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NATO GALLERY.
A Pakistani driver steers his trailer carrying NATO forces' trucks bound for Karachi, following their arrival from Afghanistan, in Quetta on May 21, 2013. The US military has started to withdraw equipment from Afghanistan through Pakistan ahead of next year's deadline for combat troops to leave the war against the Taliban. Pakistan is a key transit route for the NATO mission in landlocked Afghanistan, from where it is driven to the border from the Arabian Sea port of Karachi. A Pakistani driver steers his trail
Afghan labourers (R) work at a supermarket as a burqa clad women (L) serves water to a child in Mazar-i-Sharif on May 20, 2013. With NATO combat troops due to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, there are fears of a consequent meltdown in the graft-plagued economy. Afghan labourers (R) work at a supe
Rinesa Koshi, 8, walks past a NATO peacekeeper guarding a bridge as she crosses from the north to the south of the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica May 17, 2013. Koshi, who is an ethnic Albanian, lives in the northern predominantly Serb part of the town but goes to school in the south, which is predominantly Albanian. The prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia will meet in Brussels on May 21, 2013 to hold negotiations on how to implement an agreement reached last month to integrate a small Serb pocket in the north into majority Albanian Kosovo. The deal is crucial for Serbia to get a date for EU accession talks. Picture taken May 17, 2013. Rinesa Koshi, 8, walks past a NATO
First Lieutenant Long of the 10th Mountain Division US Army reacts after he missed catching a shell as Captain Rondinelle (unseen) unloads his gun after his return from Ghazni city at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ghazni on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. First Lieutenant Long of the 10th M
Afghan men follow an Afghan National Police member (2R) as a soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division US Army looks on at the provincial head quarters of the Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Afghan men follow an Afghan Nationa
An Afghan National Police personnel stands guard at the watch tower as soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division US Army is reflected at the provincial head quarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. An Afghan National Police personnel
Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division US Army patrol the streets in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Divis
An Afghan national carrying traditional bread walks past soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division US Army at the provincial head Intelligence Office of the Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. An Afghan national carrying traditi
An US contractor working with the 10th Mountain Division US Army keeps an eye on the surroundings standing against a wall at the provincial head Intelligence Office of the Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. An US contractor working with the 1
Captain Rondinelle from 10th Mountain Division US Army stands at the gate of the provincial head Intelligence Office of the Afghan National Police at the provincial head quarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Captain Rondinelle from 10th Mounta
Afghan Deputy Commander, Colonel Rasoul(C), of the Provincial Operational Coordination Centre discusses security with soldiers from 10th Mountain Division US Army at the provincial head quarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Afghan Deputy Commander, Colonel Ra
Colonel Jones (L) of 10th Mountain Division US Army shakes hand with an Afghan national at the provincial head quarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Colonel Jones (L) of 10th Mountain
Deputy Commander, Colonel Rasoul (R), of the Provincial Operational Coordination Centre, meets an Afghan national at the provincial head quarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Deputy Commander, Colonel Rasoul (R
Captain Rondinelle (L) with the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army shares a moment with Reserve Commander Haji Barqat of the Afghan Uniformed Police at the headquarters of Afghan National Police in Ghazni city on May 19, 2013. Afghan security forces are increasingly on the front line against the insurgents, and suffering heavier casualties, as NATO combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of next year. Captain Rondinelle (L) with the 10t
An Afghan child sells plastic pitchers in the old market of Herat city on May 16, 2013. With NATO combat troops due to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, there are fears of a consequent meltdown in the graft-plagued economy. An Afghan child sells plastic pitch
NATO soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul May 16, 2013. A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. NATO soldiers with the Internationa
Georgian national flag flies at half-mast during a day of mourning in Tbilisi, May 16, 2013. Three Georgian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday when insurgents detonated a vehicle laden with explosives, a senior Western military official and NATO said. Georgian national flag flies at hal
Georgian honour guards carry coffins of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week during a ceremony at an airport near the capital Tbilisi, on May 16, 2013. Three Georgian soldiers were killed in the Afghan Helmand province earlier this week when a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle laden with explosives. Georgian soldiers have been deployed in Afghanistan since 2004, the largest non-NATO combat troop commitment in the war-torn country. Georgian honour guards carry coffin
French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, carry the body of a victim killed from a suicide car bomber who attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack, killing many in the explosion and wounding tens, police and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east. French soldiers with the NATO-led I
The honour guard carry coffins of Georgian soldiers killed in Afghanistan at the airport in Tbilisi, May 16, 2013. Three Georgian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday when insurgents detonated a vehicle laden with explosives, a senior Western military official and NATO said. The honour guard carry coffins of G
NATO soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul May 16, 2013. A suicide bomber in a car targeted two vehicles carrying foreign forces in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, police said, but it was not immediately clear if there were casualties. NATO soldiers with the Internationa
Afghans comfort a man, left, who claims he has lost all his children at the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, police and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east. Afghans comfort a man, left, who cl
A U.S. soldier arrives to the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack, killing many in the explosion and wounding tens, police and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east. A U.S. soldier arrives to the scene
Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland visits Skopje, Macedonia, in this April 9, 2008 file photo. The White House released roughly 100 pages of emails May 15, 2013 in an attempt to defuse controversy over its handling of last year's killing of Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Emails from Nuland, the State Department's top spokeswoman at the time, objected to the inclusion of a CIA reference to intelligence about the threat from al Qaeda in Benghazi. Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Vict
U.S. Soldiers with the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade advance through a tunnel while conducting riot control operations during a Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany in this May 12, 2013 photo released on May 15, 2013. The KFOR 17 MRE was designed to prepare the U.S. Army's 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade for operations in support of NATO in Kosovo. Picture taken May 12, 2013. Bryan Rankin/U.S. Army/DoD photo/Handout via Reuters (GERMANY - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. U.S. Soldiers with the 525th Battle
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, is dressed in a bullet proofed vest as she arrives to Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise trip to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that is committed to leaving troops in Afghanistan after the coalition completes its scheduled pullout of combat forces next year. The U.S. is likely to deploy several thousand troops if the Afghan government provides them legal protection. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ce
German troops who are part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), salute during a memorial ceremony for slain soldiers, in the German Army's Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, May 8, 2013. Hundreds of German soldiers serving in Afghanistan gathered in a memorial ceremony for a member of Germany's special forces who was killed in Baghlan province of Afghanistan earlier this week. German troops who are part of the N
NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg looks on in Oslo, May 8, 2013. NATO secretary general Anders Fogh
Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) and NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen give a joint press conference during a meeting in Oslo on May 8, 2013. Norwegian prime minister Jens Stolt
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) in Oslo May 8, 2013. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stolt