing testimony on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

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