NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, second from left, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, third from left, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, third from right, the Aga Khan, second from right, and EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, right, pose for a group photo inside 10 Downing Street, ahead of the Afghanistan Conference, London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin, Pool)