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Internally displaced Afghan children play cricket outside their tent at a refugee camp in Kabul on February 14, 2012. Cricket has become the top sport in the war-ravaged country in the last three years after it was introduced by youths who learnt the... View Photo »
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An internally displaced Afghan girl watches boys play cricket outside their tent at a refugee camp in Kabul on February 14, 2012. Cricket has become the top sport in the war-ravaged country in the last three years after it was introduced by youths who... View Photo »
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Taliban fighters arrive to surrender their weapons as they join Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province on February 13, 2012. Nineteen fighters including Taliban district governor, Said Zia, left the Taliban to join government... View Photo »
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Three Taliban fighters and two teenage would-be suicide attackers are presented to media representatives with seized weapons in Kandahar on February 12, 2012. Two ten-year-olds who were pardoned by Afghan President around six months ago were caught... View Photo »
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An internally displaced elderly Afghan woman takes care of a child outside a tent in a displaced camp on the outskirts of Herat on February 12, 2012. Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital... View Photo »
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An internally displaced Afghan girl weaves a rug inside her tent in a displaced camp on the outskirts of Herat on February 12, 2012. Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new... View Photo »
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An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier watches as Afghan men play cards during the opening ceremony of a clinic for war victims in Zharai district of Kandahar province on February 9, 2012. The civil war in the Central Asian nation,... View Photo »
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Afghan children carry bags filled with garbage used to burn and keep warm in Herat on February 11, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated... View Photo »
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This October 14, 2011 file photograph shows Afghan sightseers as they walk past burqa-clad women at the Band-e-Qargha Gulestan Park in Kabul. On February 10, 2012 a report showed that as tentative steps are made towards peace talks between the United... View Photo »
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This May 25, 2011 file photograph shows burqa-clad Afghan women as they walk through a graveyard in the old section of Kabul. On February 10, 2012 a report showed that as tentative steps are made towards peace talks between the United States and Taliban... View Photo »
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A Pakistani internally displaced person (IDP) girl looks through a gap in hessian at a camp in Swabi on May 24, 2009. Pakistan's military said May 24 it had seized several key areas in the Swat valley's Taliban-held main town, as their battle to regain... View Photo »
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Two burqa-clad Afghan women beggars share a mid-day break in Kandahar on February 7, 2012. The civil war in the Central Asian nation, which followed the Afghan defeat to Soviet occupiers, ruined once-beautiful Afghanistan and left up to 80,000 people dead. View Photo »
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An Afghan woman waits for a taxi in Herat on February 6, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated and not reflective of Afghan abilities to... View Photo »
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A elderly Afghan man (L) carries wood over his back in Herat on February 5, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated and not reflective of... View Photo »
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An Afghan man rides with a rooster tied to the back of his motorcycle in Herat on February 5, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated and... View Photo »
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Afghan youths gather at a hilltop to watch the sunset over Herat on February 5, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated and not reflective... View Photo »
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Afghan youths ride a bicycle in Herat on February 5, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated and not reflective of Afghan abilities to ward... View Photo »
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A general view of Herat city during sunset on February 5, 2012. Herat transitioned from NATO to Afghan security control in July 2011, but critics said the security transition timetable was politically motivated and not reflective of Afghan abilities to... View Photo »
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Afghan policemen stand next to blood stains on a road after a car bomb in a car park outside police headquarters in Kandahar province on February 5, 2012. Six police officers were killed on February 5 in a car bomb attack on their headquarters in the... View Photo »
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An Afghan police truck drives a corpse away following a car bomb in a car park outside police headquarters in Kandahar province on February 5, 2012. Six police officers were killed on February 5 in a car bomb attack on their headquarters in the southern... View Photo »
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The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān, also anglicised as Taleban; translation: "students") is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Pashtun movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when its leaders were removed from power by Northern Alliance and NATO forces. It has regrouped and since 2004 revived as a strong insurgency movement... Full Article
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Three Taliban fighters and two teenage would-be suicide attackers are presented to media representatives with seized weapons in Kandahar on February 12, 2012. Two ten-year-olds who were pardoned by Afghan President around six months ago were caught again in Kandahar for planing to...
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An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier watches as Afghan men play cards during the opening ceremony of a clinic for war victims in Zharai district of Kandahar province on February 9, 2012. The civil war in the Central Asian nation, which followed the Afghan defeat to...
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This October 14, 2011 file photograph shows Afghan sightseers as they walk past burqa-clad women at the Band-e-Qargha Gulestan Park in Kabul. On February 10, 2012 a report showed that as tentative steps are made towards peace talks between the United States and Taliban insurgents,...
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This May 25, 2011 file photograph shows burqa-clad Afghan women as they walk through a graveyard in the old section of Kabul. On February 10, 2012 a report showed that as tentative steps are made towards peace talks between the United States and Taliban insurgents, Afghan women are...
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A Pakistani internally displaced person (IDP) girl looks through a gap in hessian at a camp in Swabi on May 24, 2009. Pakistan's military said May 24 it had seized several key areas in the Swat valley's Taliban-held main town, as their battle to regain control of the northwest entered...
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Two burqa-clad Afghan women beggars share a mid-day break in Kandahar on February 7, 2012. The civil war in the Central Asian nation, which followed the Afghan defeat to Soviet occupiers, ruined once-beautiful Afghanistan and left up to 80,000 people dead. It ended with the 1996...
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An Afghan man with two children begs at a roadside in Kandahar on February 1, 2012. The volatile southern city is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, which has been waging bloody battle for a return to power since its ouster in a US-led invasion in late 2001 in the wake of the 9/11...
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Internally displaced Afghan children play cricket outside their tent at a refugee camp in Kabul on February 14, 2012. Cricket has become the top sport in the war-ravaged country in the last three years after it was introduced by youths who learnt the game in refugee camps in Pakistan...
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Former Taliban militants with gowns hold copies of Islam's holy book "Quran" which were given by Afghan officials during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Mullah Abdullah, not picturreed, a Taliban militant...
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Former Taliban militants hold their weapons during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Mullah Abdullah, not pictured, a Taliban militant commander from Herat province joined with Afghan government along with his 30...
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Taliban militants hand over their weapons after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, 2012. Some thirty Afghan Taliban have joined the program, Herat governor Daoud Shah said.
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A Taliban militant poses for a picture after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, 2012. Some thirty Afghan Taliban have joined the program, Herat governor Daoud Shah said.
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In this picture taken on January 29, 2012 a Taliban fighter jumps from a police vehicle with his weapon after he joined Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province. Thirty fighters left the Taliban to join government forces in western Afghanistan. The Taliban, ousted...
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Taliban fighters stand with their weapons as they hold the Muslim holy book Koran after they joined Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province on January 30, 2012. Thirty fighters left the Taliban to join government forces in western Afghanistan. The Taliban, ousted...
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Afghan commando soldiers disclose the faces of detained Taliban militants during a news event in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. 15 Taliban militants were killed and six more were arrested during a joint operation of NATO - led forces and Afghan commando...
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Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos present blindfolded Taliban fighters to the media in Herat on January 29, 2012. ANA commandos captured six Taliban fighters after an operation in the outskirts of Herat on January 29.
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Two former members of Taliban militants, right, wait to be examined by German army medics working as a mobile medical team part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a joining ceremony of Taliban militants with the Afghan government in Baghlan, north of...
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Supporters of Pakistani pro-Taliban religious party Jamiat Ulema Islam listen to their leaders during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Jan 27, 2012. A pro-Taliban Islamist party has shown its strength by holding a large rally in southern Pakistan ahead of parliamentary elections,...
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Former Taliban minister Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a member of the High Peace Council set up by President Hamid Karzai two years ago to liaise with insurgents, speaks during an interview in Kabul January 26, 2012. Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taliban are willing to...
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An Afghan girl holds a doll in a displaced camp in Kabul on January 25, 2012. Despite massive injections of foreign aid since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan remains desperately poor with some of the lowest living standards in the world.
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An internally displaced elderly Afghan woman takes care of a child outside a tent in a displaced camp on the outskirts of Herat on February 12, 2012. Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new enemy: an...
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An internally displaced Afghan girl weaves a rug inside her tent in a displaced camp on the outskirts of Herat on February 12, 2012. Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new enemy: an unusually bitter winter...
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Three Taliban fighters and two teenage would-be suicide attackers are presented to media representatives with seized weapons in Kandahar on February 12, 2012. Two ten-year-olds who were pardoned by Afghan President around six months ago were caught again in Kandahar for planing to...
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