Dadfar Spanta Pictures

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) and Afghan Foreign Minister Dadfar Spanta (L) shake hands during the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting at a Tokyo hotel on February 5, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. JCMB aims to re-confirm the commitment of the international community to assist Afghanistan's economic revival prior to the G8 Summit in July this year in Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Japanese foreign minister Masahiko Komura (R) and Afghan counterpart Dadfar Spanta (L) hold a ministeral meeting at a Tokyo hotel on February 4, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Spanta is in Japan to attend the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) from February 5 to February 6 hosted by Japan to re-confirm the commitment of the international community to assist Afghanistan prior to the G8 presidency of this year in Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images AsiaPac)