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  Enemy combatants for US troops are on the rise in Afghanistan. Lara Logan reports from a forward operating base near Pakistan.
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  20km a Year - Afghanistan...
  Guardian Films - Sean Smith's brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood. For more info: www.guardian.co.uk The images make your hair stand on end. It's intense, and the soldiers' fear is palpable. A Helicopter-borne team descend through a fire fight. A bullet has torn through a soldier's face and punctured his lung. "He was able to turn and have the meat, kind of away from his airway, so he was able to breathe." Back at base the Helicopter is cleaned of blood, ready for it's next hair raising mission. "We don't know if it's your position or not but there is a possible imminent attack", a soldier shouts in panic back into his radio, but before he has an answer bullets start coming from all directions. "Ah Fuck, Oh shit fuck. Which way are we going?" Amid the confusion a Marine is shot in the back. But it's not the bullets that kill these men. It's the IEDs. In the space of two weeks, 3 men from this company have died from the deadly devices. In recent weeks they've multiplied by 80%. So much so, that the entire region of Helmand is now considered a low-density minefield. Producted by Guardian Films. Distributed by Journeyman Pictures.
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  Marine Firefight Afghanistan (VERY...
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  Taliban offensive in full effect in...
  The assault on the Kandahar air field comes just days after two Taliban attacks on US and Nato forces in Afghanistan. The group says it has now begun its "summer offensive" and will increasingly hit foreign troops. Codenamed Al Fatah, or victory, the operation anticipates a planned summer offensive by coalition forces in Kandahar, aimed at driving the Taliban from their traditional heartland. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports. (May 23, 2010)

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  Iraq Sunni fighters fear US pullout...
  Al Qaeda has apparently found a new number one enemy in Iraq since the US fully ended its combat mission there on Tuesday. An armed group of Sunnis - known as Awakening Councils or Sahwa - say they have become the main target of attacks from Al Qaeda. The Sahwa, many of whom used to fight US-led coalition forces in Iraq before switching sides, took up arms against Al Qaeda late in 2006 until 2008 with the support and backing of the foreign troops. They have been credited with helping reduce violence across the country, but now many members of the group fear the consequences of the departure of US troops. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports from Baghdad, Iraq's capital. [September 2, 2010]
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  Obama: We Will Defeat Al Qaeda in A...
  As combat in Iraq ends, President Barack Obama is escalating the conflict in Afghanistan. In his primetime address Tuesday, he said the US is now able to apply the resources necessary to that mission. (Aug. 31)
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  Al-Qaeda blamed for attack on Yemen...
  Yemeni officials have blamed al-Qaeda for an attack on intelligence and police headquarters in the city of Aden, which killed 11 people, including three women and a child. Witnesses say the attackers stormed a detention facility and freed a number of prisoners. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports. (June 20, 2010)
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  Sahara states counter al-Qaeda thre...
  Algeria, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are setting up a joint command heaquarters in southern Algeria to counter a growing al-Qaeda threat in the Sahara Desert region. The Algerian defence ministry announced on Wednesday the command headquarters will be based in the southern Algerian town of Tamanrasset. It comes after a recent meeting of senior officials from seven countries in the region who discussed ways to combat rising violence by the fighters in the Sahara. It has been said that Al Qaeda uses the vast open desert to its advantage. Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports.