Afghan and US forces search houses

CHAWNI, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 05: An American soldier carries confiscated weapons, as the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, search houses for unauthorized weapons on September 5, 2007, in Chawni village, Paktia Province in southeast Afghanistan. The searches are part of "Operation Khyber," launched by Afghan and US forces of Nato's International Stability Assistance Force (ISAF) on August 22 to extend government control in a series of districts with strong Taliban influence near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. (Photo by Scott Peterson / Getty Images)