APTOPIX NETHERLANDS AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE

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APTOPIX NETHERLANDS AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE
In this image released by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tuesday March 31, 2009, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, centre left, shakes hands with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh, as Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, looks on, at the Afghanistan Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday March 31, 2009. The 72-nation conference on Afghanistan will launch a broader international commitment to the security of the region, special U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said Monday, bringing together all the countries bordering Afghanistan, and all nations contributing troops to the NATO-led international force fighting Taliban insurgents. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HO)