U.S. Soldiers Provide Security Around Kandahar Airfield

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 03: SPC Alfredo Vigil II (L) from Woodlake, California and SPC Patrick Carter from Lawrenceville, Georgia with the U.S. Army's 4th squadron 2d Cavalry Regiment patrol through a village on March 3, 2014 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. President Obama recently ordered the Pentagon to begin contingency planning for a pullout from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 if Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai or his successor refuses to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)