Panetta, Meets with U.S., Afghan Leaders in Kabul

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, shakes hands with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, left, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, shakes hands with an Afghan army officer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta walks with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi through falling snow in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, meet with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan meet with Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, meets with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, commander of International Security Assistance Forces Joint Command, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, left, senior military advisor to the Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, center, commander of International Security Assistance Forces Joint Command, while flying to to visit troops in rural parts of Afghanistan, Dec.13, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo