English: Collage of images displaying the following, from left to right:

1. KANADAHAR, Afghanistan – Canadian Master Bombardier Clint Godsoe, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) patrols Kandahar August 26, 2008 on the way to deliver donated school supplies to a local school. The Kandahar PRT has worked on many construction projects such as schools and government facilities to assist the Afghan government improve the lives of residents (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Duran).

2. President Barack Obama meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 28, 2010. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

3. Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Luke Meldon explains the components of an Afghan Air Force C-27 Spartan to five Thunder Lab students July 24, 2011. The select students have been chosen to take aviation classes at the Lab based on their high English comprehension language exam scores. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith)

4. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton standing with female Afghan politicians in Kabul, Afghanistan. (October 20, 2011, photo by S.K. Vemmer/Department of State