An Italian soldier of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard as an Afghan boy aims a toy pistol inside Herat's prison, in western Afghanistan on September 14, 2010. (REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi)
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An Afghan woman looks on as French soldiers from the 126 Infantry Regiment (RI) "The Bisons" based at Rocco Combat Outpost take part in Operation "Glued Finger 2" in the village of Dwakoleh in Surobi District on September 21, 2010. Most of France's 3,500 soldiers inside Afghanistan are based in districts around Kabul. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while both planes fly over Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2010. (Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/U.S. Air Force) #
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Afghans ride their bicycles on a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe) #
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Afghans shout anti-U.S. slogans as they burn tires and block a highway during a protest in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran, at Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by the church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book but some said that the damage had already been done. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) #
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An election officer waits in front of the ballot box at a polling station in Kabul September 18, 2010. Afghanistan braced itself for a day of violence on Saturday as voters headed to the polls for a parliamentary election that is a crucial test of government credibility and the strength of its security forces. (REUTERS/Andrew Biraj) #
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Maliha Ahmadzia, a 25 year-old law and political science student at Mawlana University in Balkh province, who is running for parliament poses for a photo a day before the parliamentary election September 17, 2010 in Mazar-e-sharif, Afghanistan. About 2,500 candidates vied for the 249 seats in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) #
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Afghan soldiers keep watch as the moon rises over a ridge during operation Spear Tackle 2 in Surobi district on September 26, 2010. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A French soldier from the 1st Regiment Marines Infantry (RIMA) fires an anti-tank grenade from an assault rifle FAMAS during a training session at the Forward Operating Base Tora in Surobi district on September 24, 2010. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A paramilitary soldier holds a gas mask next to a U.S. flag that security forces say were stolen from NATO containers as they are showcased to the media at a military compound in the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on September 27, 2010. Security forces, assisted by the Khyber Khasadar Force, raided warehouses and a private house in Jamrud, tribal region on Friday and seized huge quantity of goods believed to be stolen from NATO containers that were to be transported to the NATO forces in Afghanistan. (REUTERS/K. Parvez) #
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An elderly man is lit by the fading sun at the end of the day at a tea shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) #
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During a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow helicopter rescue mission, a boy with shrapnel wounds on his face and body from an IED explosion is rushed to a field hospital, airborne over southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. The explosive, which also tore off both an Afghan man's legs, was planted to kill or maim Marines and Afghan soldiers on foot, who responded and applied first aid, and called in the rescue unit from the 101st Airborne's TF Destiny. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) #
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White pigeons fly at the shrine of Hazrat Ali, unseen, in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan on Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) #
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Afghan boys scramble to get balloons released at an International Peace Day ceremony in Kabul on September 21, 2010. (MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Afghan workers eat dinner inside a container at COP (Combat Outpost) 42 in Surobi district late on September 24, 2010. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) #
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From left to right, Army Specialist Adam Winfield, Specialist Michael Wagnon, Specialist Jeremy Morlock and Private 1st Class Andrew Holmes are pictured in undated handout photos. These four soldiers and others are charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of three Afghan civilians, assaulting a fellow soldier and "wrongfully photographing and possessing visual images of human casualties". These four are among a dozen infantrymen of the 5th Stryker Brigade, based in Washington state, who are charged in the case stemming from their deployment in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. (REUTERS/U.S. Army) #
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An Afghan family walks at Maranjan hill overlooking Kabul on September 19, 2010. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images) #
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U.S. Army flight medic SGT Tyrone Jordan of Charlotte, North Carolina attached to Dustoff Task Force Shadow of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade carries Marine LCpl. David Hawkins of Parker, Colorado to a Medevac helicopter after he was wounded by a blast from an IED on September 24, 2010 near Marja, Afghanistan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) #
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