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Sergeant Walls Truman from the 3rd Platoon, Delta Coy, 1-64 Armoured Batallion of the US Army operating under NATO keeps vigil during a night-time operating post at Devils hill on September 6, 2012 near the Kandahar Air Field. (AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA)

Afghan villager who had defied orders to stop during a joint security patrol is questioned by soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) as soldiers from the US Army’s 3rd platoon Delta company look on at Nevay-deh village in Kandahar province on September 5, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA)

Soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, Delta Coy, 1-64 Armoured Batallion of the US Army operating under NATO mount an night-time operating post at Devils hill on September 6, 2012 near the Kandahar Air Field. The Taliban are involved in a quarter of Afghan security personnel attacks on NATO colleagues, according to a military commander. (AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA)

Soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, Delta Coy, 1-64 Armoured Batallion of the US Army operating under NATO mount an night-time operating post at Devils hill on September 6, 2012 near the Kandahar Air Field. The Taliban are involved in a quarter of Afghan security personnel attacks on NATO colleagues, according to a military commander. (AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA)

Young Afghani men chat to a soldier from the 1st Platoon, 1-64 Armored Batallion, US Army – operating under NATO –  at Morghan-Kecha village during a security patrol in Daman district, Kandahar on  September 6, 2012. The Taliban are involved in a quarter of Afghan security personnel attacks on NATO colleagues, according to a military commander. (AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA)

Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, move through a poppy field on their way to Patrol Base Mohmon in the Lui Tal district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 17, 2012. Marines joined with coalition forces at the PB to begin conducting operations in the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ismael Ortega)

U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Matthew Armstrong (left), a security force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, provides security during a key leader engagement in Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan, Aug. 29.