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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Babcock, from New Orleans, La., photographs an Afghan villager for intelligence purposes after he was stopped cycling near COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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An Afghan villager describes how insurgents disguise themselves as he speaks with U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Babcock, from New Orleans, La., at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Afghan army soldiers leave grapes and a weapon aside as they cool off from the fierce heat with a swim in a canal near the joint Afghan-U.S. base COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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An Afghan army soldier poses after swimming in a canal near the joint Afghan-U.S. base COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide bombIng in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. The explosives were hidden in a cart topped with bottles of juice for sale, Afghan officials. Two civilians were injured in the blast. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division points his rifle during a patrol towards COB Nolan, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, laughs as Afghan President Hamid Karzai and rest of the foreign ministers prepare to pose for a group photo after the Kabul International Conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, walks with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center, and Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy minister, right, to a group photo after an international conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, gestures as Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, prepare to pose for a group photo after the Kabul International Conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center right, tour a crafts bazaar in Kabul on Tuesday July 20, 2010, as they attend an international conference on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Paul J. RICHARDS, Pool)

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In this image made from TV footage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an international conference on Afghanistan's future in Kabul on Tuesday July 20, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by 2014 and urged his international partners to spend their money on Afghan priorities, not short-term projects. (AP Photo/RTV via APTN)

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In this image made from TV footage, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, delivers his speech at an international conference on Afghanistan's future in Kabul on Tuesday July 20, 2010. Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by 2014 and urged his international partners to spend their money on Afghan priorities, not short-term projects. (AP Photo/RTV via APTN)

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An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide bomibng in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. A suicide bomber struck hiding explosives in a cart topped with bottles of juice for sale, Afghan officials. Two civilians were injured in the blast. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division searches an Afghan villager during a foot patrol towards COB Nolan, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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U.S. Army soldiers from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, climb over a mud wall during a patrol towards COB Nolan, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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In this image made from TV footage, Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers his speech at an international conference on Afghanistan's future in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday July 20, 2010. Mr. Karzai reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by 2014 and urged his international partners to spend their money on Afghan priorities, not short-term projects. (AP Photo/RTV via APTN)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from left) greet merchants as they tour a crafts bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Mrs. Clinton is in Kabul to attend an international conference on the future of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Paul J. RICHARDS, Pool)

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British Prime Minister David Cameron's first visit to the White House will include discussions on the war in Afghanistan and whether BP, the company responsible for the Gulf oil spill, played a part in the release of the Lockerbie bomber, who killed 270 people, mostly Americans. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (right) applaud the signing of a trade treaty between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday. Mrs. Clinton traveled to Pakistan on Sunday, appealing for cooperation between the two countries.

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Afghan firefighters hose down the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, July 18, 2010, two days before an international conference that bring together representatives from about 60 nations. (AP Photo/Hossein Fatemi)