Britain soldiers, part of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard near the area of a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. British troops pulled out of a troubled district in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while a U.S.-led coalition air strike killed a suspected midlevel Taliban commander and up to 15 other militants, NATO said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq))