A German soldier of the 2nd Infantery Company plays a game with a friend as he waits to depart on a mission on May 25, 2010 at the PRT in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. By Miguel Villagran/Getty Images.