The snow-covered Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan are seen during a flight transporting French 1st Infantry Regiment soldiers based in Sarrebourg to Kabul on February 14, 2009. The French contribution to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is the fourth largest after those from the United States, Britain and Canada. There are nearly 70,000 international troops in Afghanistan under the command of ISAF and a separate US-led coalition. AFP PHOTO/JOEL SAGET