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US soldiers from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry, stand guard on a watch tower overlooking villages at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 21, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/ TED ALJIBE)
US soldiers from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry, stand guard on a watch tower overlooking villages at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 21, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/ TED ALJIBE)
A US soldier from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry, stands guard on a watch tower overlooking villages at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 21, 2011. President Barack Obama will announce the size of his drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan on June 23, mapping out an endgame for a 10-year war that has exacted a fearsome human and financial toll. (AFP PHOTO/ TED ALJIBE)
US army SFC John Roger Price from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry scans the horizon at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 22, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/ TED ALJIBE)
US soldiers from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry talk to a boy during a patrol in a village at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 22, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/ TED ALJIBE)
A US soldier from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry watches as a US military Chinook helicopter flies past after unloading supplies at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 23, 2011. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
US Army soldiers from Charlie company 4th platoon,1st brigade 3-21 infantry, jump over a wall during a patrol in the village of Chariagen in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan June 22 , 2011. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
US army soldiers from Charlie company 4th platoon,1st brigade 3-21 infantry, patrol in the village of Chariagen in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan June 22 , 2011. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
US Army soldiers from Charlie company 4th platoon,1st brigade 3-21 infantry, patrol in the village of Chariagen in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan, June 22 , 2011. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
A US soldier from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry scans the horizon as the sun rises at the Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 21, 2011. (AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE)