ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO AN EXCLUSIVE SERIES OF PICTURES, KAB20 - KAB26 MOVED BETWEEN 1450 GMT AND 1500 GMT ON JANUARY 17, 2009 In this pictures released exclusively to Reuters on January 17, 2009, Taliban militants are seen with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan January 16, 2009. Taliban militants, fighting to overthrow the Western-backed Afghan government and drive out foreign troops, have launched hundreds of suicide attacks in the last two years, but some 80 percent of the victims are Afghan civilians. While Taliban influence has spread from their traditional heartlands in the south and east to areas closer to the capital, there were fewer attacks inside Kabul last year than in 2007 with many more police checkpoints throughout the city. Picture taken January 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (AFGHANISTAN) TEMPLATE OUT
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