A US soldier during a patrol in Kunar province on December 11. ...
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A US soldier during a patrol in Kunar province on December 11. US President Barack Obama's new strategy to beat back the Taliban is sending 30,000 extra American troops into combat to deny Al-Qaeda a safe haven and to train Afghan forces to take their place.

(AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)

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