Afghanistan

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In this Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, made available Saturday Aug 22, soldiers of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., evacuate a wounded soldier after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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** RETRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED QUALITY OF AFDG101 ** Soldiers of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., evacuate a wounded soldier after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province Wednesday Aug.19, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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**FILE** In this undated photo, footage captured by a camera mounted on the helmet of a Royal Marine during a patrol in Afghanistan in which an insurgent was murdered in September 2011. A Royal Marine, known as Marine A, was convicted Nov. 8, 2013, by a court martial board of that murder partly on the evidence inadvertently recorded by another soldier only identified as Soldier B. Marine A shot the injured Afghan national, who had attacked his base, in the chest at close range with a 9mm pistol before quoting a phrase from Shakespeare as the man convulsed and died in front of him. (Associated Press/Ministry of Defence)

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** FILE ** U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2009. (Associated Press)

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Bigger body count: Casualties on the battlefield spiked after commanders in Afghanistan had to ensure that Taliban fighters were carrying weapons and that no civilians would be harmed before they could authorize direct fire against the enemy. (Associated Press)