BREAKING NEWS: VERMONT HIT HARD AS 1,500 TROOPS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)

The state of Vermont has been hit very hard with troop deployments to Afghanistan. This video shows what it was like when 1,500 young soldiers from Vermont prepared to leave for Afghanistan. Vermont has suffered very hard with 22 soldiers from the state killed in Afghanistan. Watch video to see soldiers saying good-bye to loved ones.

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LIVE VIDEO: HUGE NIGHT FIGHT BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND TALIBAN AT FOB IN AGHANISTAN

This video shows a huge night fight between U.S. forces at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the mountain of Afghanistan against the Taliban.

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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. AFGHAN DEATH TOLL REACHES 1,000

U.S. Afghan toll hits 1,000, says website

(Retuers)23 February 2010, 10:51 PM
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The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has reached 1,000, an independent website said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile deadly bombings continued in the south and east highlighting the struggle to stabilize the country.

The Pentagon disputed the figure, saying 916 had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan combined since late 2001 when the Taliban fell.

“It’s significantly less than 1,000 in Afghanistan,” said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman when asked to comment on the latest death toll provided by the website, which tracks casualties.
Civilian and military casualties hit records last year as violence reached its worst levels since the Taliban were ousted, with foreign forces launching two big offensives in the past eight months to stem a growing insurgency.

The website said 54 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year, raising the total to 1,000 since the Taliban’s fall. This compares with eight this year in Iraq, where 4,378 have been killed since 2003.

Afghanistan is high on U.S. President Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda and more American casualties or a military campaign that fails to bring stability to the country in an increasingly unpopular war could harm his presidency.

Also on Tuesday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office said he had signed into law changes that remove foreign observers from the electoral watchdog tasked with reviewing voting fraud.

That could put Karzai in conflict with Western donors who have said they will not fund Sept. 18 parliamentary elections without electoral reforms, following a 2009 presidential poll beset by massive fraud.

“The Afghan government for long has wanted to ‘Afghanize’ the electoral process and 10 days ago, the cabinet ratified the amendment and the president endorsed it,” Karzai spokesman Siamak Herawi said.

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ACTION VIDEO: U.S. MORTAR PLATOON FIGHT THE TALIBAN IN THE SNOWS OF AFGHANISTAN

This video gives you a good idea of the conditions our troops find themselves in the mountains of Afghanistan where it is winter with lots of snow.

This is a mortar platoon firing at the Taliban in the nearby snow-filled mountains.

The music in this video is very explicit.

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NEWS ALERT: CIVILIAN DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN A GROWING CONCERN FOR U.S. AND NATO (WATCH VIDEO)

The recent bombing by U.S. planes that hit three Afghan civilian busses killing 27 people is a growing concern for the U.S. and NATO as the major offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan enters its third week.

In this video you will see Afghan people expressing their anger at the attacks by U.S. planes and NATO troops which are killing innocent Afghan citizens.

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