Afghanistan Photo War 2

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers run through a cloud of red from a smoke grenade they dropped to obscure their retreat as Taliban fighters opened fire on them right after the ANA and their US Marine trainers distributed U.S. donated school supplies to a primary school in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province on Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers take cover behind a primary school wall and return fire as Taliban fighters attack them as they leave the school in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province after the ANA and their US Marine trainers distributed U.S. donated school supplies on Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers take cover and return fire as Taliban fighters attack them on their departure from the school in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province after the ANA and their US Marine trainers distributed U.S. donated school supplies on Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers take cover behind a primary school wall and return fire as Taliban fighters attack them as they leave a school in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province after the ANA and their US Marine trainers distributed U.S. donated school supplies on Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

U.S. Marines Capt. J.R. Farris, left, and Cpl. M.A. Madding return fire from behind a primary school wall as Taliban fighters attack them and soldiers from the Afghan National Army as they leave the school in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province after the Afghan National Army and their U.S. Marine trainers distributed U.S. donated school supplies on Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) commander Mobarak Shah, left, takes cover behind a primary school wall as Taliban fighters attack his troops as they leave a school in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province after the ANA and their US Marine trainers distributed U.S. donated school supplies on Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) commander Mobarak Shah speaks to students inside a classroom in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province where the ANA and their U.S. Marine trainers arrived to distribute U.S. donated school supplies Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) commander Mobarak Shah, right, and other ANA soldiers distribute U.S. donated school supplies to students in the village of Aliabad in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, May 16, 2009. AP

WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Hearses carrying the bodies of Sergeant Ben Ross, 34, from 173 Provost Company, 3rd Regiment, Royal Military Police, Corporal Kumar Pun, 31, from the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, Rifleman Adrian Sheldon, 25, from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, and Corporal Sean Binnie, 22, from the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland pass the war memorial on May 13, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. Hundreds lined the streets of the Wiltshire market town to pay their respects to the four British soldiers - after they were repatriated to nearby RAF Lyneham - and who were all killed in Afghanistan in a single day on May 7, in what is being described as one of the bloodiest days of the conflict this year. Getty

Afghan children peer from behind the curtain door of their cave home in Bamiyan province, in this April 22, 2009 file photo. Only the hardiest, or foolhardiest, of tourists make it to Afghanistan these days. News of suicide attacks, kidnappings and the resurgent Taliban have eclipsed the desire among any but the most intrepid travellers to see the stunning vistas and archaeological treasures that once drew visitors here each year. Reuters

Spc. Ryan Shriner from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, looks up at Apache helicopters circling overhead as the helicopters arrive to support troops who came under fire by the Taliban during an operation on a ridge line in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. AP

Lt. John Rodriguez from Gettysburg, Pa. , right, of the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, walks with elders from the villages in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province as they gather at the US Army's Korengal Outpost for a weekly meeting to discuss shared concerns Thursday, May 14, 2009. AP

1st Sgt. Lucas Young, from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, takes cover as Taliban fighters open fire on his squad's position during an operation against the Taliban in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Wednesday May 13, 2009. AP

A soldier from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry walks down from his position as he waits for a helicopter to lift him from a mountain side during an operation against the Taliban in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Wednesday May 13, 2009. AP

U.S. medic solders sew the wounds of an injured Afghan at the U.S. Camp Salerno following a suicide attack in Khost province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. A suicide bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 21 Wednesday outside a U.S. military base in the same part of eastern Afghanistan where militants stormed government buildings a day earlier, police said. AP

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take a position as they wait for a helicopter to lift them from a mountain side during an operation against the Taliban in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Wednesday May 13, 2009. AP

British soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Batallion, Royal Regiment of Scotland carry water in Gereshk District, Helmand province May 8, 2009. The province is the heartland of the Taliban and the main source of Afghanistan's opium crop, and much of it is beyond the control of a British-led force that for the past three years has been stretched too thin across its brutal deserts and high peaks. Picture taken May 8, 2009. Reuters

Kenneth Alexander of North Hollywood, Calif. , from U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry, holds his weapon during an operation against the Taliban in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. AP

Soldiers from Regional Battlegroup South patrol during an operation in Gereshk district, Helmand province May 9, 2009. The province is the heartland of the Taliban and the main source of Afghanistan's opium crop, and much of it is beyond the control of a British-led force that for the past three years has been stretched too thin across its brutal deserts and high peaks. Picture taken May 9, 2009. Reuters

A British soldier from The Black Watch, 3rd Batallion, Royal Regiment of Scotland searches an Afghan man during an operation in Gereshk District, Helmand province May 8, 2009. The province is the heartland of the Taliban, the main source of Afghanistan's opium crop, and much of it is beyond the control of a British-led force that for the past three years has been stretched too thin across its brutal desert and vast peak. Picture taken May 8, 2009. Reuters

A British soldier from The Black Watch, 3rd Batallion, Royal Regiment of Scotland rests in a poppy field during an operation in Gereshk District, Helmand province May 6, 2009. The province is the heartland of the Taliban and the main source of Afghanistan's opium crop, and much of it is beyond the control of a British-led force that for the past three years has been stretched too thin across its brutal deserts and high peaks. Picture taken May 6, 2009. Reuters

British soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Batallion, Royal Regiment of Scotland patrol in a poppy field during an operation in Gereshk District, Helmand province May 6, 2009. The province is the heartland of the Taliban and the main source of Afghanistan's opium crop, and much of it is beyond the control of a British-led force that for the past three years has been stretched too thin across its brutal deserts and high peaks. Picture taken May 6, 2009. Reuters