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Family members approach the hearse carrying Corporal Michael ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:04:21 GMT

(Reuters) - Family members approach the hearse carrying Corporal Michael Gunter Starker at Canadian Forces Base Trenton May 9, 2008. Starker, a member of 15 Field Ambulance based in Edmonton, Alberta, was killed May 6, 2008 when his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Residents of Trenton, Ontario pay tribute to fallen soldier ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:02:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Residents of Trenton, Ontario pay tribute to fallen soldier Corporal Michael Gunter Starker, as the hearse carrying his body to Toronto leaves Canadian Forces Base Trenton May 9, 2008. Starker, a member of 15 Field Ambulance based in Edmonton, Alberta, was killed May 6, 2008 when his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Residents of Trenton, Ontario pay tribute to fallen soldier ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:43 GMT

Residents of Trenton, Ontario pay tribute to fallen soldier ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:58:55 GMT

Casket carrying Corporal Michael Gunter Starker arrives at Canadian ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:56:27 GMT

(Reuters) - Casket carrying Corporal Michael Gunter Starker arrives at Canadian Forces Base Trenton May 9, 2008. Starker, a member of 15 Field Ambulance based in Edmonton, Alberta, was killed May 6, 2008 when his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Pakistani doctors treat patients injured by a bomb explosion ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:57:02 GMT

(AP) - Pakistani doctors treat patients injured by a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, May 9, 2008. A roadside bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Quetta, capital of the restive Balochistan province, injuring 12 people, three of them critically. Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Friday in the volatile Swat Valley in the latest bid to curtail an explosion of violence along the Afghan border, officials said.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Plainclothes security officers examine the explosion site after ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:52:10 GMT

(AP) - Plainclothes security officers examine the explosion site after a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, May, 2008. A roadside bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Quetta, capital of the restive Balochistan province, injuring 12 people, three of them critically. Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Friday in the volatile Swat Valley in the latest bid to curtail an explosion of violence along the Afghan border, officials said.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

A Pakistani Police officer holds a shoe as he examines the explosion ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:51:59 GMT

(AP) - A Pakistani Police officer holds a shoe as he examines the explosion site after a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, May 9, 2008. A roadside bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Quetta, capital of the restive Balochistan province, injuring 12 people, three of them critically. Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants declared a cease-fire Friday in the volatile Swat Valley in the latest bid to curtail an explosion of violence along the Afghan border, officials said.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, workers at the Naval Weapon ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:54:53 GMT

(AP) - In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, workers at the Naval Weapon Station, in Charleston, S.C., prepare Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs, for departure to Iraq and Afghanistan. The MRAP is a type of armored vehicle designed to survive attacks from IEDs and ambushes. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

In this Nov. 28, 2007 file photo, mine-resistant, ambush-protected ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:54:42 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 28, 2007 file photo, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP), produced by Navistar International, are loaded onto an airplane at the Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston, S.C. The military has bought thousands of MRAPs to guard troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from deadly roadside bombs. The surge in attacks in 2008 is putting the vehicles to the test, and so far they are largely passing. (AP Photos/Alice Keeney, File)

U.S. soldiers cross a canal during a mission in the village ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:35:48 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers cross a canal during a mission in the village of Siah Choy west of Kandahar in Zhari district, early May 1, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army, Spc. Jeremy ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:14:32 GMT

(AP) - In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army, Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett of Greenup, Ky., is shown. The Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday, May, 8, 2008, that Spc. Gullett of Greenup, Ky., and Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts of Farmington, N.M., were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

An Afghan man rests next to his tent along a highway on the ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:03:26 GMT

(AP) - An Afghan man rests next to his tent along a highway on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:02:23 GMT

(AP) - In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts of Farmington, N.M., is shown. The Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday, May, 8, 2008, that Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett of Greenup, Ky., and Staff Sgt. Roberts of Farmington, N.M., were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Australian soldiers escorting the coffin of Lance Corporal Jason ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:06 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - Australian soldiers escorting the coffin of Lance Corporal Jason Marks who was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan on April 27. The Australian military Friday said it was investigating allegations that its troops mistreated suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, shortly after Marks was killed there.(AFP/HO/File/Neil Ruskin)

NATO could change its rotating command of southern Afghanistan ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:37:37 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - NATO could change its rotating command of southern Afghanistan and give the role to a single country, amid concern that the current system is boosting the Taliban insurgency, NATO's top US general Bantz Craddock said Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)

Flags which show united clasped hands placed near the side of ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:02:28 GMT

(AP) - Flags which show united clasped hands placed near the side of a gathering in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Around 3,000 Afghans mostly ethnic-Pashtun politicians and civil-society activists participated at a gathering and announced the formation of a movement to put an end to the conflicts in the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan ethnic Pashtun parliamentarian Tajwar Kakar, gestures ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:01:05 GMT

(AP) - Afghan ethnic Pashtun parliamentarian Tajwar Kakar, gestures during her speech at a gathering in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Around 3, 000 Afghans mostly ethnic-Pashtun politicians and civil-society activists participated at a gathering and announced the formation of a movement to put an end to the conflicts in the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan ethnic Pashtun men attend at a gathering in the city ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:57:01 GMT

(AP) - Afghan ethnic Pashtun men attend at a gathering in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Around 3, 000 Afghans mostly ethnic-Pashtun politicians and civil-society activists participated at a gathering and announced the formation of a movement to put an end to the conflicts in the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

An Afghan ethnic Pashtun man listens during a gathering in the ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:56:41 GMT

(AP) - An Afghan ethnic Pashtun man listens during a gathering in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Around 3, 000 Afghans mostly ethnic-Pashtun politicians and civil-society activists participated at a gathering and announced the formation of a movement to put an end to the conflicts in the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan ethnic Pashtun-women listen to speeches during a gathering ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:55:09 GMT

(AP) - Afghan ethnic Pashtun-women listen to speeches during a gathering in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Around 3, 000 Afghans mostly ethnic-Pashtun politicians and civil-society activists participated at a gathering and announced the formation of a movement to put an end to the conflicts in the country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan refuge boy children cover their face outside their makeshift ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:38:50 GMT

(AP) - Afghan refuge boy children cover their face outside their makeshift house during a sand storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,May 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Afghan refuge children look on outside their makeshift house ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:38:33 GMT

(AP) - Afghan refuge children look on outside their makeshift house during a sand storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Afghan refuge children cover their faces outside their makeshift ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:56:38 GMT

(AP) - Afghan refuge children cover their faces outside their makeshift house during a sand storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Afghan man ride a cycle during a sand storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:54:11 GMT

(AP) - An Afghan man ride a cycle during a sand storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Afghan refuge boy cover his face outside his makeshift house ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:49 GMT

(AP) - An Afghan refuge boy cover his face outside his makeshift house during a sand storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of a suicide car bomb ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:47:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion in Kabul May 8, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign soldiers on the western outskirts of Kabul, but missed, and instead three civilians were wounded in the attack, a police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

A wounded taxi driver stands next his damaged vehicle, after ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:45:08 GMT

(AP) - A wounded taxi driver stands next his damaged vehicle, after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up close to a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, but instead wounded three civilians, officials said.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the site of a suicide car ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:44:30 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion in Kabul May 8, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign soldiers on the western outskirts of Kabul, but missed, and instead three civilians were wounded in the attack, a police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

An Afghan policeman runs at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:42:51 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan policeman runs at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion in Kabul May 8, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign soldiers on the western outskirts of Kabul, but missed, and instead three civilians were wounded in the attack, a police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

Fire fighters wash the street after a suicide attack in Kabul, ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:41:00 GMT

(AP) - Fire fighters wash the street after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up close to a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, but instead wounded three civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan police officers carry a part of a vehicle damaged after ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:40:24 GMT

(AP) - Afghan police officers carry a part of a vehicle damaged after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up close to a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, but instead wounded three civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:40:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion in Kabul May 8, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign soldiers on the western outskirts of Kabul, but missed, and instead three civilians were wounded in the attack, a police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

Afghan firefighters work at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:39:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan firefighters work at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion in Kabul May 8, 2008. A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy carrying foreign soldiers on the western outskirts of Kabul, but missed, and instead three civilians were wounded in the attack, a police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

The wreckage of a car used by a suicide bomber is seen after ...

(AP) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:39:26 GMT

(AP) - The wreckage of a car used by a suicide bomber is seen after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 8, 2008. A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up close to a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, but instead wounded three civilians, officials said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)