A U.S. Air Force captain goes over the day's mission route map with an Afghan National Army officer with assistance from an Afghan interpreter (left), before the U.S.-Afghan convoy sets off in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2009. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Afghan Abdul Aman Sediqi, a special immigrant visa recipient, holds his son Edris as he and his family prepare to sign a lease on a new apartment on Thursday. Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters hide caption
A man holds a certificate acknowledging his work for Americans as crowds gather Tuesday outside Kabul's international airport in the Afghan capital. AP hide caption