Afghan And U.S. Forces Conduct Operation Khyber

PAKTIA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 2: A pile of old rifles confiscated by the Afghan police sits in a tent at a joint base for Afghan National Army and Police, and units of the US Army's 4-73 Cavalry, called FOB Wilderness, along the Khost-Gardez Highway September 2, 2007 in Paktia Province, southeast Afghanistan. The troops are part of "Operation Khyber," launched by Afghan and U.S. 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)