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Reinforcement Afghan police officers pose together as they are expected to go for recapturing the village of Wanat in Nuristan province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday July 17, 2008. U.S. and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine American soldiers earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo)
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FILE - This Dec. 8, 2013 file-pool photo shows a solider standing guard near a military aircraft in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A new assessment of Afghanistan’s future says the country could once again become a terrorist haven unless U.S. and international partners underwrite a much larger Afghan security force than is currently planned beyond 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, File-Pool)
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Hands-on experience: Senior Warrant Officer Russton B. Kramer, who has fought in Afghanistan and was awarded the Silver Star for his bravery for action in Iraq, says of the Army's standard-issue M4 carbine, "The reliability is not there."
