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A December to remember in Afghanistan

An Afghan girl makes her way through a cemetery near Forward Operating Base Now Zad, in Helmand province, on December 19, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

An Afghan girl makes her way through a cemetery near Forward Operating Base Now Zad, in Helmand province, on December 19, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

An Afghan girl makes her way through a cemetery near Forward Operating Base Now Zad, in Helmand province, on December 19, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

U.S. Army Spc. Dustin Day-Griffith fires a 120mm mortar during a night-fire exercise at Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan, on December 16, 2012. PHOTO: US ARMY

NATO troops from the International Security Assistance Force dance during celebrations of New Year's Eve right before the start of 2013 in Kabul, on December 31, 2012. PHOTO: AFP

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gregory Moore sits on the back of a KC-130J Hercules to capture imagery of AV-8B Harriers flying over mountains in Helmand province, on December 6, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

A. U.S. Marine takes a nap in the Morale Welfare and Recreation center on Base Now Zad, in Helmand province, on December 17, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

Fatima, 13, holds a picture of her mother Narges Rezaeimomenabad, suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at a police headquarters, at her home in Kabul, on December 26, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

A U.S. Army soldier tightens a bolt during the construction of an Acrow fixed panel bridge in support of Operation Golden Gate in Sangin, Afghanistan, on December 9, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

At Camp Pendleton, California, eight-year-old Alex Velasquez waits for his father, Staff Sgt. Andres Velasquez, to return from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan just in time for the holidays, on December 20, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

Snow accumulates on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a snowstorm at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on December 27. 2012. PHOTO: US ARMY

Flares from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter disperse while flying to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 16, 2012. PHOTO: DEPARTMENT Of DEFENSE

Newly graduated Afghan National Police officers attend a graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, on December 27, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Returning from a week-long trip to Afghanistan, Marine Staff Sgt. Glen Silva sits in the back of the Black Hawk helicopter, wearing a protective airsoft mask at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on December 9, 2012. PHOTO: US ARMY

AV-8B Harrier pilot, USMC Capt. Eric Scheibe, with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231, conducts an aerial refuel over southern Helmand province, Afghanistan on December 6, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

Afghan men guide firefighters after a huge fire swept through a market in Kabul, on December 23, 2012. PHOTO: AFP

Coalition force members maintain security from a light-tactical all-terrain vehicle during a presence patrol in Farah province, Afghanistan, on December 15, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

Afghan villagers pray over the bodies of girls who were killed by an explosion in Jalalabad, on December 17, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Afghan Policeman stands alert on a peak near his base in Goshta district of Nangarhar province, on December 18, 2012. PHOTO: AFP

Santa Claus, portrayed by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brian Boase waves to Base Salerno, Afghanistan, before being dropped off by a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, on December 25, 2012. PHOTO: US ARMY

Paris, a military working dog and other coalition force members prepare for a presence patrol in Farah province, Afghanistan, on December 15, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

Dutch brothers of Afghan origin Massoud (left) and Mahmud Hassani push the "mine kafon", a wind-driven gadget to clear anti-personnel mines, at their Eindhoven workshop on December 19, 2012. PHOTO: AFP

An Afghan woman waits to receive winter supplies at a UNHCR distribution center for needy refugees at the Women's Garden in Kabul, on January 2, 2013. PHOTO: AFP

An A-10 "Thunderbolt" takes off from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, for a mission on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012. PHOTO: US ARMY

An off duty Afghan Police officer reads a comic book with pro Afghan National Army messaging at Nawa District Police Headquarters, Helmand province, on December 16, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

A round from an Afghan National Army D-30 122mm Howitzer impacts in the distance, during a training exercise on range 4, in Helmand province, on December 11, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

An Afghan police officer talks on his telephone at the site of an explosion in Kabul on December 17, 2012. PHOTO: AFP

Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), lift M777 howitzers over Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 29, 2012. PHOTO: USMC

An Afghan family walks on a road in winter on the outskirts of Kabul, on January 3, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS

US troops and average citizens spend a winter in conflict-stricken Afghanistan.

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Xtreme

Jan 7, 2013 - 6:42AM

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That evil mask really depicts their intentions. May there be peace in Afghanistan. With enormous natural resources it has, some education perhaps with a change in culture can bring to it a status in the international community..

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Khan

Jan 7, 2013 - 4:23PM

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Yar what these foreign forces have done to Afghanistan…so much brutality evident on the faces of children

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