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Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada are ambushed as they conducted battle damage assessment in the village on July 15, 2006 in Sangin, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan
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(thefullmonte.com) After months working in Kabul Afghanistan we-- two young American filmmakers-- traveled into the hills for a Vacation. In the dramatic beauty of the landscape, we found an open, generous and humerous people. Our short video captures a simple story never told in the news headlines.
Filmmakers: Aaron Rockett and John Monte
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The war for Afghanistan is increasingly being staged from across the Pakistani border. Although Pakistan's government claims to support the US, it is reluctant to take on the Taliban in tribal areas.
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The tradition of dog fighting thrives in Afghanistan's capital.
Having been banned under the Taliban, it is currently undergoing resurgence in popularity for the thousands of men looking for some form of entertainment and escapism from the constant war.
"For us dog fighting is a celebration," exclaims one of the fight organisers.
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Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada engage in a fierce firefight with Taliban insurgents on July 8, 2006 in Panjawi, Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan.
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Barack Obama, the White House hopeful, has visited Afghanistan to meet Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.
Obama has stated that Afghanistan is a vital front in the so-called "war on terror" and that it is "often overshadowed by the US mission in Iraq". If elected as US president, he plans to redirect troops to the country.
Al Jazeera's James Bays reports.
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Your Daily Politics Video Blog: At the Netroots Nation conference in Austin TPMtv talked to former NATO Commander and retired General Wesley Clark and former Bush administration counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke about what course America needs to take to save a darkening situation in Afghanistan.
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With many roads in Afghanistan too dangerous to use, helicopters play an integral part in NATO's strategy. The giant airbase in Kandahar has become a key staging post. But even this vast compound isn't safe from attack.