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Kabul : Afghanistan | Sep 20, 2012 at 7:38 PM PDT
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Afghanistan surge over as last of extra troops leave country From Mike Mount , CNN updated 9:42 PM EDT, Thu September 20, 2012 The last of U.S. surge troops sent to Afghanistan in 2009 have left Afghanistan...Washington (CNN) -- Nearly three years after it began, the surge of U.S. troops to Afghanistan... FULL ARTICLE AT CNN
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