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 27 months 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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