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An Afghan man jumps from a diving board into a swimming pool on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013. The swimming pool built by the Soviets more than 30 years ago has rarely been used. An Afghan man jumps from a diving b
An Afghan man jumps from a diving board into a swimming pool on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013. The swimming pool build by the Soviets more then 30 years ago has rarely been used caught instead in the middle of decades of war. An Afghan man jumps from a diving b
Afghan children peer through a fence that surrounds a swimming pool on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013. The swimming pool build by the Soviets more then 30 years ago has rarely been used caught instead in the middle of decades of war. Afghan children peer through a fenc
Afghan children peer through a fence that surrounds a swimming pool on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013. The swimming pool built by the Soviets more then 30 years ago has rarely been used. Afghan children peer through a fenc
Afghan boys look on through a window near 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. Afghan boys look on through a windo
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
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) attends an inauguration ceremony of a residential area in Kabul, May 16, 2013. The project is being funded by the government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) at a cost of $179 million, It will be built in three years with 111 residential blocks and 3,333 apartments. Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) a
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives to lay down the foundation stone of housing project for vulnerable Afghans in Qasaba neighbourhood of Kabul on May 16, 2013. The project is being funded by the government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) at a cost USD 179 million. It will be built within three years and 111 residential blocks and 3333 apartments for underprivileged Afghans. Afghan President Hamid Karzai arriv
A wounded Afghan woman lies at the hospital after 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. A wounded Afghan woman lies at the
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
An Afghan man walks with two school children 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. An Afghan man walks with two school
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
An Afghan woman harvests wheat on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 15, 2012. Afghani's harvest wheat to feed their animals. An Afghan woman harvests wheat on t
Afghan children fetch water from a streaming river on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Many households are still without running water, therefore Afghans pick up their daily water from streams and rivers. Afghan children fetch water from a
An Afghan girl takes a short cut through a streaming river on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Temperatures in Kabul have risen to 27 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Farhreinheit), bringing children out to play in streams. An Afghan girl takes a short cut th
Afghan police officers inspect the scene after two bombs exploded at a Police checkpoint in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. An Afghan official says two bombs have exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in the country's east, killing at least one police officer. Many people have been wounded in the blasts. Afghan police officers inspect the
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An Afghan woman wearing a burqa holds her child as she walks along a street on the outskirts of Kabul May 13, 2013. An Afghan woman wearing a burqa hol
Afghan men walk along a street on the outskirts of Kabul May 13, 2013. Afghan men walk along a street on t
Afghan girls enjoy the view, as a storm picks up, on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 13, 2013. Afghan girls enjoy the view, as a s
Afghan boys play on the frame of a Soviet military vehicle on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. In February, 1989, after more than nine years of fighting, the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan leaving tanks and other military equipment behind in Afghanistan. The rusting carcases can still be found throughout the Afghan countryside. Afghan boys play on the frame of a
An Afghan boy flies his kite on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Banned during the Taliban regime, kite flying is once again the main recreational escape for Afghan boys and some men. An Afghan boy flies his kite on a h
An Afghan policeman helps an injured man at the site where a police vehicle was hit by a remote control bomb in the Kama district of Jalalabad province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. The bomb killed and injured several policemen, a local government spokesman said. An Afghan policeman helps an injure
In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 photo, Afghan Army soldiers aim their guns during a training exercise at a military facility on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Washington promised Saturday to stick by Afghanistan and its nascent national security forces after 2014 and the end to the international combat mission, even though the two countries are still squabbling over an agreement that would protect from prosecution a residual force of as many as 10,000 U.S. troops who would stay behind after the final withdrawal. But the deal allows either country to opt out with a one year s notice which means that Afghan President Hamid Karzai s successor in next year s presidential elections could scuttle the agreement which emphasizes free, fair and transparent polls. In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 phot
An Afghan refugee fixes his roof as the weather takes a turn for the worst, bringing rain and high winds at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Thousands of Afghans displaced by the war in their own country live in slum-like conditions in refugee camps on the edge of the capital. An Afghan refugee fixes his roof as
A young Afghan refugee boy wraps himself in a shawl against a cool spring breeze at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Thousands of Afghans displaced by the war in their own country live in slum-like conditions in refugee camps on the edge of the capital. A young Afghan refugee boy wraps hi
A young Afghan refugee girl plays with a broken shovel outside her makeshift house at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Thousands of Afghans displaced by the war in their own country live in slum-like conditions in refugee camps on the edge of the capital. A young Afghan refugee girl plays w
Afghan farmers collect raw opium as they work in a poppy field in Khogyani district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 10, 2013. Opium poppy cultivation has been increasing for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, the U.N. said in a report. Poppy cultivation is also dramatically increasing in areas of the southern Taliban heartland, the report showed, especially in regions where thousands of U.S.-led coalition troops have been withdrawn or are in the process of departing. The report indicates that whatever international efforts have been made to wean local farmers off the crop have failed. Afghan farmers collect raw opium as