U.S. Army Pfc. Blake Folmar (left), with the 2nd Platoon, Delta Company of the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, helps a fellow soldier who mans a Mark-19 automatic grenade launcher and uses binoculars to zero in on a nearby Taliban firing position from Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad in the Zhari district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
**FILE** In this photo from May 28, 2010, local Afghan residents watch a burning oil tanker that was carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taliban on a Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
Dan Terry is one of the six American medical aid workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. All of the victims belonged to the humanitarian group International Assistance Mission. (Associated Press)
Cheryl Beckett is one of the six American medical aid workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. All of the victims belonged to the humanitarian group International Assistance Mission. (Associated Press)
Tom Little is one of the six American medical aid workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. All of the victims belonged to the humanitarian group International Assistance Mission. (Associated Press)
Thomas Grams is one of the six American medical aid workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. All of the victims belonged to the humanitarian group International Assistance Mission. (Associated Press)
Glen Lapp is one of the six American medical aid workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. All of the victims belonged to the humanitarian group International Assistance Mission. (Associated Press)
Brian Carderelli is one of the six American medical aid workers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. All of the victims belonged to the humanitarian group International Assistance Mission. (Associated Press)
A villager is rescued by a Pakistani navy helicopter from the flooded area of Ghaus Pur in Pakistan's Sindh province on Wednesday. The floods are seen as an advantage to the Taliban militants. While Pakistani troops deal with the relief effort, the insurgents can take the time to regroup. (Associated Press)
