US army personnel of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, with the help of other US soldiers, carry an Afghan National Army soldier to a helicopter as they prepare to transport him to a hospital in Kahandar in Afghanistan on November 4, 2009. The US military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has called for more than 40,000 addition troops to suppress a spreading Taliban insurgency but debate over strategy has intensified as US casualties mount. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

US army personnel of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, with the help of other US soldiers, carry an Afghan National Army soldier to a helicopter as they prepare to transport him to a hospital in Kahandar in Afghanistan on November 4, 2009. The US military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has called for more than 40,000 addition troops to suppress a spreading Taliban insurgency but debate over strategy has intensified as US casualties mount.

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  1. HOLD FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY EST 12:01 AM: Map of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, an area with a strong Taliban presence.
  2. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough, fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, lowers her head as his coffin passes mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The 23-year-old was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in Helmand province and was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. His repatriation to nearby RAF Lyneham came on the day it was feared that thousands of jobs could be lost as the Defence Secretary prepares to announce spending cuts needed to fund new Chinook helicopters for the conflict. While in Afghanistan itself, the first of 500 extra British troops to be deployed arrived in the country.
  3. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough (L), fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, weeps as his coffin passes mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The 23-year-old was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in Helmand province and was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. His repatriation to nearby RAF Lyneham came on the day it was feared that thousands of jobs could be lost as the Defence Secretary prepares to announce spending cuts needed to fund new Chinook helicopters for the conflict. While in Afghanistan itself, the first of 500 extra British troops to be deployed arrived in the country.
  4. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough (L), fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, weeps as his coffin passes mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The 23-year-old was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in Helmand province and was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. His repatriation to nearby RAF Lyneham came on the day it was feared that thousands of jobs could be lost as the Defence Secretary prepares to announce spending cuts needed to fund new Chinook helicopters for the conflict. While in Afghanistan itself, the first of 500 extra British troops to be deployed arrived in the country.
  5. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough, fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, watches his coffin pass mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The 23-year-old was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in Helmand province and was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. His repatriation to nearby RAF Lyneham came on the day it was feared that thousands of jobs could be lost as the Defence Secretary prepares to announce spending cuts needed to fund new Chinook helicopters for the conflict. While in Afghanistan itself, the first of 500 extra British troops to be deployed arrived in the country.
  6. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough, fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, watches his coffin pass mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The 23-year-old was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in Helmand province and was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. His repatriation to nearby RAF Lyneham came on the day it was feared that thousands of jobs could be lost as the Defence Secretary prepares to announce spending cuts needed to fund new Chinook helicopters for the conflict. While in Afghanistan itself, the first of 500 extra British troops to be deployed arrived in the country.
  7. Rescue workers remove a body from the site of a car bomb attack in the Pakistani town of Dera Ghazi Khan December 15, 2009. A car bomb near the home of a Pakistani provincial government minister killed 20 people on Tuesday, a police official said, in another sign authorities are struggling against Taliban militants bent on grabbing power.
  8. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough (C), fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, weeps as his coffin passes mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England. The 23-year-old was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in Helmand province and was the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year. His repatriation to nearby RAF Lyneham came on the day it was feared that thousands of jobs could be lost as the Defence Secretary prepares to announce spending cuts needed to fund new Chinook helicopters for the conflict. While in Afghanistan itself, the first of 500 extra British troops to be deployed arrived in the country.
  9. General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, lays a wreath during a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa December 15, 2009.
  10. Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk (R) and General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, salute after laying a wreath during a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa December 15, 2009.
  11. Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk (R) and General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa December 15, 2009.
  12. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, participates in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The full committee is hearing testimony on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
  13. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R), commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan and Karl Eikenberry (L), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, participate in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The full committee is hearing testimony on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
  14. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R), commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan and Karl Eikenberry (L), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, participate in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The full committee is hearing testimony on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
  15. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R), commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan and Karl Eikenberry (L), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, participate in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The full committee is hearing testimony on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
  16. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (R), commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, participates in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The full committee is hearing testimony on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

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