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** FILE ** A convoy of trucks carries U.S. equipment in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 17, 2010. (Associated Press)
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Afghan police men and Afghan soldiers inspects the site of car bomb outside governor's compound in Parwan provincial capital of Charikar, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. A team of six suicide bombers launched a coordinated assault on a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 19 people in the latest high-profile attack to target prominent Afghan government officials, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Ahmad Jamshid)
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An Afghan soldier inspects a damaged vehicle after an attack on the provincial governor's compound in Parwan province's capital of Charikar, some 30 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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This combo shows the 30 troops (in alphabetical order by last name from top left to bottom right) killed in a helicopter downing in Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The Pentagon on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, identified the Americans as 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs, five Naval Special Warfare personnel who support the SEALs, three Air Force Special Operations personnel and an Army helicopter crew of five. (AP Photo)
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White House image of President Obama during the dignified transfer of remains of troops killed in Afghanistan, Dover AFB, August 9, 2011.
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Afghan children are seen on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, near the wreckage of the Chinook helicopter shot down last weekend in the Tangi Valley of Wardak province, some 60 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Mohammad Nasir)
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The wreckage of a Chinook helicopter shot down on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, is seen at the site of crash in the Tangi Valley of Wardak province, some 60 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 11, 2011. The crash killed 30 Americans and eight Afghans in the single worst loss of U.S. service members in the 10-year-old war. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, secure the area after exiting a Chinook helicopter, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on June 18, 2006. Insurgents shot down on Aug. 6, 2011, a U.S. military helicopter similar to this one shown during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said. (Associated Press)
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President Obama arrives at the White House on Aug. 9, 2011, after making an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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This undated family photo shows Navy SEAL Chris Campbell in training attire. Campbell, 36, was one of 22 SEALs killed Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, along with eight other U.S. troops and eight Afghans when their helicopter was brought down in Afghanistan, his family told The Daily News of Jacksonville. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Jacksonville Daily News)
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** FILE ** A U.S. Marine, perched on a container, tries to take shelter from the dust as a Chinook helicopter arrives to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Afghan police officers carry the body of a hotel guard in a black cloth after a suicide attack in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says Sunday during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, that the top U.S. commander in the war-weary country has been ordered to submit a plan by mid-October for the initial withdrawal of American troops. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Taliban fighters hold their weapons on July 31, 2011, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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A fire breaks out July 31, 2011, after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the police headquarters in Lashkar Gah, in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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An Afghan border police man stands guard on a wall near the mayor's office in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The mayor of Kandahar was assassinated on Wednesday by a suicide bomber who hid explosives in his turban, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/ Allauddin Khan)
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** FILE ** Ryan Crocker, the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, speaks during his swearing-in ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 25, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Ashraf Ghani, head of the Transition Commission raises Afghanistan's flag during the transfer of authority in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. NATO handed over responsibility for the security of the capital of an eastern province to Afghan forces Tuesday, the latest step in a transition process that will lead to the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops by the end of 2014. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A young Afghan girl peers out from her compound as U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., look for insurgents in the village of Mushazi, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Gen. David H. Petraeus leaves command of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan to Gen. John Allen during Monday's change-of-command ceremony in Kabul. Gen. Allen assumes responsibility for drawing up exit plans for U.S. and allied forces from the nearly 10-year war zone. (Associated Press)
