FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2001 file photo, a Taliban fighter holds anti-tank rockets in Torkham, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. The American military death toll in Afghanistan surpassed 1,000 at a time when President Barack Obama's strategy to turn back the Taliban is facing its greatest test, an ambitious campaign to win over a disgruntled population in the insurgents' southern heartland. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis, File)