A US soldier secures a position as Lieutenant Jameson Bligh (2nd L) of 1st Platoon, Delta Coy, 1-64 AR of the US army – operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sits on the ground beside a building to talk to a an elder from the local Pashtun tribe during a joint patrol with members of the Afghan National Police at a settlement near Kanadahar Air Field on September 12, 2012 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Estimates by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are that militia attacks cost between 100 million dollars and 155 million dollars a year to stage while the rest goes to maintaining the insurgency says a new UN report that adds that the Taliban raised 400 million dollars last year through taxes, donations, and extorting businessmen and narcotics dealers in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages)
