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Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:55 PM

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, in this February 24, 2014 file picture. Wooded, sparsely populated Kunar and Nuristan, bordering Pakistan's dangerous ethnic Pashtun areas, have long been ungovernable spaces. The provinces have seen some of the U.S. military's fiercest fights since 2001 as it sought to stem the flow of weapons and militants from Pakistan. Today, many local officials blame widespread insecurity on the departure of foreign forces from almost all of their bases. In Kunar, police chief Sayedkhalil said that while Afghan police and soldiers are able to secure towns and main roads, insurgents control mountains and remote or forested areas. To match story AFGHANISTAN-MILITANTS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:54 PM

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, in this picture taken February 24, 2014. Wooded, sparsely populated Kunar and Nuristan, bordering Pakistan's dangerous ethnic Pashtun areas, have long been ungovernable spaces. The provinces have seen some of the U.S. military's fiercest fights since 2001 as it sought to stem the flow of weapons and militants from Pakistan. Today, many local officials blame widespread insecurity on the departure of foreign forces from almost all of their bases. In Kunar, police chief Sayedkhalil said that while Afghan police and soldiers are able to secure towns and main roads, insurgents control mountains and remote or forested areas. To match story AFGHANISTAN-MILITANTS/ Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:51 PM

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, in this February 24, 2014 file picture. Wooded, sparsely populated Kunar and Nuristan, bordering Pakistan's dangerous ethnic Pashtun areas, have long been ungovernable spaces. The provinces have seen some of the U.S. military's fiercest fights since 2001 as it sought to stem the flow of weapons and militants from Pakistan. Today, many local officials blame widespread insecurity on the departure of foreign forces from almost all of their bases. In Kunar, police chief Sayedkhalil said that while Afghan police and soldiers are able to secure towns and main roads, insurgents control mountains and remote or forested areas. To match story AFGHANISTAN-MILITANTS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/Files (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:49 PM

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, in this February 24, 2014 file picture. Wooded, sparsely populated Kunar and Nuristan, bordering Pakistan's dangerous ethnic Pashtun areas, have long been ungovernable spaces. The provinces have seen some of the U.S. military's fiercest fights since 2001 as it sought to stem the flow of weapons and militants from Pakistan. Today, many local officials blame widespread insecurity on the departure of foreign forces from almost all of their bases. In Kunar, police chief Sayedkhalil said that while Afghan police and soldiers are able to secure towns and main roads, insurgents control mountains and remote or forested areas. To match story AFGHANISTAN-MILITANTS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/Files (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:42 PM

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers walk at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, in this February 24, 2014 file picture. Wooded, sparsely populated Kunar and Nuristan, bordering Pakistan's dangerous ethnic Pashtun areas, have long been ungovernable spaces. The provinces have seen some of the U.S. military's fiercest fights since 2001 as it sought to stem the flow of weapons and militants from Pakistan. Today, many local officials blame widespread insecurity on the departure of foreign forces from almost all of their bases. In Kunar, police chief Sayedkhalil said that while Afghan police and soldiers are able to secure towns and main roads, insurgents control mountains and remote or forested areas. To match story AFGHANISTAN-MILITANTS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/Files (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:40 PM

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch at the Forward Base in Nari district near the army outpost in Kunar province, in this February 24, 2014 file picture. Wooded, sparsely populated Kunar and Nuristan, bordering Pakistan's dangerous ethnic Pashtun areas, have long been ungovernable spaces. The provinces have seen some of the U.S. military's fiercest fights since 2001 as it sought to stem the flow of weapons and militants from Pakistan. Today, many local officials blame widespread insecurity on the departure of foreign forces from almost all of their bases. In Kunar, police chief Sayedkhalil said that while Afghan police and soldiers are able to secure towns and main roads, insurgents control mountains and remote or forested areas. To match story AFGHANISTAN-MILITANTS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/Files (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS)

Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:15 PM

Members of the Hazara community bury the body of one of six coalminers, who were killed by unidentified gunmen on November 1, at a Hazara graveyard in Hazara town, Quetta November 2, 2013. One is a band of separatists fighting for independence from Pakistan. The other is a feared group of Islamists bent on killing Shi'ite Muslims whom they see as infidels. The two could not be more different in their goals and tactics. But in Pakistan's volatile, resource-rich province of Baluchistan, separatists have teamed up with radical Sunni Muslims in their fight against the Pakistani government. Picture taken November 2, 2013. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)