Services Of Remembrance Are Held On Armistice Day In Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 11: An American soldier salutes taking part in a Veterans Day ceremony at Camp Eggers November 11, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. So far the UK death-toll in Afghanistan reached 232. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

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