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The spike in violence prompted NATO commanders to call for reinforcements. Several thousand US troops remained in Afghanistan hunting Taliban supporters who had regrouped since 2003.

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U.S. soldiers prepare to enter and clear a room of all threats. Soldiers are looking for cached weapons, Al Qaeda and Taliban members.
The war had been less successful in achieving the goal of restricting al-Qaeda's movement. Taliban leader Mullah Omar and Osama Bin Laden evaded capture and were thought to have survived the offensive.

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A CH-53E Super Stallion lands amid billowing clouds of dust during a resupply mission for Marines conducting combat and civil military operations.

During 2006, CFC-A and NATO troops gradually merged operations, and by October NATO assumed responsibility for security throughout the country with resources of about 40,000 troops. A separate US force of 10,000 troops under the banner Operation Enduring Freedom continues to seach for al-Qaeda leaders. In 2006, more than 3,000 Afghans died in the violence, twice as many as in 2005 and more than in any other year since the 2001 fall of the Taliban.

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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries troops
and supplies over the mountains.

The Afghan government has attempted to disarm and demobilize ex-combatants and illegal militias for several years, but an anti-government insurgency continues to threaten security in the country, particularly in the southern and eastern areas of the country that NATO forces have struggled to bring under government control. 2007 saw the worst violence with estimates suggesting about 6,500 deaths including over 900 Afghan policemen.

Conflict in Afghanistan 2 - Hot Military Spouses by AidaUSMC

Standing by after setting fire to a
Taliban shelter.

One of the troubling consequences of so much fighting is the large presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). Afghanistan is considered one of the most heavily mined countries in the world and 2007 witnessed a continued increase in the number of persons killed by mines or UXO. The government has added de-mining as a major priority.

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An exhausted American soldier.

After seven years in which the violence in Afghanistan has become worse, many experts find it difficult to see signs of hope and suggest a bleak future for 2008.


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