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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 fighting a guerrilla war against the current government of Afghanistan, allied NATO forces participating in Operation Enduring Freedom, and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). It operates in Afghanistan and the Frontier Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

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Map locates Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where a U.S./Afghan offensive against Taliban militants is imminent. Afghanistan
A Soldier of the Pakistan army teaches local children in Ghulam Khan in the troubled Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border, Saturday, Feb 17, 2007. Pakistan's wild tribal belt has been a refuge for Taliban and al-Qaida militants since the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the hardline militia from Afghanistan at the end of 2001. But over the past year, an alarming escalation in violence has raised concern on whether Pakistan is doing enough to contain the insurgents. Pakistan
Pakistani protesters rally to condemn the verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees. Al-Qaeda
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 2: Afghan children spend time at the Kabul Zoo February 02, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite years of foreign involvement and the money being committed to Afghanistan from both private and governmental donors, Afghanistan is still plagued by chronic unemployment and neglected public services. Unemployment in the country of some 25 million people is still 40 percent with more than half the population lives below the poverty line. A man's life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44.04 years, while a woman's is 44.39 years. Kabul
Mark Sedwill, left, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, replies to a question as Golab Mangal, governor of Helmand province looks on during a press conference at the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. NATO
Bob Geldof, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Yunus, London Mayor Boris Johnson, One Young World Co-founder and Havas Worldwide Global CEO David Jones, One Young World Co-founder and Euro RSCG Group Chairman Kate Robertson, and hundreds of delegates from One Young World, arrive at Old Billingsgate in London for the One Young World Opening Ceremony. London
MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the audience during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today. Hamid Karzai
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with CIA Director Leon Panetta, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Central Intelligence Agency
A Pakistani model prepares on backstage for the Karachi Fashion Week, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi Fashion Week is a completely integrated showcases, aimed at encouraging increased collaboration between the fashion design industry manufacturers. Karachi
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks to The Associated Press at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Karzai said that he would do "whatever it takes" to bring peace, including meeting with Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Mullah Omar
Liu Qi, President of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, right, and Chinese Ambassador to United Nations Guangya Wang, center, shake hands with former Governor of New York George Pataki left, who serves as Public Delegate of the US Mission to United Nations during the debate about Sport for Peace and Development at U.N. Headquarters, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. United Nations
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president. Barack Obama
Warsaw, POLAND: King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud holds Olga(L) and Daria Kolacz Polish conjoined twins who came with their mother Wieslawa Dabrowska for a meeting with King in Belweder palace in Warsaw 26 June 2007. The twins were joined at the abdomen, pelvis, buttocks and spine and successfully separated in January 2005 in an operation funded by Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia
A full moon is seen in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Islamabad
An Indian woman labourer carries stones on a construction site at a railway station in New Delhi, 18 February 2007. Whilst India's economy has undergone a substantial transformation since independence in 1947, women still suffer high levels of wage discrimination in the Indian urban labour market India
A billboard at the Farragut North Metro station in Washington, DC on September 29, 2009 shows an image of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden wearing an 'I love Guanatanamo' t-shirt. Inspired by sustained support for an end to torture from the world community and a clear majority of Americans, Avaaz. org is launching a metro billboard ad campaign to remind policymakers that torture is illegal, unethical and a top recruiting tool for the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. Osama bin Laden
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, right, pose for photographers prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Gates attended two-day informal NATO defense ministers meeting on Afghanistan in Istanbul before arriving in Ankara. Robert Gates
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) talks with Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Robert Mueller prior to a Senate Judiciary Hearing focusing on the attempted bombing incident on Northwest Flight 253 January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee's goal is to improve the effectiveness of anti-terrorism tools and inter-agency communication in an attempt to increase airline safety after the attempted Christmas bombing of the flight. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Map locates Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where a U.S./Afghan offensive against Taliban militants is imminent.

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Map locates Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where a U.S./Afghan offensive against Taliban militants is imminent.

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A Pakistani police officer stands with alleged militants, who stand hooded in police custody on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Lahore, Pakistan. Police say they have arrested six suspected Taliban militants, who were allegedly on their way to attack U.S. tourists at a five-star hotel in Pakistan's cultural capital with a suicide vest and hand grenades.

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A Pakistani police officer stands with alleged militants, who stand hooded in police custody on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Lahore, Pakistan. Police say they have arrested six suspected Taliban militants, who were allegedly on their way to attack U.S. tourists at a five-star hotel in Pakistan's cultural capital with a suicide vest and hand grenades.

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An Afghan police man searches the trunk of a car, which arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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An Afghan police man searches the trunk of a car, which arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus, who arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus, who arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan, center left, and Mark Sedwill, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, shake hands with media members after giving a joint press conference at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The success of a major U.S.-Afghan offensive in the south depends on how quickly troops and civilian development workers can get public services up and running once the Taliban have been driven away, the top U.S. and NATO commander said Sunday.

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan, center left, and Mark Sedwill, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, shake hands with media members after giving a joint press conference at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The success of a major U.S.-Afghan offensive in the south depends on how quickly troops and civilian development workers can get public services up and running once the Taliban have been driven away, the top U.S. and NATO commander said Sunday.

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan drinks with a cup painted gun and military plane on during a joint press conference with Mark Sedwill the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, unseen, at the ISAF head quarter in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The success of a major U.S.-Afghan offensive in the south depends on how quickly troops and civilian development workers can get public services up and running once the Taliban have been driven away, the top U.S. and NATO commander said Sunday.

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan drinks with a cup painted gun and military plane on during a joint press conference with Mark Sedwill the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, unseen, at the ISAF head quarter in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The success of a major U.S.-Afghan offensive in the south depends on how quickly troops and civilian development workers can get public services up and running once the Taliban have been driven away, the top U.S. and NATO commander said Sunday.

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In this image taken from video on Friday Feb. 3, 2010, reportedly showing Taliban militants flogging a person in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghanistan border. This new video has emerged which was purportedly filmed Feb. 3, shows a senior Taliban commander meting out a brand of traditional tribal justice in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region. Although there is no independent verification of the incident, the video was filmed on a mobile phone and appears to show two men being flogged, and a teenage boy, allegedly beaten for not growing a beard.

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In this image taken from video on Friday Feb. 3, 2010, reportedly showing Taliban militants flogging a person in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghanistan border. This new video has emerged which was purportedly filmed Feb. 3, shows a senior Taliban commander meting out a brand of traditional tribal justice in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region. Although there is no independent verification of the incident, the video was filmed on a mobile phone and appears to show two men being flogged, and a teenage boy, allegedly beaten for not growing a beard.

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier monitors from a hilltop post near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier monitors from a hilltop post near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

AP 

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier monitors from a hilltop post near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier monitors from a hilltop post near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

AP 

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier searches a car at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier searches a car at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Pakistani police officers stand guard as a paramilitary soldier searches a passenger at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in the Pakistani district of Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Pakistani police officers stand guard as a paramilitary soldier searches a passenger at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in the Pakistani district of Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A Pakistani police officer stands guard as another searches a vehicle at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in the Pakistani district of Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A Pakistani police officer stands guard as another searches a vehicle at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in the Pakistani district of Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Pakistani police officers stand guard as a paramilitary soldier searches a passenger at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Pakistani police officers stand guard as a paramilitary soldier searches a passenger at a checkpoint near Shahi Koto in Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A boy is seen through a damaged window of a school at the site of Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A boy is seen through a damaged window of a school at the site of Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A boy examines a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A boy examines a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

AP 

Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A boy examines a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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A boy examines a damaged school caused by Wednesday's roadside bombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani district Lower Dir, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The deaths of three American special operations soldiers in the roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan drew unwanted attention to a U.S. program of training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida - a little-publicized mission because of opposition here to American boots on Pakistani soil.

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Map locates Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where a U.S./Afghan offensive against Taliban militants is imminent.

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Map locates Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where a U.S./Afghan offensive against Taliban militants is imminent.

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A Pakistani police officer stands with alleged militants, who stand hooded in police custody on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Lahore, Pakistan. Police say they have arrested six suspected Taliban militants, who were allegedly on their way to attack U.S. tourists at a five-star hotel in Pakistan's cultural capital with a suicide vest and hand grenades.

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A Pakistani police officer stands with alleged militants, who stand hooded in police custody on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Lahore, Pakistan. Police say they have arrested six suspected Taliban militants, who were allegedly on their way to attack U.S. tourists at a five-star hotel in Pakistan's cultural capital with a suicide vest and hand grenades.

AP 

An Afghan police man searches the trunk of a car, which arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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An Afghan police man searches the trunk of a car, which arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus, who arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus, who arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs _ known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs _ to inflict casualties on the attackers.

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan, center left, and Mark Sedwill, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, shake hands with media members after giving a joint press conference at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The success of a major U.S.-Afghan offensive in the south depends on how quickly troops and civilian development workers can get public services up and running once the Taliban have been driven away, the top U.S. and NATO commander said Sunday.

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General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan, center left, and Mark Sedwill, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, shake hands with media members after giving a joint press conference at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The success of a major U.S.-Afghan offensive in the south depends on how quickly troops and civilian development workers can get public services up and running once the Taliban have been driven away, the top U.S. and NATO commander said Sunday.

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