UPI Pictures of the Year 2013 -- NEWS AND FEATURES

Pakistani security forces pat down travelers crossing the Afghanistan border at Chaman, Pakistani on September 2, 2013. Security remains tight in the border regions of the two countries as U.S. and coalition forces continue to withdraw from Afghanistan. The present 70,000 U.S. Troops will be cut to 34,000 by February 2014, but the NATO commander Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said on September 4, 2013, that there has been no discussions that the coalition would completely withdraw by the end of 2014. UPI/Matiullah